For The Love Of Black Film - ABFF Chief Jeff Friday On The Relevance Of Black Film Festivals

From Shadow and Act Wed Jan 23 2013, 01:17:17

With Sundance 2013 upon us, we genuinely celebrate filmmakers of color whose works have made it onto this year's slate. We, at the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), cannot help but indulge in our own film version of "fantasy football." Each of us names our favorite Black director of the moment, whether established (Spike Lee, John Singleton, Lee Daniels, Antoine Fuqua, Tim Story, Kasi Lemmons, Gina Prince-Bythewood) or emerging (Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay, Shaka King, Dee Rees, Rashaad Ernesto Green), and enthusiastically argues the case for why our auteur pick will have their movie's official world premiere at one of the nation's quality Black film...

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