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ABFF 2013 Comedy Wings Competition Deadline Approaching

By Ann Mamie | March 19, 2013 | Festivals | No comments

The Deadline is Friday, March 22 for the American Black Film Festival’s Comedy Wings Competition.

Comedy-Wings

What Is the Comedy Wings Competition?

This year ABFF launches its first-ever Comedy Wings Competition, a national search to identify outstanding comedic talent. We are looking for that special person who is naturally funny, with a true gift for comedy. You may be a comedian or actor already working hard to develop your craft, or you may be neither but know you possess big comedy wings that just haven’t taken flight yet. Either way, ABFF wants your talent to be recognized and rewarded. If you believe you have what it takes to become the next Richard Pryor, Whoopi Goldberg or Eddie Murphy…then spread those wings and enter now.

American Black Film Festival 2012 Winners + Trailers

By Ann Mamie | June 27, 2012 | Festivals, Film, News, Trailers | No comments

The ABFF held its annual film festival this past weekend June 20-23 in Miami, Florida. Read on for the complete list of winners and movie trailers.

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The Undershepherd – Produced & Directed by Russ Parr

New Voices in Black Cinema Festival – February 16-20, 2012

By Ann Mamie | January 19, 2012 | Festivals, Film, Trailers | 5 Comments

Will you be in Brooklyn from February 16-20? If not, maybe you should.

The ActNow Foundation, along with BAMcinématek and NYC Council Member Letitia James, present the five-day New Voices in Black Cinema Festival.

The festival features films that are certain to challenge blacks’ notion of identity, relationships, world-views, self-definitions, and self-presentations, along with Q&As with filmmakers at select screenings.

Offering filmmakers the opportunity to present their stories in New Voices in Black Cinema and in our home borough allows us to engage movie lovers from all walks of life with the diversity, inspiration, beauty, and complexity of films of the African diaspora.

~ Aaron Ingram

Here’s a little taste of the films.

Lesson Before Love

From Fatherless to Fatherhood

Single Hills

See the full schedule below:

[Sundance Short, 2012] ‘Robots of Brixton’ – Immigration & Replacement Of The Classes

By Ben Daité | December 15, 2011 | Festivals, Film, News | 1 Comment

Sundance 2012 is set to see robots battle it out on the traditionally African-Caribbean hub’s iconic streets in London. Architecture student Kibwe Tavares filters a vision of a robot uprising through the lens of history, blending high grade CG with archival footage of the 1981 Brixton riots.

The 27 year old University College London student, Kibwe Tavares, paints a futuristic Brixton, in south London, bringing to life a vision in 3D animation that sees the area going the way of many a small town in America – at least according to Hollywood – and getting his own Alien invasions.

Tavares has created these scenes in a short film, originally entitled, Matter Out of Place, as part of the work for his architecture master’s degree. The four-and-half minute film took years of painstaking work to complete, and one of the things I am beginning to admire about the up and coming generation of black filmmakers.

2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films In Competition

By Ben Daité | December 11, 2011 | Festivals, Film, News | No comments

1. Films in Competition

2. Films in Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, Next < => and New Frontier

3. Short Film Program

Philadelphia Film Festival Watch List

By Ann Mamie | October 25, 2011 | Africa, Festivals, Film, Trailers | 7 Comments

So many films to watch at the Philadelphia Film Festival, currently ongoing from October 20-November 3, 2011, and so little time. Here are 5 films that caught our radar and may be worth seeing if you’re in the Philadelphia area, or to look out for when they come to a film festival or theater in your city.

The Destiny of Lesser Animals
Director: Deron Albright
IMDB | PFF

A dangerous, moving journey through modern Ghana, as Inspector Boniface Koomsin, a Ghanaian police detective, embarks on a dangerous, crime-laden journey to recover the one thing he needs to realize his ultimate dream– to escape the ghosts of his past and return to America.

Remigration
Director: Barry Jenkins
IMDB | PFF

In a future San Francisco that is entirely upper-class, the city starts a program to bring working-class families back to the city that pushed them out.

Like Water
Director: Pablo Croce
IMDB | PFF

This documentary follows UFC champion Anderson Silva through the training for the most important fight of his career.

The Destiny of Lesser Animals

Like Water

Remigration

[The Other Look] Barry Jenkins’ Debut: ‘Medicine For Melancholy’

By Ben Daité | August 31, 2011 | Festivals, Film, Reviews | No comments

Director: Barry Jenkins
Writer: Barry Jenkins
Stars: Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins and Elizabeth Acker

Medicine For Melancholy is a film that shows a young filmmaker’s zeal and commitment to the art and craft of filmmaking. Barry Jenkins’ quest and pressure to deliver something serene, poignant and sophisticated is commendable. All the elements – wind, water, earth and fire – seem present and ready to propel the story into emulating such films, as those from the Captain Planets of filmmaking – the Laurent Cantets, the Derek Cianfrances and Mr. Jenkins’ own Claire Denis.

Nonetheless I still remain, perhaps in my humble belief, the black filmmakers toughest critic. I can’t help it.

Medicine For Melancholy has a story albeit a great one. But, it is structured and it is filmed rather nicely. You can tell a lot of thought went into making this indie picture. The color de-saturations achieve something out of the ordinary for a movie that explores the lives of two young black folk in San Francisco’s Nob Hill.

‘Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest’ Coming To You Soon

By Ben Daité | June 3, 2011 | Festivals, Film, Music, Reviews, Trailers | No comments

After all the hype and controversy, Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, was one of the most entertaining documentaries to play at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It officially opens on July 8 in New York and Los Angeles and is scheduled for its local opening at the Tivioli Theatre on Aug. 5, according to the film’s distributors, Sony Pictures Classics.

The only way anyone may not find something enjoyable about this profound documentary is if you hate hip-hop and for that matter anything it stands for. People with an open mind who aren’t even fans will enjoy the interpersonal relationships, the great characters and the classic story of the hard work that goes into music making. And if you happen to be a fan of A Tribe or just a casual hip-hop fan, then Beats Rhymes & Life will keep your head bopping and your feet tapping for 95 minutes straight.

This much-tooted documentary chronicles the groundbreaking hip-hop group, A Tribe Called Quest. The Director, Michael Rapaport and crew traveled throughout 2008 with Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Jarobi White to record it. The result is an enthralling behind-the-scenes look at A Tribe, their journey and their contributions.

Watch the trailer and more below.

Navigating the Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22, 2011)

By Ann Mamie | May 10, 2011 | Festivals, Film | 4 Comments

So you’re going to Cannes but you’re not an A-list actor, director, or agency exec with unlimited funds? Don’t have exclusive passes? Never been to the festival? Not to worry.

Here are a few basic tips that may help, including some suggestions for doing Cannes-on-a-budget and making the most of your film experience.

Are You the Next Denzel Washington or Angela Bassett?

By Ann Mamie | April 17, 2011 | Festivals, News | 1 Comment

If you answered YES, then what are you waiting for? The American Black Film Festival’s Star Project contest may be your big break. The ABFF Star Project is an acting competition that strives to encourage serious pursuit of the craft of acting by spotlighting undiscovered talent. Each year, a male and female thespian is crowned. Entrants are required to submit a taped recording of two monologue performances: 1) a 2 to 3 minute monologue of their choice, and 2) the assigned female or male monologue. THIS YEAR’S SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS MAY 2.

[Photos] Cannes Film Festival 2010

By Ann Mamie | April 10, 2011 | Festivals, Film | 1 Comment

Here are a few photos we took in Cannes, France during the big film festival last year.

View more photos below:

[Trailer] Images of Black Women Festival April 8-10th

By Ann Mamie | April 7, 2011 | Festivals, Film, Trailers | No comments

The Images of Black Women Festival is the only UK festival celebrating the global black experience with a particular focus on women. The festival is wrapping up this weekend and will feature films such as I Will Follow – a day in the life of a woman at a crossroads, For Colored Girls – the Tyler Perry adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s poetry, Afro Hair – a documentary on black hair, Chico & Rita – an animated love story about Afro-Cuban jazz. It will also feature a filmmakers’ forum + discussion of how 21st century women are influencing their own media representations and an animation forum of African heroes.

If you’re in the UK, this is a festival you won’t want to miss!

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