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Image Credit: Bruce Dalton of Picture You Beautiful Productions | EM Mobile Media Team By Rosalyn L. Forch A Boy. A Girl. A Dream: Love on Election Night was one of the narrative features showcased at the 2018 American Black Film Festival in Miami Beach. In 89 minutes, Qasim Barnes and co-writer, Samantha Tanner unfold […]
By Rosalyn L. Forch American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Founder Jeff Friday’s vision of showcasing quality film and television content by people of African descent was realized again this year as the celebrated film festival hosted its 22nd anniversary in Miami Beach. A host of films, documentaries, web series and other creative projects were front […]
Photo Credit: Smithsonian’s NMAAHC Black Panther’s hero costume is coming to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. The museum acquired several objects from Disney’s record-breaking film Black Panther, including the hero costume worn by actor Chadwick Boseman; a shooting script signed by Ryan Coogler (co-writer; director), Kevin Feige (producer, president of […]
Photo Credit: An-Nūr Media ABFF AND LIGHTBOX Announce Second Year of the Initiative to Discover and Support Emerging African American Documentary Directing Talent New York, NY, June 18 2018 – HBO has greenlit Storm Over Brooklyn, the winning project of the inaugural Feature Documentary Initiative created in 2017 by award-winning production company Lightbox and […]
Photo caption: CEO and Founder of ABFF Jeff Friday, wife Nicole Friday, and Director X pose together at Sony’s red carpet reception at the American Black Film Festival on June 13, 2018. | Photo credit: American Black Film Festival Miami, FL, June 14, 2018 – The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) commenced day one of the […]
Photo credit: American Black Film Festival The American Black Film Festival kicked off in Miami Beach with an opening night red carpet featuring the cast of Superfly. A remake of the 1972 film of the same name opened in theaters on June 13 to introduce the culture and feel of the Atlanta drug scene through […]
Rating: 5-stars The wife and I took time out of our leisurely Saturday afternoon to take in dinner and a movie. Dinner was ok, but the movie, ‘I Can Only Imagine,’ was a home run; we loved it. There is something very special about this movie besides the fact that it is based on a […]
Jordan Peele accepts the Oscar® for original screenplay for work on “Get Out” during the live ABC Telecast of The 90th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, March 4, 2018. Image credit: Todd Wawrychuk / Bill Barnes / A.M.P.A.S. Jordan Peele made history as the first African American to win an Oscar® […]
Award-winning filmmaker and producer DeVon Franklin’s lastest film, The Star, has put a unique twist on the first Christmas – told from the perspective of the animals. The animated film, distributed by Sony Pictures and executive produced by Franklin and Lisa and Brian Henson under Franklin Entertainment, brings the story surrounding Christ’s birth to life through the eyes […]
The movie, “Detroit,” is a haunting recollection of American history culminating in a tense climax too human to believe. But the injections of news footage, crime scene photos, and family pictures pulled from the archives of time remind the young viewers that there did exist an era of cruel, state-sanctioned racism against Black people in […]
