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Festival Sponsors
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Founder & Staff
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Letter From The Executive Producer
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Letter From The Presenting Sponsor
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Schedule Of Events
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Venues Map
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Urbanworld Digital
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Live Screenplay Readings
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Special Screenings
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Narrative Features
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Documentary Features
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Narrative Shorts
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Documentary Shorts
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Festival Jurors
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Screening Schedule
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Print Source Index
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Acknowledgements
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TABLE OF CONTENTS | 3
FESTIVAL AMBASSADOR
PRESENTING SPONSOR
Kerry Washington
FOUNDER
Stacy Spikes
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Gabrielle Glore
FESTIVAL STAFF
FOUNDING SPONSOR
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS
Director of Programming & Festival Producer
Director, Sponsorship Sales
Sponsorship Sales
Urbanworld Digital Producer
Jury Producer & Urbanworld Digital Co-Producer
Coordinating Producers
Script Supervisor & Live Screenplay Readings Producer
Director of Live Screenplay Readings
Brittany Ballard
Dana Gills
Lawrence Adjah
Jigsaw Global – Lisa Osborne & Jeff Consoletti
Derrick Jones
Brian Jones, Sarah Jones & Sarah Stevenson
Samantha Debicki
Tracey Moore
Screenplay ReadersChanelle Benz, Samantha Debicki, Matthew Gustafson,
Kyle Wilamowski & Deborah Wolfson
Public Relations / PressThe 135th Street Agency –
Shante Bacon & Saptosa Foster
Drive one.
Night Life Producer
Graphic Designer
Program Guide Designer
Forrest Renaissance
Kodi Seaton, The Un Group
Kundia Wood, Kundia Wood Design
BET NETWORKS STAFF
MEDIA PARTNERS
President of Programming
EVP & Chief Marketing Officer
Senior Vice President, Brand Solutions
SVP, Original Programming
SVP, Executive Creative Director, Brand Strategy
Vice President, Original Programming
Vice President, Off Channel Marketing & Promotions
Public Relations / Press
Loretha Jones
Janet Rollé
Alvin Bowles
Charlie Jordan Brookins
Kendrick Reid
Connie Orlando
Brucetta Williams
Danielle Davis & Tracy McGraw
The Urbanworld Film Festival extends a heartfelt thank you to its many volunteers.
BENEFACTOR SPONSORS
Urbanworld Foundation, Inc.
609 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10014
212.905.2349
www.urbanworld.org
4 | FESTIVAL SPONSORS
FOUNDER & STAFF | 5
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Welcome to the 14th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival!
We are thrilled to curate and present this year’s celebration of independent film, which represents the rising tide of
talented filmmakers or color. It is indeed the year of the woman, as witnessed with Kathryn Bigelow’s best director and
best picture win at this year’s Academy Awards. This inspiring movement continues at Urbanworld
with the festival’s Opening & Closing Night films being helmed by brilliant women — Writer/
Director Tanya Hamilton who has enriched us with Night Catches Us and Writer/Director/Producer
Ava duVernay who has graced us with I Will Follow. Both of these cinematic gems not only feature
a feminine sensibility, strength, and complexity behind the lens, but also on camera through
noteworthy performances by leading ladies Kerry Washington and Salli Richardson-Whitfield. We are truly honored to have the accomplished Kerry Washington support Urbanworld as its Festival
Ambassador. Her flourishing career exemplifies a multi-dimensional artistry that has distinguished
her as not only an actor, but also an activist, who empowers communities of color both on and off screen. It is this spirit
of purpose and impact that is likewise reflected in Urbanworld’s 2010 film slate.
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Each year, we see an increase in Urbanworld alumni who return to share their progression as filmmakers. Short films
and screenplays become features, actors transition to writer/directors, and marketing/PR mavens transform into selfdistributors of their own content. It is indeed evolution and Urbanworld is blessed to play a role in nurturing this
process. This year’s film slate continues the Urbanworld tradition of presenting diversity and excellence in filmmaking,
with decisive voices leading with confidence, passion, and integrity. Our presenting Sponsor BET Networks continues its unwavering support as a multi-year partner with the festival.
Their presence has become even more robust with the addition of a 2-day Actors Workshop facilitated by Actress Tasha
Smith and presented in collaboration with My Black Is Beautiful, as well as their inaugural TV Writers Competition,
which will award a $5000 prize at the festival’s Filmmaker Awards Brunch.
Without our partners BET Networks and Founding Sponsor HBO, we would be limited in our impact. We are grateful
for their longevity as devoted supporters, as are we with our many other essential sponsors, media partners, staff, and
volunteers. Urbanworld’s reality is a true reflection of all who shape it and, in turn, share it. Thank you to everyone who
has made an indelible imprint on Urbanworld’s past, present, and future. We wish all of our 2010 festival patrons an
extraordinary Urbanworld experience!
Yours In Purpose & Possibility,
Gabrielle Glore
Executive Producer
6 | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER WELCOME
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Despite industry cynics, the indie film market endures and manages to flex its muscles in new and interesting ways. Filmmakers continue to innovate as content creators, producers, and distributors. With the digital age seamlessly
integrated into everyday life, filmmakers must be expertly equipped with the tools and resources available to fully
capitalize on the 4 screens — movies, TV, online, & mobile — driving this new media frontier. This year, we are proud to
introduce the HBO hosted Urbanworld Digital, an exciting new programming track created in partnership with Jigsaw
Global that will launch the festival with a series of business sessions focused on social media, gaming, and new media
production.
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LETTER FROM THE PRESENTING SPONSOR
Friends,
Welcome to the 14th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival! Building on the success of last year’s event, we look forward to
celebrating the creativity and great work of these talented filmmakers.
This is the third year BET Networks has been a part of this incredible event, and we’re honored to support the
next generation of rising filmmakers whose artistic excellence is too often overlooked. This week’s
festival will screen 71 films, including 22 world premieres, and will present the work of five
Urbanworld Screenplay Competition finalists in live readings. We applaud Urbanworld for supporting our rising filmmakers, and we are thrilled to have the
talented actress Kerry Washington as the 2010 festival ambassador.
We truly appreciate your participation and continued support. I’d also like to send a special thank you to everyone
who has worked so hard to keep the Urbanworld Film Festival the leading showcase for urban, ethnic, and multicultural cinema.
Here’s to a fantastic festival!
Cheers,
Debra L. Lee
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
BET Networks
PRESENTING SPONSOR WELCOME | 9
September 2010
Dear Friends:
Welcome to the 14th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City, the independent
film capital of the world!
The Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, created more than forty years ago, is
dedicated to working with filmmakers as they shoot on location in New York City and
serves as a division of the newly created Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. We’re
also committed to diversifying the City’s film and television industry so that it more
accurately reflects our vibrant population and have developed several workforce
development programs to build bridges to help women, people of color and disadvantaged
New Yorkers advance their careers in production.
As the one-stop shop for all production needs in the City, the Office of Film, Theatre and
Broadcasting continues to provide premier customer service – including free exterior
locations, police assistance and parking privileges. We also offer the “Made in NY”
marketing credit, which provides free advertising for films and television shows that shoot
here, and the “Made in NY” Discount Card Program with discounts for productions at over
950 local businesses.
Our website - www.nyc.gov/film - contains a wealth of information for everything you’ll
need to know about filming in New York City. There you can download the required permit
forms, sign up for our monthly electronic newsletter, and view our Hot Shots Photo Library,
a digital catalog that features City-owned properties around the five boroughs. You can also
check out Reel Jobs, a free weekly listing of job opportunities in the City.
I encourage you to contact my office at 311 or 212-NEW-YORK to find out just how easy it
is to film in New York.
Best wishes for a successful and enjoyable festival,
Katherine Oliver
Commissioner
Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
12:00pm – 5:00pm
Urbanworld Digital – Business Sessions ................................................... Hosted By HBO
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
12:00pm – 5:00pm
7:30pm Festival Registration.................................................................................. AMC 34th Street Theater
Opening Night Screening.......................................................................... AMC 34th Street Theater
NIGHT CATCHES US
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
9:00am – 2:00pm
11:30am – 5:00pm
12:00pm – Midnight
1:00pm – 3:00pm
3:00pm – 5:00pm
6:00pm
Tasha Smith Actors Workshop................................................................... Paramount Screening Room
(Presented by BET Networks with My Black Is Beautiful)
Festival Registration.................................................................................. AMC 34th Street Theater
Independent Film Screenings.................................................................... AMC 34th Street Theater
Directors Guild Of America (East) – Director’s Lunch .............................. By Invitation Only
Live Screenplay Readings (Hosted by BET Networks)............................... By Invitation Only
Spotlight Screening................................................................................... AMC 34th Street Theater
MY MIC SOUNDS NICE (Hosted By BET Networks)
9:00am – 2:00pm
11:30am – 5:00pm
12:00pm – Midnight
5:00pm
7:30pm
10:00pm
Tasha Smith Actors Workshop................................................................... Paramount Screening Room
(Presented by BET Networks with My Black Is Beautiful)
Festival Registration.................................................................................. AMC 34th Street Theater
One Night in vegas (Hosted By ESPN)
Closing Night Film
I Will Follow (World Premiere)............................................................ AMC 34th Street Theater
Boardwalk Empire (Hosted By HBO)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
11:00am – 1:00pm
12:00pm – 10:00pm
Awards Brunch Ceremony......................................................................... By Invitation Only
*SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
DIRECTIONS BY SUBWAY:
AMC 34TH STREET THEATER
A/C/E to 34th Street & 8th Avenue; 1/2/3 to 34th Street
& 7th Avenue – walk West one avenue block; B/D/F/N/Q/R/V/W to
34th Street & 6th Avenue – walk West two avenue blocks.
HBO
B/D/F to 42nd Street & 6th Avenue; 1/2/3 to 42nd Street & 7th
Avenue – walk East one avenue block; A/C/E to 42nd Street & 8th
Avenue – walk East two avenue blocks
PARAMOUNT SCREENING ROOM
A/C/E to 42nd Street & 8th Avenue – walk East 1 avenue block;
1/2/3 to 42nd Street & 7th Avenue; B/D/F to 42 Street & 6th Avenue
– walk West 1 avenue block.
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AMC 34th Street Theater
2
HBO
3
Paramount Screening Room
312 W. 34th Street (Between 8th & 9th Avenues)
1100 Avenue of the Americas at 42nd Street
1515 Broadway, 3rd Floor, at 45th Street
VENUES MAP | 15
URBANWORLD DIGITAL speakers
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The new technology track for Urbanworld Film Festival
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 | 12PM-5PM
12:00PM – 5:00PM | HBO Theater • 1100 6th Avenue, 15th Floor Theater
Sabrina Caluori
Director of Marketing & Social Media
HBO
Brandon Martinez
New Media Agent
Abrams Artists Agency
Paul Gardner
NamcoBandai America
David Robinson
Sr. Producer
NamcoBandai America
theater
1100 6th Avenue, 15th Floor Theater
(Attendance Is By Invitation Only)
Speakers from:
Abrams Artists Agency | HBO | MTV Networks
NamcoBandai America | SAGindie | Writers Guild of America, East
AGENDA
Ursula Lawrence
Lead Strategic Organizer
Writers Guild of America, East
Michael Sladek
New York Coordinator
SAGindie
Please check the website for program schedule, location, contact information:
http://www.jigsawglobal.com/events/urbanworld-2010
How to pitch a videogame tie-in for your film
How to pitch a digital media agent
Contracts 101 for micro-budget and
new media productions
A conversation with HBO about the
social media marketing for TRUE BLOOD
Suejin Yang
VP of Product Development
for MTV/VH1 Digital
MTV Networks
Urbanworld Digital is a collaboration between Jigsaw Global and Urbanworld Foundation.
URBANWORLD DIGITAL | 17
Womens
LIVE SCREENPLAY READINGS
Friday, September 17, 2010
3PM - 5PM
The Urbanworld Film Festival will present the 5 finalists in the Screenplay Category to festival attendees in an intimate
event, where their works will be performed live. Each finalist will stage a performance of their chosen screenplay scene,
with actors breathing life into each selected work.
BAG LADIES
GRACEY
JEAN OF THE JONESES
KNIFE TO A GUNFIGHT
OSVALDO’S
BAG LADIES follows the
hang-ups of five women
navigating their romantic
lives. Kennedy, Leila and
Monique are longtime
friends, planning one’s
wedding as their
relationships break
down. Chrislyn and Riley
are roommates with
very different methods
of excelling in life... and
love. All must let go of
past hurts before truly
finding happiness.
A former dirty cop is
forced to reenter the
criminal world of his past
for a shot at redemption.
Jean Jones, a gawky
22-year-old, finds new
love unexpectedly in
the back of a Brooklyn
ambulance with
paramedic Ray Malcolm,
but her dysfunctional,
middle class Jamaican
family gets in the way.
The streetwise Kirk
McCants is ambushed
and shot in the head at
point blank range. He
survives with a shaken
memory and seeks to
find out who shot him
and why. His journey
leads him to the truth
about himself and his
circumstances and leaves
him unprepared for
the conflict.
After his mother’s
death, Jerry Vasquez is
thrust into the position
of keeping his family
together. To complicate
matters, his father Juan
Vazquez, owner of the
barbershop Osvaldo’s,
quickly starts a relationship with much younger
hairdresser Luz Serrano.
Before long, tragedy
strikes Jerry and his
sister again.
TAI NELSON is a burgeoning
screenwriter from small
town Apopka, FL. She
is a University of Florida
graduate and former
third grade teacher who
has traveled from coast
to coast and across the
Atlantic. Inspired by these
experiences and the wide
range of people met along
the way, she has developed
a passion for creating new
characters and introducing
them to an audience through
screenwriting. Tai is excited
about Bag Ladies, her
screenwriting debut.
JULIAN BREECE was named
one of IndieWIRE’s young
“filmmakers to watch.” His
debut short, “The Young and
Evil,” was an Official Selection
of the 2009 Sundance Film
Festival. Breece is the creator,
writer, and director of BET’s
hit webseries “Buppies.”
His screenplay BALL was a
2006 Urbanworld Finalist
and a Top 10 Finalist for the
Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship
in Screenwriting.
A Film Independent
Project:Involve Fellow, Breece
is a graduate of Harvard (AB
’03) and USC (MFA ’05).
STELLA MEGHIE is a
Canadian born screenwriter
based in New York.
She graduated from the
University of Waterloo with
a BA in English Language
and Literature. She received
an MA in Screenwriting
and Production from the
University of Westminster
in London. While in England,
Meghie worked as a script
reader for EON Productions.
Born and raised in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
GEMAL WOODS’s eclectic
life experiences have
provided him a unique lens
through which to view the
world. He has worn the shoes
of a graffiti artist, award
winning fine artist, erratic
college student, ex-convict
and devoted father—each
influencing his growing body
of work.
Woods resides in
Washington, D.C. with his
wife Erica, son Excel, and
daughter Truth.
Randy Wilkins received
his B.A. in English from
Franklin and Marshall
College and his MFA from
NYU’s film school. His
short film “Osvaldo’s,”
upon which this screenplay
is based, was a finalist
at the American Black
Film Festival and HBO’s
Short Film Competition,
where it received an
exclusive broadcast
license agreement. Randy
is currently an assistant
editor on his mentor Spike
Lee’s latest film, IF GOD IS
WILLING AND DA CREEK
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OPENING NIGHT FILM
USA/2009/88min/Color
Two FlaVors One Family
DIRECTOR: Tanya Hamilton
WRITER: Tanya Hamilton
PRODUCER: Sean Costello, Jason Orans,
Ronald Simons
CINEMATOGRAPHER: David Tumblety
EDITOR: Affonse Gonsalves, John Chimples
FEATURING: Kerry Washington,
Anthony Mackie, Jamie Hector,
Wendell Pierce, Tariq Trotter,
Amari Cheatom, Jamara Griffin,
Ron Simons
Thursday, September 16, 7:30pm
AMC 34th Street Theater 9
NIGHT CATCHES US
In 1976, after years of mysterious absence, Marcus returns to the Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age in
the midst of the Black Power movement. While his arrival raises suspicion among his family and former neighbors, he
finds acceptance from his old friend Patricia and her daughter. However, Marcus quickly finds himself at odds with the
organization he once embraced, whose members suspect he orchestrated the slaying of their former comrade-in-arms.
In a startling sequence of events, Marcus must protect a secret that could shatter everyone’s beliefs as he rediscovers
his forbidden passion for Patricia.
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Sundance Fellow Tanya Hamilton has received numerous individual artist grants in recent years, including a
prestigious Pew Fellowship in the Arts Grant for Night Catches Us (the only screenwriter to ever receive the award).
Her short film The Killers was awarded best short film at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival and the 1997
New Line Cinema award. In the same year she also received the Director’s Guild of America Award for Best Female
Director. Hamilton is a graduate of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art as well as the Columbia
Film School.
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CLOSING NIGHT FILM
WORLD PREMIERE
KENYA/MALIA/SOMALIA/
TANZANIA/2009/62mins/Color
DIRECTOR: Paula Heredia
DIRECTOR: Ava DuVernay
PRODUCER: Equality Now
WRITER: Ava DuVernay
PRODUCER: Ava DuVernay
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Miguel Bunster
EDITOR: Spencer Averick
FEATURING: Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Omari
Hardwick, Beverly Todd, Tracie Thoms, Blair
Underwood, Michole White
Saturday, September 18, 7:30pm
Friday, September 17, 12pm
Sunday, September 19, 12pm
I WILL FOLLOW
AFRICA RISING
I WILL FOLLOW chronicles a black woman struggling with the death of a loved one as she moves out of the home they
once shared. As her moving day progresses, she is sidetracked by a series of personal encounters that trigger grief, guilt
and eventually, emotional freedom.
Every day, 6,000 girls from the Horn of Africa to sub-Saharan nations are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM).
With fierce determination and deep love for their communities, brave African activists are leading a formidable, fearless
grassroots movement to end 5,000 years of FGM. An insightful look at the frontlines of a quiet revolution taking the
continent by storm, this extraordinarily powerful film is one of the first to focus on African solutions to FGM.
Ava DuVernay directed and executive produced “My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women in Hip Hop”
for BET as the network’s first-ever original music documentary, which premiered August 2010. She made her feature
directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed 2008 hip hop documentary,“This is the Life.” Winner of Audience
Awards in Toronto, Los Angeles and Seattle, the film was released theatrically and debuted on Showtime in April 2009.
Her narrative feature debut “I Will Follow,” starring Salli Richardson-Whitfield, will make its World Premiere as the
closing night of the Urbanworld Film Festival 2010. DuVernay has worked in the world of film as a marketer for more
than 14 years, forming DVA Media + Marketing in 1999. Her award-winning firm has provided strategy and execution
for more than 80 film and television campaigns for acclaimed directors such as Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Michael
Mann, Robert Rodriguez, Bill Condon, Raoul Peck, Gurinder Chadha and Reggie & Gina Bythewood.
22 | SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Paula Heredia is a director and editor based in New York. She was awarded an Emmy for the HBO documentary IN
MEMORIAM, NYC 9/11/01 and an ACE Eddie Award for the acclaimed documentary UNZIPPED. Her directorial work
includes the documentaries GEORGE PLIMPTON AND THE PARIS REVIEW, RALPH GIBSON, and THE COUPLE IN THE
CAGE. Her dramatic work includes HAVING A BABY, TRAS LA VENTANA, SLINGS AND ARROWS, and LA CENA DE
MATRIMONIO. Her short film LA PAJARA PINTA premiered at the Lincoln Center Film Society LatinBeat Film Festival.
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DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese, Time Van Patten,
Jeremy Podeswa, Alan Taylor and
Allen Coulter
ATLANTIC CITY, 1920
WRITER: Terence Winter, Lawrence Konner,
Howard Korder, Tim Van Patten, Paul Simms,
Margaret Nagle, Steve Kornacki and
Meg Jackson
CREATED BY: Terence Winter
FEATURING: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt,
Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
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From Terence Winter, Emmy® Award-winning writer of “The Sopranos” and Academy® Award-winning director
Martin Scorsese, BOARDWALK EMPIRE is set in Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition, when the sale of alcohol
became illegal throughout the United States.
America in 1920: The Great War was over, Wall Street was about to boom and everything was for sale, even the World
Series. It was a time of change when women got the vote, broadcast radio began and young people ruled the world.
On the beach in southern New Jersey sat Atlantic City, a spectacular resort known as “The World’s Playground,” a place
where the rules didn’t apply. Massive hotels lined its famous Boardwalk, which featured nightclubs, amusement piers
and entertainment that rivaled Broadway. For a few dollars, a working man could get away and live like a king – legally
or illegally.
The undisputed ruler of Atlantic City was the town’s treasurer, Enoch “Nucky” Thompson (Steve Buscemi), a political fixer
and backroom dealer who was equal parts politician and gangster and equally comfortable in either role. Because of its
strategic location on the seaboard, the town was a hub of activity for rum-runners, minutes from Philadelphia, hours from
New York City and less than a day’s drive from Chicago. And Nucky Thompson took full advantage.
SERIES PREMIERE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 9PM
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NEW YORK PREMIERE
Uganda/2010/74min/Color
DIRECTOR: Nabil Elderkin
WRITERS: Nabil Elderkin, Isaac Hagy
PRODUCERS: Nyla Hassell, George Mays,
Claude Merkel, Charles Spano
WORLD PREMIERE
US/2010/95mins/Color
DIRECTOR: Qasim “Q” Basir
WRITER: Qasim “Q” Basir
PRODUCER: Dana Offenbach, Samad Davis
EDITOR: Issac Hagy
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ian Dudley
FEATURING: Abraham “Abramz” Tekya,
Crazy Legs
EDITOR: Christopher Scott Cherot
Friday, Sept 17, 7:30pm
Saturday, Sept 18, 9:15pm
FEATURING: Evan Ross, Nia Long,
Danny Glover, Roger Guenveur Smith,
Dorian Missick, Summer Bishil
BOUNCING CATS
MOOZ-LUM
Uganda has been called on of the worst places on earth to be a child. In 2006, Abrahmz Tekya, an AIDS orphan, created
the Break Dance Project Uganda - B.P.U. The dream was to establish a workshop teach kids about B-Boy Culture. Based
in Kampala, Uganda, and recently expanding permanent regular classes in Gulu, Northern Uganda, Abrahmz teaches
classes three times a week to over 300 hundred kids from all parts of the city. Bouncing Cats is the inspiring story
of one man’s attempt to create a better life for the children of Uganda using the unlikely tool of hip-hop culture wit the
focus on break-dance.
Pulled between his strict Muslim upbringing by his father and the normal social life he’s never had, Tariq Mahdi enters
college in a state of confusion. New relationships with Muslims and non-Muslims alike challenge his already shaken ideals,
and the estrangement with his mother and sister troubles him. With the help of new friends, family and mentors, he
begins to find himself and open up to an Islam he hasn’t been exposed to. But when the attacks of 9/11 happen without
warning, he is forced to face his past and make the biggest decisions of his life.
Nabil Elderkin, originally a native of Australia, began his photography career when he picked up a camera to shoot
portraits of fellow surfers. What started as a hobby rapidly developed into a working career. From surf portraits, Nabil
began shooting musicians and anyone that inspired him. He later moved to the United States to continue to expand his
career. Today, Nabil lives and works in Los Angeles at his studio downtown. He shoots musicians, sports, fashion and
portraiture. Nabil has recently published a book titled “Glow in the Dark” with Kanye West and Rizzoli and has directed
several music videos and documentaries from here to Africa. Traveling is his passion.
Qasim “Q” Basir has been taking the movie industry by storm for years now, but it wasn’t always about the movies. He
was planning on a career in law until he flew through the window of a car during a traffic accident in 2003. He said that
while recovering from his injuries, “I decided I needed to do what I loved, and make a difference while doing so.” That
was making movies. After completing his first project, 1Nation 2Worlds, he began doing just that. He took the film to
Colleges and Universities all over the country, challenging students and professors to open discussions on the important
issue of race. “I feel like ignorance is one of the most significant issues hindering our society today,” says Qasim. His next
film, award winning short “Glimpse,” dealt with a different subject but had the same idea, erasing ignorance. But this
time, as it deals with Muslims in America.
Next, Qasim created a short film series aimed at supporting Presidential candidate Barack Obama. The series, The
Inspiration of Barack: “Yes We Can” Film Series, is a compilation of seven short films all dealing with different people
who become inspired by Obama to take essential steps forward in their lives. The series can now be found on iTunes.
com and in Blockbuster Video.
BET NETWORKS PRESENTS
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Ava DuVernay
PRODUCER: Shirley Salomon
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bradford Young
EDITOR: Spencer Averick
FEATURING: MC Lyte, Missy Elliott, Yo Yo,
Eve, Lady Of Rage, Roxanne Shante,
Chuck D, Questlove
MY MIC SOUNDS NICE: A TRUTH ABOUT
WOMEN AND HIP HOP
BET Networks takes an in-depth look at outlining the events which contributed to the changing role of Female Rappers in
the Hip Hop Industry over the past decade. The documentary will address, but not be limited to, topics such as genderrelated: artistry, marketing, promotion and economics. “MY MIC SOUNDS NICE: A TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN AND HIP HOP” features revealing interviews with journalists,
executives, and rappers, including Missy Elliott, EVE, Trina, Rah Digga, MC Lyte, Yo Yo, Questlove, along with hip-hop
moguls Jermaine Dupri, Russell Simmons, Kevin Liles and many more. This documentary is an important, engaging, inside look at one of the most provocative topics affecting hip hop music
and females rappers today.
Ava DuVernay directed and executive produced “My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women in Hip Hop”
for BET as the network’s first-ever original music documentary, which premiered August 2010. She made her feature
directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed 2008 hip hop documentary,“This is the Life.” Winner of Audience Awards
in Toronto, Los Angeles and Seattle, the film was released theatrically and debuted on Showtime in April 2009. Her
narrative feature debut “I Will Follow,” starring Salli Richardson-Whitfield, will make its World Premiere as the closing
night of the Urbanworld Film Festival 2010. DuVernay has worked in the world of film as a marketer for more than 14
years, forming DVA Media + Marketing in 1999. Her award-winning firm has provided strategy and execution for more
than 80 film and television campaigns for acclaimed directors such as Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Michael Mann,
Robert Rodriguez, Bill Condon, Raoul Peck, Gurinder Chadha and Reggie & Gina Bythewood.
ESPN PRESENTS
USA/2010/52mins/Color
DIRECTOR: Reggie Rock Bythewood
WRITER: Reggie Rock Bythewood
PRODUCER: Damon Bingham, Harlan Werner, Mitch Wright, Connor Schell, John Dahl,
Solange Morales, Deirdre Fenton
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Cliff Charles
EDITOR: Terrilyn Shropshire
FEATURING: Mike Tyson, Joshua Bennett,
Rahleek Johnson, Mickey Rourke, Maya
Angelou, Rev. Al Sharpton, Chris Connelly,
Bruce Seldon, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson
Saturday, September 18, 5pm
ONE NIGHT IN VEGAS
On Sept. 7, 1996, Mike Tyson fought Bruce Seldon for the WBA title in Las Vegas. A Tyson fight in Vegas always brought
together a dangerous and intoxicating mix of high-rollers, Hollywood, and hip-hop. Superstar rapper Tupac Shakur sat
ringside, knowing they were just an Iron Mike knockout away from a party at Suge Knight’s club. But the rapper never
arrived. Shakur was gunned down, and the scene turned from revelry to tragedy. Director Reggie Rock Bythewood
tells the story of One Night in Vegas -- the last night these two men were ‘kings of the world’.
A Nomad Entertainment production, part of ESPN Film’s Thirty for Thirty Series.
In Los Angeles, Reggie Rock Bythewood was a writer on the series, A Different World. He also wrote for Dick Wolf’s
show, NY Undercover, and acted as the supervising producer. His debut as a screenwriter came with Spike Lee’s drama,
Get On The Bus. He wrote and directed, Dancing In September, Biker Boyz and the Laila Ali documentary,
Daddy’s Girl: Daughter of The Greatest.
NEW YORK PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Madeleine Sackler
DIRECTOR: Robert O’Hara
PRODUCERS: Blake Ashman-Kipervaser,
James Lawler and Madeleine Sackler
WRITER: Robert O’Hara
PRODUCER: Effie Brown
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tommy Maddox
Upshaw
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Wolfgang Held
EDITOR: Madeleine Sackler
FEATURING: Geoffrey Canada, Cory Booker
EDITORS: Craig Hayes and Paul Heim
FEATURING: Golden Brooks, Keith David,
DB Woodside, Darrin Dewitt Henson,
Rochelle Aytes, Shawn Michael Howard,
Adrianne Lenox, Andre Deshields,
Novella Nelson
Saturday, Sept 18, 5pm
Sunday, September 19, 1:30pm
Sunday, Sept 19, 12pm
THE INHERITANCE
THE LOTTERY
Five young family friends gather during a winter storm for a ‘secret’ reunion at the family estate. They are all bright and
talented going about their lives as they see best. The connection to their tortured history is one of only passing fascination. They are completely ignorant that every choice they’ve in their lives has actually been made for them. The reunion
turns deadly when the elders have to make good on an ancient pact with a spirit of an ancestor. Now, it’s this generation’s
turn to make the ultimate sacrifice. It is their duty and their destiny, but they won’t give up without a fight to survive.
In a country where 58 percent of African American 4th graders are functionally illiterate, The Lottery uncovers the
failures of the traditional public school system and reveals that hundreds of thousands of parents attempt to flee the
system every year. The Lottery follows four of these families from Harlem and the Bronx who have entered their
children in a charter school lottery. Out of thousands of hopefuls, only a small minority will win the chance of a better
future.
Robert O’Hara received his Directing MFA from Columbia University School of Arts and has become an accomplished
screenwriter, playwright and theater director. Robert has written films for the likes of Martin Scorsese, HBO and Spike
Lee. In 2010, he received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play for Antebellum, an OBIE Award for his
Direction of the World Premiere of the critically acclaimed In The Continuum and is now nominated for a 2010 NAACP
theater award.
Madeleine Sackler co-directed her first film, Mechina: A Preparation, in 2005 and went on to work on MTV’s
Human Giant. She then edited short documentary pieces for clients including Trudie Styler, Moxie Pictures, and
a-political. Returning to feature-length documentaries, she became part of the research team for Martin Scorsese’s
Shine a Light and worked as an editor for the documentary on Oscar-winner Howard Shore’s new opera, The Fly. The
Lottery (2010) marks her directorial debut.
Los Angeles based producer Effie T. Brown received a degree in film production and thEater from Loyola Marymount University before going on to participate in Film Independent’s (formerly IFP/Los Angeles) Project Involve. There she received an invaluable introduction to the film industry and quickly worked her way up through the ranks to become an award winning producer.
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Sultan Sharrief
France-USA/2010/90mins/Color
WRITER: Sultan Sharrief
DIRECTOR: Kartik Singh
PRODUCERS: Sultan Sharrief
WRITER: Kartik Singh
FEATURING: Julian Gant, Angela King,
Sabrina Quinn, Chelsea O’Connor, and
Angela Roberts
PRODUCER: Peregrine McCroskey
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Nicolas Contant
EDITOR: Jean-Paul Lançon
FEATURING: Maud Buquet, Saul Jephcott,
Joseph Wilkins, Antonio Ferreira,
Behi Djanati Atai
Sunday, Sept 19, 3:45pm
BILAL’S STAND
CALLBACK
Based on a true story, Bilal – a Muslim high school senior in Detroit – works long hours to keep up both his grades and his
family’s long-owned taxi stand. “The Stand” has been the source of all activity and money for the family for sixty years,
and now Bilal is destined to carry the torch. Yet despite a series of setbacks at home, Bilal secretly submits a college
application and takes up ice carving in order to win a scholarship. Now he is forced to decide whether to continue
running The Stand – the only life he has ever known – or take a chance at social mobility.
Paris, present day. Grace is an unknown actress who just turned forty. When she learns that a Hollywood production is
shooting in France, she is determined to get a part. As it so happens, the female lead role has become available and
Grace seizes the opportunity and gives it her all, training intensively with her acting coach and boyfriend Ricardo, then
actually sneaking into the audition! She meets casting director CJ and blows him away with her monologue. Things seem
hopeful indeed when Grace receives a message requesting a callback. Only one problem. The meeting is to take place
at CJ’s hotel room at midnight...
At only 19 years old, Sultan Sharrief produced an MTV Movie Award-nominated film called The Spiral Project.
Later as a University of Michigan alumnus, he started a community-based youth filmmaking program in Detroit supported
by the National Center for Institutional Diversity. Directing this distinctive educational program and numerous other
filmmaking projects led to Sharrief’s unique development of the 16mm feature film Bilal’s Stand, which premiered at
the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Born outside Kansas City to Indian parents, Kartik Singh received an MFA in film from the Sorbonne in Paris. His short
“Saving Mom and Dad” (2007) won international acclaim, showing in over 100 festivals and taking 16 awards. When
he is not writing and directing his own films, Kartik Singh works as an actor, a script doctor, a commercial director, and a
mentor for high school film students. Callback is his debut feature.
Peregrine McCroskey is a bilingual communications professional She specializes in Franco-American production
work, negotiating cultural logistics, and creative problem solving. Some of her recent highlights include production and
logistic management on a family drama with an HIV/AIDS educational subtext in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
and co-directing an original music video raising awareness about sexual violence against women in the DRC. Peregrine
is thrilled with the completion of her first feature length film: “Callback.”
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NEW YORK Premiere
EAST COAST PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Carmen Madden
DIRECTOR: Hilbert Hakim
WRITER: Carmen Madden
WRITERS: Joshua Leibner & Hilbert Hakim
PRODUCER: Monte Shulz
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Phillip Briggs
PRODUCERS: Scott Hakim, Christopher
Hempstead, Matt McCoy, Hilbert Hakim,
Paul Davis
EDITOR: Judd Flemming
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rob Benevites
FEATURING: Henry Brown
EDITOR: Lori Ball
FEATURING: Brian Geraghty, Jonathan
Cake, Faune Chambers, Sam Jones III,
Malik Whitefield, Charlie Robinson
Friday, September 17, 9:15pm
EVERYDAY BLACK MAN
KREWS
A small neighborhood grocer wants to do good for his community, but when he takes on a young black Muslim as a
partner, he realizes that he has put his beloved neighborhood and his family in danger, and must become the man he
used to be in order to save them.
A botched car-jacking forces two white-collar criminals to take refuge in the home of the thugs that accosted them.
Over the course of one explosive, unpredictable night, worlds collide, fortunes shift, lives are cast aside and the most
unsuspecting of heroes walks away with a multimillion dollar score.
With 20 years experience in the entertainment industry, Carmen Madden is the founder and Director of CLM
PRODUCTIONS, LLC, a company dedicated to developing and producing projects for film and television that tell creative
and passionate stories about everyday people as they struggle with trying to achieve the American dream. Always a
writer, but not sure of her direction in the field, Carmen started her entertainment career as an actress. She performed in
a variety of stage plays, and toured with the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Besides writing and acting, Carmen has other
talents as well. She is an educator at the community college level teaching film, acting, creative writing, and English.
Along with all these talents, Carmen has a BA in film and a MA in English with a concentration in creative writing from
San Francisco State University. It is her wish that CLM will produce films that inspire hope, promote discussion, and
encourage people to become more involved in their community.
Hilbert Hakim began his career as Administrative Assistant to Alan Horn, President and COO of 20th Century Fox,
after being hired from the studio mail room.
Hilbert later shifted his focus to production where he worked as an assistant and protégé to James Cameron. From there
he moved on to be an Assistant Director on close to forty motion pictures including: WHATS LOVE GOT TO DO WITH
IT, BOYS ON THE SIDE, TEAM AMERICA and BATMAN BEGINS.
In addition to James Cameron, Hilbert has had tenure with other extraordinary directors such as Herbert Ross, Mike
Nichols, Cameron Crowe, Billy Freidkin, Chris Nolan and Kathryn Bigelow.
KREWS is Hilbert’s directorial debut.
NEW YORK PREMIERE
NORTH AMERICAN Premiere
UK/2010/116mins/Color
DIRECTOR: Ryan Richmond
DIRECTOR: Rob Heath
WRITER: Ryan Richmond
WRITER: Barrie Keefe
PRODUCER: Sam Pollard
PRODUCERS: Clint Dyer, Rob Heath,
Robin Mahoney
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ryan Richmond
EDITOR: Sam Pollard
FEATURING: Aunjanue Ellis, Terri Abney, Michel Wright, Whalen Lawrence
CINEMTOGRAPHER: Jono Smith
EDITOR: Robin Mahoney
FEATURING: Ralph Brown, Clint Dyer,
Rafe Spall, Anjela Lauren Smith
Friday, Sept 17, 7pm
MONEY MATTERS
SUS
The story introduces us to Monique Matters aka Money, 14 years old living in Southeast Washington, DC, the roughest
area of the city. She catches three buses across town to go to a Catholic school where she is seen as ‘different’, and
at home her relationship with her mother, Pamela Matters, is far from healthy. Pamela is a young mother that forces
religion on Money because of her own guilt. Money coexists within two worlds but doesn’t feel comfortable in either
one. Money Matters is an intimate, moving exploration of female relationships that delves into the lives of a single
mother and her teenaged daughter as they trudge across terrains of doubt and insecurity to find their own roads of
self-discovery.
1979: Election Night - A police interview room. Delroy’s pregnant wife has been found dead in a pool of blood and he
is brought in as the chief suspect. He is interrogated by D.S. Karn, a witty, psychotic racist and his violent sidekick D.C.
Wilby. Both high on the prospect of a Conservative landslide victory they try to lure him into a quick confession. Callous
humiliation gives way to a barrage of sinister violence, leading to a devastating conclusion.
Ryan Richmond is a Washington, D.C. native and a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Richmond’s directorial debut film MONEY MATTERS, was the first Short to be nominated for the Independent Feature
Project’s (IFP’s) Gordon Parks Award (2001). He developed the short film into a feature screenplay, which was selected
by Tribeca Film Festival’s All Access Program, won UrbanWorld Film Festival’s HBO Screenplay Competition and won 2nd
place for the Larry Neal Dramatic Writing Competition.
Currently, his cinematography is airing on HBO with the documentary “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama”,
and Ryan is producing a four-part documentary series with Spike Lee on President Barack Obama for A&E Indie Films
(A&E Channel).
From Barrie Keeffe, the writer of the British classic ’The Long Good Friday’ and based on a true story, SUS is a
gripping and emotionally fuelled drama, with dialogue crackling in humor and insight. It is also a powerful outcry against
institutional racism and of course the ever controversial SUS laws. It pulls no punches in its depiction of a corrupt system
that fails the very people it should protect.
A NOTE FROM THE WRITER BARRIE KEEFE
I wrote SUS shortly after Margaret Thatcher was swept to power in May 1979 and told the world from the doorway of
Number Ten, “Where there is discord may we bring harmony. Where there is despair may we bring hope.” Living in South
East London at the time where the British Fascists were causing fear and havoc I felt very little hope and wrote the play.
The story was a true incident I had covered as a reporter on a local weekly newspaper many years before but it wasn’t
until Thatcher took up the reins that I found the backdrop for the play - election night, the “new dawn” as Karn chillingly
puts it. I’m saddened that this piece of work I wrote thirty years ago and thought was exactly, as one critic called it, a
piece “instant political theatre” actually does have a painful resonance now.
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Jennifer Jessum
WRITER: Simon J. Joseph, Ph.D.
PRODUCERS: Jennifer Jessum,
Simon J. Joseph, Ph.D.,
Edward Osei-Gyimah
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jennifer Jessum
EDITOR: Edward Osei-Gyimah
AMC 34th StreetTheater 12
AMC 34th StreetTheater 11
FINDING GOD IN THE CITY OF ANGELS
Celebrating the multicultural diversity of spiritual life in Los Angeles, “Finding God in the City of Angels” explores
the varied ways in which different communities engage their sacred texts or “scriptures,” whether in worship, prayer,
song, dance, performance, art, storytelling or ministry. From a small Skid Row church in downtown Los Angeles to a
massive Chinese Buddhist temple in Hacienda Heights; from an Orthodox Jewish synagogue on Venice Beach to an
alternative religious group that meets in a hair salon in Inglewood; from the first Indigenous Peoples of Los Angeles to
the Goddess Temple of Orange County, “Finding God in the City of Angels” explores the diverse ways in which
different communities live their “scriptures.”
Jennifer Jessum is an award winning director, choreographer and producer from New York City. She holds an M.F.A.,
in film production, from USC’s School of Cinema/Television and an M.F.A., in dance, from New York University’s Tisch
School of Arts where she did work in dance, music, and film and attended on a full fellowship. She has produced and
directed numerous short films, music videos, and commercials and has had her choreography and films commissioned
and presented throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Her first feature documentary, Holy Man, was narrated
by Martin Sheen.
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NEW YORK PREMIERE
EAST COAST PREMIERE
Netherlands/2009/60mins/Color
Kenya/2010/98mins/Color
DIRECTORS: Mascha Poppenk and
Manfred Poppenk
DIRECTOR: Michael Wanguhu
PRODUCERS: Mascha Poppenk and
Manfred Poppenk
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Suzan van Steenwijk
EDITOR: Manfred Poppenk
WRITER: Russell Kenya
PRODUCERS: Michael Wanguhu and
Russell Kenya
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Wanguhu
EDITOR: Michael Wanguhu
FEATURING: M1 (of Dead Prez),
Umi (of POW)
Sunday, September 19, 12p
Saturday, September 18, 7pm
GROWN IN DETROIT
NI WAKATI (IT’S TIME!)
Just imagine… Teen moms becoming Urban Farmers. Utopia? Not in Detroit! The hometown of mass production is
turning green again. The disappearance of the auto industry transformed the once wealthiest city of America into a villa
ghetto. Amidst all this misery, the ‘forgotten’ residents have surprisingly emerged with their own solutions. Nature is
taking over the city and the new generation is taught to harvest its profit.
Ni Wakati re-introduces Africa’s rich diversity to the rest of the World, as M1(of Dead Prez) and Umi (of POW) travel
to East Africa to serve as unique cultural ambassadors helping to bridge the gap between the distantly related Africans
worldwide. They connect with Ukoofulani Mau Mau a revolutionary youth movement of artists based in Nairobi. They collectively travel to Tanzania where they unite with former Black Panther members Pete O’Neal and Mama Charlotte. The
gap between the young and old is bridged as they collectively shine a light on Africa’s resilience, possibility and potential.
Dutch filmmakers Mascha and Manfred Poppenk, both partners privately and in business, make documentaries
that are as close to reality as possible. Without staging or guidance they are true cinéma vérité documentary makers.
They met in Africa working on the wildlife film ‘Serengeti Symphony’ with Emmy award-winner Baron Hugo van Lawick.
Their filmmaking vision turned out to be harmonious and there was that inevitable click. From that moment on
they have joined their qualities in making numerous award-winning documentaries.
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Michael Wanguhu is committed to telling stories that upgrade the image of Africa, through Emerge Media Group,
a company he co-founded, he directed and produced the award winning Hip-Hop Colony that was distributed by Image
Entertainment and broadcast by MNET. He has toured high-schools and colleges to share about Africa. He was featured
on the book ‘Total Chaos’ as a panelist. He’s currently working on a TV series for the diaspora audience.
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NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Demetrius Wren
PRODUCERS: Michael Smith, Demetrius
Wren, Christina Ghubril
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Demetrius Wren
EDITOR: Demetrius Wren
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Sunday, September 19, 8pm
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STREETBALL
In Cape Town, there are two realities. Sixteen years after the end of apartheid, South Africa prepares to host the FIFA
World Cup and the country is ripe with celebration. However, there remains a generation that lives in extreme poverty,
with many youth falling into lives of violence, drugs and abuse.
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Streetball is a fast paced documentary that tells the stories of South Africa’s 2008 Homeless World Cup team. The
Homeless World Cup is an annual soccer tournament that draws teams from over 56 countries—comprised entirely of
street people. Streetball is a story of hope and of the resilience that dwells within the human spirit. But while these
men’s’ dreams are simply to have a home and to be recognized as people who need care, often times the realization of
those dreams is accompanied by a sobering reality.
Demetrius Wren began his artistic training at an early age after enrolling in the Davidson Fine Arts School in Augusta,
Georgia. Davidson provided eight years of study in music, dance, drama and video. Following Augusta, Demetrius
completed a dual studies degree in classical music and motion picture production at Florida State University before
moving to New York. His original work centers around the stories of children and youth and, in particular, highlights
the stories of often overlooked young people. Film highlights include the short film Of My God, charitable work for
Nolashines.org and From Us With Love, as well as other music videos and art films.
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AMC 34th Street Theatre 9
NEW YORK PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Kamali Minter
WRITERS: Stephanie M. Vaughn and Kathryn J. Taylor
PRODUCERS: Kathryn J. Taylor and
Stephanie M. Vaughn
Cinematographer: Kenn Michael
EDITOR: Kimali Minter
3 FACES OF EVELYN
CASTING NOTICE
3 FACES OF EVELYN is a short comedy narrative
loosely inspired by the Academy Award winning
movie “The Three Faces of Eve” and informed by the
2008 Presidential Election. Evelyn – battling multiple
personalities -- attends an impromptu session with her
psychiatrist because she cannot remember for whom she
voted on November 4, 2008. Did she write in Clinton,
vote for McClain, or choose Obama? Both, Evelyn and
Dr. McKenna, have a mutual breakthrough.
Evander Bridges is a struggling actor whose every
attempt to book an acting job has resulted in failure.
That is, until he receives a VERY appealing proposition to
appear in an adult film. It’s not exactly the type of break
out role he’s hoping for, but it’s close enough, especially
when offered a substantial amount of money and not
being presented with any other opportunities. CASTING
NOTICE follows Evander’s journey as he decides whether
or not to take the role.
Kamali Minter is a writer / director / editor based in
Los Angeles, where she relocated after graduating from
NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has written, directed,
and produced shorts, web series, EPK’s and promos.
Her shorts and web series have played multiple festivals
and received distribution. She was also a Nickelodeon
Writing Fellowship finalist, and has edited shows for BET,
MTV, TLC, BRAVO, PLANET GREEN and THE FOOD
NETWORK.
Marcus Thomas is a Fort Worth, Texas native and
a graduate of the University of Houston. He began
his career as a production assistant working on a
number of high-profile music video and commercials.
Equipped with the knowledge acquired while working
on set, Marcus began directing and editing his own
projects. Currently he resides in Los Angeles, CA where
he works as an Online Media Producer for the Fox
Broadcasting Company.
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR/ WRITER: Mikal Din
PRODUCERS: Mikal Din, Anthony Philips,
Holann Joli Sobers
CINEMATOGRAPHERS: Ricardo Sarmiento,
Nasri Zaccharia
EDITOR: Mikal Din
FEATURING: Damien Omar Lee, Jas Anderson,
Saylon Sengbloh, Angel Dillemuth
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EAST COAST PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Marcus Thomas
WRITER: Marcus Thomas
PRODUCER: Marcus Thomas, Geoffrey Fortner
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joshua Reis
EDITOR: Marcus Thomas
FEATURING: Brandon Young, Aury Reyes,
Rocco Rosanio
FEATURING: Kathryn J. Taylor and Brian Carpenter
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CHAINS
“44” is a day in the life of a young man in the urban
jungle. He inhabits an environment where random
violence can spontaneously occur. “44” is an exploration
of a reoccurring moment, a reenactment of violence, a
meditation on vengeance, but ultimately an ode to life,
love and loss.
Derrick lives the kind of life that every person dreams
of - a beautiful wife, a lucrative job, and the freedom
to enjoy all of the luxuries success has to offer. But
when a frantic call from a friend interrupts a romantic
night out, Derrick’s life is dramatically changed. Held
captive at gun point and forced to watch as the love
of his life is barbarically taken, Derrick comes face to
face with the cold, undeniable reality that travesties
long since abolished still hold the keys to more than 27
million CHAINS. Mikal din has been making films as long as anyone
can remember. After graduating from film school (BU)
MIkal began honing his craft by working for production
companies and learning all aspects of filmmaking. Writing,
shooting, editing, producing. He continues to direct and
edit projects from music videos to advertisements to
PSA’s. “I like to work in a variety of media b/c they always
inform one another in some way or another. I just hope
my films inform someone emotionally and let’s them
connect to the work on the screen.”
Marcus Stokes is a director whose talent for
innovative storytelling and amazing visuals is truly unique. He started his filmmaking career as a visual effects artist
at George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). After
several years creating effects for films such as Star Wars
Episode I, The Matrix II, and I Robot, Marcus began
his career in directing. In addition to his film projects,
Marcus has also worked on documentaries, music videos,
and even the NAACP Image Awards.
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Marcus Stokes
WRITER: Marcus Stokes
PRODUCER: Marcus Stokes, Paul Winze,
Steve Griffith
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ruben F. Russ
EDITORS: Marcus Stokes, Ryan Warda
FEATURING: Andre Royo, John Hensley
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CLAP CLAP
Set in Chinatown, NYC - Leena is an illegal gun dealer
facing a difficult decision. Should she stick with her faithful
lover Roy and continue their fragile gun running operation
or should she make a deal involving a mysterious buyer, a
SIM card, a wad of cash and plane ticket.
NEW YORK PREMIERE
USA/2010/9min/Color
DIRECTOR: Tanuj Chopra
WRITERS: Tanuj Chopra, Hart Eddy
PRODUCER: Smriti Mundhra
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Kim
EDITORS: Tanuj Chopra, Joe Murphy
Tanuj Chopra started making films 10 years ago in
New York City. In 2003, his lushly photograhped New
Delhi based love story, BUTTERFLY, won three best short
film awards and screened at over 30 festivals across
North America, Europe, India and Pakistan. In 2006 he
co-wrote (with Hart Eddy), directed and produced his first
feature film PUNCHING AT THE SUN which premiered
at the Sundance film festival. Chopra holds a BA in Art
Semiotics from Brown University and an MFA in directing
from the film program at Columbia University.
FEATURING: Sung Kang, Tillotama Shome,
Manu Narayan
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Tahir Jetter
WRITER: Tahier Jetter
PRODUCER: Tahir Jetter
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Fletcher Wolfe
EDITOR: Tahir Jetter
FEATURING: Jade Jackson, Carlton Byrd
CONGRATULATIONS
MR. GONZALEZ!
Luis Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican actor in his mid 30’s
who has been given the opportunity to star in a major
Hollywood film. Though he’s excited for this opportunity,
something doesn’t feel right. All he wants to do is live
out his dream as an actor...but at what price? This is
Congratulations Mr. Gonzalez!
Victor Cruz was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and
was raised in the heart of the South Bronx in New York
City. At the age of sixteen, Victor performed stand-up
comedy for the first time at a comedy club in downtown
Manhattan. He attended SUNY Purchase College, where
he studied in the Acting Conservatory. Some of Victor
Cruz’s film and TV credits include: The Taking Of Pelham
1:23, Inside Man, Law & Order, Ugly Betty, Damages,
NIP/TUCK, 30 Rock, and FRINGE. He decided to create
opportunities for himself and began producing short
comedies, a comedy DVD (THE VICTOR CRUZ SHOW),
and directed a couple of dramatic shorts. Victor Cruz is
one of the hardest working artists today and you can see
him in the film THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE.
CLOSE
COOKIE
One night after a casual ‘visit,’ Angela is all but ready to
leave Derek’s apartment. Derek, however, is determined
not to let her go without a fight.
An interaction between three boys and a streetwalker
leaves one of the boys believing that he has been pickpotted. When he convinces the other two young men to
return to the prostitute’s street to reclaim his wallet, the
result is a night that will change the boys’ lives forever.
A drama about a common moment in a relationship,
‘Close’ explores the intense frustration that comes
when the person you desire does not see things your
way.
Tahir Jetter is a filmmaker from Washington, D.C. area
and a graduate of the undergraduate Film Production
program at NYU. “Close,” a romantic drama, marks
Tahir’s short film debut and is the first of several shortform pieces that he plans to make over the next several
years. Tahir is currently working to expand “Close”
into a feature-length piece in addition to finishing the
screenplay for an epic farce about New York City nightlife.
Born and raised in Queens, New York, Francisco
Ordoñez graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from the
City University of New York. In May of 2006 he completed
his M.F.A. at Columbia University’s Film Program, where
he was honored as a Film Division Fellow. His feature
screenplay, ASHER, was selected for the 2006 Tribeca
Film Festival All Access Program and is in development
with Emmy-nominated DP/Producer, Cliff Charles.
Francisco now lives in Los Angeles where he has gained
popularity as a music video director, working for indie
and major recording artists alike. Recently, Francisco
has been hired to direct “BLOOD OF THE MARTYR,”
written and produced by Franc Reyes via his production
company, Alumbra Films. Francisco is also attached to
direct “EL CENTRO DEL MUNDO” from Executive
Producer, Marlene Dermer, Co-founder and Director of
the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival.
WORLD PREMIERE
USA/2010/14mins/B&W
DIRECTOR: Victor Cruz
WRITER: Victor Cruz
PRODUCER: Victor Cruz
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Victor Oliveira
EDITOR: Victor Cruz
FEATURING: Victor Cruz, George Pappas, Margarita
Tavarez, Stephen Kilcullen, and Christopher Lorenzo
DIRECTOR: Francisco Ordoñez
WRITER: Francisco Ordoñez
PRODUCER: Mike Mejia, Ylenia Castillo, Erika Colon,
Yadira Garcia
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Fernando Vazquez
FEATURING: Heidi Pena, Rene Rosado,
Kareem Savinon, Michael Chandler
DIRECTOR: Rashaad Ernesto Green
WRITER: Ryan Haydon
PRODUCER: Marquis Smalls
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Daniel Patterson
EDITOR: Rashaad Ernesto Green
FEATURING: Duane Burress Jr., Zora Howard,
Jacinto Taras Riddick
EAST COAST PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Delphine de St. Paër Suter
WRITER: Elizabeth Appell
PRODUCER: Elizabeth Appell
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mickey Freeman
EDITOR: Tom Bullock
FEATURING: Rhonnie Washington, Lloyd Roberson II
CUTS
EMPIRE CORNER
Michael Taylor, Jr. strikes out in a baseball game, and
must now prove his manhood to his father by pursuing a
girl from school.
A woman travels across New York City – and between
two worlds – in search for the man she never got a chance
to know.
Starting his career as an actor, Bronx native Rashaad
Ernesto Green received a BA from Dartmouth College
and a MFA from the NYU Graduate Acting program. After
spending three years acting in theaters nationwide and
working with directors like Spike Lee, Rashaad had the
opportunity to work as a teacher in the South Bronx before
turning his efforts behind the camera to tell stories. He
currently studies film at NYU’s Graduate Film Program.
His first film, “The Can Collector,” about a man
who makes his living off the streets reliving his childhood
dreams, screened at Lincoln Center accompanied by a
live orchestra. The world premiere of “Premature”
which tackles the issue of teenage pregnancy, won the
Grand Jury Prize in the HBO Short Film Competition at
the 2008 American Black Film Festival, and is currently on
HBO. Rashaad’s last short, “Choices” premiered at the
2009 Sundance Film Festival. Rashaad is now working on
his first feature “Gun Hill Road” which is currently in
pre-production.
J.P. Chan is a self-taught filmmaker and playwright
living in New York City. His award-winning short films
have screened at film festivals around the world and his
plays have had productions and readings in New York
and Chicago. He is a member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab,
holds a graduate degree in urban planning from NYU, is
a LEED Accredited Professional, and was born in New
Jersey to working-class immigrant parents.
EASY MADE HARD
GIMME GRACE
A son returns home for protection from the police, but
he meets his fate at the hand of his father.
Nicky and Lakeith, two troubled young men from very
different walks of life, collide in the course of a mugging
on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Delphine de St. Paër Suter graduated from
San Francisco State University’s film school. She was
nominated for ASC’s prestigious Conrad L. Hall Heritage
Award. Her first independent film Eyes of a Child
received the Eastman Kodak Grand Jury Prize, First
Prize for Best Female Director/Producer in the White
Sands Film Festival, and First Prize in the Reel Women’s
International Film Festival.
Elizabeth Appell is an award winning novelist,
playwright, and screenwriter. Several of her screenplays
have been optioned, and her play Confessions of
a Catholic Child premiered in 2007 in Los Angeles.
She just completed her second short film, A Warning
from the Bathtub.
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: J.P. Chan
WRITER: J.P. Chan
PRODUCER: J.P. Chan
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Richard Wong
EDITOR: J.P. Chan
FEATURING: Alexis Camins, Teyonah Parris
Anthony Onah is an award-winning filmmaker based
in Los Angeles. Raised in the Philippines, England, Nigeria,
Togo, and the United States, he trained as a biochemist
and neuroscientist at Harvard University, where he was
awarded the Hoopes Prize for outstanding scholarly
work. He is currently an MFA Directing candidate at
the UCLA Film School. Anthony is a recipient of the
Hollywood Foreign Press Award, a Directors Guild of
America Student Film Award, and the Edie and Lew
Wasserman Fellowship.
EAST COAST PREMIERE
USA/2010/11mins/Color & B&W
DIRECTOR: Anthony Onah
WRITER: Anthony Onah
PRODUCER: Anthony Onah, Justin Begnaud
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Thomas Denove
EDITOR: Timothy Good
FEATURING: Lakeith Stanfield, Nick McCallum
NEW YORK PREMIERE
GOOD INTENTIONS
GRACE
In a time where economic and poor healthcare dominates
today’s society, Camille and Avery, a young married
couple, must cope with the unfortunate hand they
were dealt. But when an opportunity presents itself as
a possible relief to their situation, a decision must be
made to either save a loved one or break the bonds of
marriage. When love is the driving force, does the means
justify the ends?
A man struggles to keep his present life intact after an
unwelcome visit from his past.
A Chicago native, Morocco Omari’s directing credits
include the short film (Mis)Leading Man. Mr. Omari is
also the Executive Producer and writer of the multiaward winning short film The Male Groupie.
Steven Mondesir, New York’s underdog filmmaker,
presents GRACE. After dropping out of his collegial
studies, Mondesir vowed to make film his way on his
own terms; as well as films that actually speak to his
generation and demographic. Born in Irvington, NJ,
Mondesir discovered his passion for film at the age of
six, watching E.T. The Extraterrestrial and was inspired to
become a filmmaker. After studying film in three different
institutions, Mondesir felt it best to take the knowledge
he’s gained and turn it into art. Enjoy.
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Morocco Omari
WRITER: Ihuoma Ofordire
PRODUCER: Kia Joy Goodwin, Jodi Smith,
Ihuoma Ofordire
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Edd Lucas
EDITOR: Alaric Martin
DIRECTOR: Steven Mondesir
WRITER: Steven Mondesir
PRODUCER: Steven Mondesir
CINEMATOGRAPHER: James Washington
EDITOR: Mike Mazzotta
FEATURING: Alex Mulzac
FEATURING: Ihuoma Ofordire, Kevin Carrol,
José Yenque, Kim Vasilakis, Elizabeth Pan
DIRECTOR: Debby Wolfe
WRITER: Debby Wolfe
PRODUCERS: Kaz Kipp, Rebecca Hamm,
Maureen Morrison
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Patrice Cochet
EDITORS: Emily Hsuan, Adam Zuckerman
FEATURING: Talia Zapien, Carlos Ramirez,
Gloria Sandoval, Jessica Martinez, Gaby Gutierrez,
Raini Rodriguez, Stephanie Mendoza, Raquel Cordova
GORDITA
HARROW ISLAND
A plus size Latina regains her lost confidence through the
help of a cassette tape she recorded as a sassy, booty
shakin’ teen in 1994.
‘Harrow Island’ is a human rights thriller following
the story of photojournalist Simon Porter, as he is
documenting a machine called the ‘Harrow’. It is the
worst assignment Simon has ever been given, and it’s
quickly turning into the worst night of his life. But in the
heart of the horror that he follows his camera into, Simon
discovers something beautiful and it changes him.
DEBBY WOLFE wrote and directed the short film CAT’S
BAD HAIR DAY, which played numerous film festivals
and won a student award at the Hamptons International
Film Festival. As a Story Producer, Debby has worked on
reality projects for MRC, CBS, Discovery, and Current.
With her feature projects, Debby was an American
Zoetrope Screenplay Competition finalist and is currently
a finalist for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.
KAZ KIPP is a producing fellow of Film Independent’s
2010 Project:Involve. She produced the short SPARE
SOME CHANGE which won the Earthjustice Media Lab
Studios Earth Efficiency Film Challenge in conjunction
with the IFC/Sundance Channel. Kaz is currently in
development on several feature film projects.IFC/
Sundance Channel. Kaz is currently in development on
several feature film projects.
Anja Marquardt is a filmmaker based in Berlin and
NYC. Originally from Berlin, Anja grew up dreaming of the
world that lay beyond the mysterious wall that encircled
the woods of her childhood backyard. Soon after the
Berlin wall fell, she began exploring those worlds,
traveling and living in places like the Arizona desert,
Granada, Strasbourg, and the mountains of northern
Laos. In 2007, she was awarded a Dean’s Fellowship at
New York University’s Graduate Film Program. In her
time at NYU, Anja has directed 5 short films and worked
on several other projects as a producer. Anja is currently
developing her first feature length film.
NEW YORK PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Anja Marquardt
WRITER: Anja Marquardt
PRODUCER: Josh Hetzler
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kristina Nikolova
EDITOR: Vincent Assmann
FEATURING: Michael Medeiros, Chad Hoppner,
Bo Corre, Gerry Bamman
WORLD PREMIERE
HEAR ME
KNOCK OFF
When a tortured composer receives cryptic text messages
on the 1 year anniversary of his fiance’s disappearance,
he embarks on a hunt for answers that leads him directly
to her.
Teenager Jude is happy and confident about her
pregnancy until she overhears her father Michael telling
her teacher it’s a terrible mistake. Feeling hurt and
betrayed, Jude flees the school and Michael chases her
into a busy street market. Only Jude’s brave stand when
a Chinese DVD seller is mugged shows him he needs to
stand up for his daughter.
Kenn Michael is a director/composer/writer/editor/
actor from Los Angeles. Best known as Michael Peterson
from WB’s ‘The Parent Hood’, Kenn has gone on to direct
and produce countless short films, music videos and
TV shows. He’s composed scores for film and TV. Most
recently, Kenn Co-Executive Produced and Directed
‘Trey Songz: My Moment’ for Dubose/Liles and BET and
was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for sound mixing.
DIRECTOR: Kenn Michael
WRITER: Kenn Michael
PRODUCER: Kamali Minter, Jeff Lam
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kenn Michael
EDITOR: Kenn Michael
KNOCK OFF is the first film by writer-director Rosanne
Flynn. Rosanne holds a first-class history degree from
King’s College, Cambridge. She is currently working as a
script editor and research consultant and has developed
of a number of projects including BAFTA-winning TV
dramas BRITZ and OMAGH. Her debut feature script
CROSSBONES was recently selected for the prestigious
SHE WRITES programme run jointly by the Script Factory
and the Bird’s Eye View Film Festival.
FEATURING: Russell Richardson, Marilinda Rivera,
Robinne Lee
DIRECTOR: Ya’Ke
WRITER: Ya’Ke
PRODUCER: Ya’Ke, Ralph Lopez
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Yuta Yamaguchi
EDITOR: Ya’Ke
FEATURING: Herman Tre Whitney, Nadine Mozon,
SkudR Jones, Monique Straw
NEW YORK PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Rosanne Flynn
WRITER: Rosanne Flynn
PRODUCER: James Levison
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Florian Emmerich
EDITOR: Tom Kinnersley
FEATURING: Naomi J. Lewis, Chiké Okonko
KATRINA’S SON
MEN OR MICE
When a young boy loses his grandmother during
Hurricane Katrina, he travels to San Antonio, Texas, in
search of the mother who abandoned him years earlier.
A quiet evening at home turns into a night of terror for
Jade. When she reaches out to the men in her life for
help, she discovers an unconventional hero... she hopes.
Widely regarded as one of this generation’s next film
directors to watch, Ya’Ke’s films have received worldwide acclaim, screening and winning awards at over 40
film festivals, including The Cannes International Film
Festival. His films have been broadcast nationally on HBO,
Showtime and BET J. He is the recipient of a Director’s
Guild of America Student Film Award, a regional Student
Academy Award and an HBO Short Film Award.
Kiara C. Jones began her creative career as a poet and
hip hop artist. She transformed her love for storytelling
into an award-winning career in broadcast radio and
television. She has produced and directed award winning
films and commercials in various mediums. Her films have
been featured on Lifetime Movie Network, PBS Reel
Shorts, BET, Centric and HBO.
Kiara’s goal as a filmmaker is to create art that accurately
reflects the varied experiences of all Americans and to
tell universal stories that introduce the world to a series
of characters and cultures that have been commonly
ignored by mainstream cinema. Kiara hopes her work
will help dissolve stereotypes and break paradigms that
have corrupted the image of ethnic peoples. Through
her production company, Cultivated Films, she strives to
provide an environment of nurturing and support where
filmmakers from all demographics can develop and grow
their individual voices.
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Kiara C. Jones
WRITER: Kiara C. Jones
PRODUCER: Shyra Smart, Peter Marquez,
Kiara C. Jones
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Thomas Kim
EDITOR: Kiara C. Jones
FEATURING: Frances Turner, Maba Ba,
Stephen Cofield, Hassan Goding
WORLD PREMIERE
USA/2009/4mins/B&W
DIRECTOR: Tamika R. Guishard
WRITER: Tamika R. Guishard
PRODUCER: Tamika R. Guishard
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ketki Pandit
EDITOR: Tamika R. Guishard
MIRROR MIRROR
PARAMOUR
Reflections of love...Mirror Mirror is a chance
meeting between two people that are picture-perfect.
Their potential for a match made in heaven is undeniable
despite the fact that they have never met.
Adam, a young fashion designer in New York City just
wants to follow his dream. His girlfriend Lisa helps him
along the way until the she refuses to face his failures
any longer. He is lost when he meets Eva, A young
photographer full of life and passion. Everything starts
going well again in Adam life but something happen.
A first-generation American born of Caribbean heritage
in East New York, Brooklyn, Tamika Guishard’s
ultimate goal as a filmmaker is to foster a rebirth of the
afterschool special for today’s youth. Her return to East
New York as a seventh grade Social Studies teacher
cemented Tamika’s desire to make realistic films that
entertain, enlighten, and teach.
Tamika conceptualized B. Good Productions in her first
year at NYU Graduate Film School and is preparing to
shoot her thesis film, entitled JACKIE, this November.
Abdou Maba Diakhou Ba a.k.a Maba Ba was born in
Dakar, Senegal. Son of filmmaker Cheikh Nagido Ba and
agronomist Rokhaya Daba Fall, Maba Ba was raised by
his mother along with two brothers and a younger sister.
Maba’s ambition for storytelling started early. At a young
age, he appeared in several school plays. In 2009 he
finally decided to fully pursue his career in show business
as an actor. It was not until 2010 that Maba Ba finally
admitted that filmmaking is just in his blood. In February
2010 he started to work on his first film and named it
“Paramour,“ French for “By Love.“
FEATURING: Esosa Edosomwan, Robeson Taj Frazier
WORLD PREMIERE
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Maba Ba
WRITER: Maba Ba
PRODUCER: Maba Ba, Kiara C. Jones
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Neil Stephens
EDITOR: Victoria Valles
FEATURING: Shana Solomon, Natalia Dzyublo, Maba
Ba, Beryl Teitelbaum
MR GRAHAM
POSITIVE BUY
A young man battles his inner demons.
‘The journey is more important than the destination’ is
the old adage. The same goes with sucking on the glass
pipe. Sit back but ya won’t relax as you watch this shiftyfool go through the gauntlet to purchase his daily dose of
‘krills’… otherwise known to the public as crack cocaine.
Julius AMEDUME made his first film at the age of 16.
After a 10 years break and gaining a honours degree
in Communication and Technology, Julius wrote and
directed 3 shorts and a low-budget feature film, which
between them culminated 18 nominations and won
four awards at various festivals throughout Europe and
America. In 2007 Julius was awarded a scholarship to
study a masters in directing fiction at the prestigious
National Film & Television School.
Willing to wear many hats Hanley Valentin has
worked and won awards in NYC and LA in both theater
and film. As a native Bronx Boy friends and family on both
sides of the law were influential in the making of Positive
Buy. Based on a true story Hanley would like to thank his
brother for the inside info and what he does for a living.
EAST COAST PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Julius Amedume
WRITER: Julius Amedume
PRODUCER: Julius Amedume
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Phil Moreton
EDITOR: James Griffiths
DIRECTOR: Hanley Valentin
WRITER: Hanley Valentin
PRODUCER: Hanley Valentin, Brad Nering,
Alex Rapaport, Jessica Schatz
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Marcos Durian
EDITOR: Ken Mowe
FEATURING: Alexis Rodney
FEATURING: Akume, Delarosa, Salina Duplessis,
Hanley Valentin, Joy DeMichelle, J. Teddy Garces,
Barnaby Barrilla, Ace Gibson
QUIETLY
With his world crashing down around him, a desperate
teenager must resort to dangerous measures to save the
mother that he loves.
NEW YORK PREMIERE
Born in the Bronx and raised in the Washington, DC
area, Colen (Cole) Wiley is a 28-year-old filmmaker
currently living in Harlem, USA. He has had a professional
career that has included working at NASA, flipping
burgers, teaching youth as a gang avoidance counselor,
waiting tables, graduating from Harvard Law School, and
mopping floors. With these varied life experiences, Cole
has consequently developed a breadth of perspective
and an expansive vision to inspire his work.
DIRECTOR: Cole Wiley
WRITER: Cole Wiley
PRODUCER: Cole Wiley, Dominique Deleon
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Visra Vichit-Vadakan
EDITOR: Ryan Denmark
SAY GRACE BEFORE
DROWNING
After meeting her African Refugee mother for the first
time in six years, 8 year old Hawa is forced to coexist
with a woman teetering on the brink of insanity.
Originally bred in Atlanta, Georgia to Sierra Leonean
parents, Writer/Director Nikyatu Jusu is an MFA
candidate at New York University’s graduate film
program. Her second short film, African Booty Scratcher
garnered her a Director’s Guild Honorable Mention,
HBO Short Film Award and JT3 Artist Award. Nikyatu
is currently touring the festival circuit with her thesis
film, Say Grace Before Drowning; the screenplay alone
earned her a Spike Lee Scholarship and a Princess Grace
Foundation-US Graduate Film Scholarship.
FEATURING: Emil Mequita, Zora Howard
Palestine/2009/15mins/Color
DIRECTOR: Bassam Jarbawi
WRITER: Bassam Jarbawi
PRODUCER: Ed Blythe, Bassam Jarbawi
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ed Blythe
EDITOR: Bassam Jarbawi
FEATURING: Quasi Abu-Eid, Mohammad Abu-Eid,
Atef Al-Akhras
NEW YORK PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Nikyatu Jusu
WRITER: Nikyatu Jusu
PRODUCER: Jason Perez
EDITOR: Nikyatu Jusu
FEATURING: Ellie Foumbi, Dennise Gregory, Ebbe
Bassey, Hisham Tawfiq, Kehind Joyejo
ROOS DJAJ (CHICKEN HEADS)
SILENT NIGHT
After his father’s prized sheep goes missing, Yousef
devises a strategy to keep the truth buried.
A woman is attacked, then becomes one of many women
in America that spend many ‘Silent Nights’.
Born and raised in occupied Palestine, Bassam Ali
Jarbawi began working as a photographer during
the second Intifada. His photographs produced several
exhibits and still documentary “Frequency.” He then
moved to T.V. news and documentaries as assistant
cameraman and editor in the West Bank. After earning his
BA in Communication and Political Science at Macalester
College, Bassam co-created award winning play, “Truth
Serum Blues.” Bassam then moved to NY, where he is
currently completing an MFA in directing at Columbia
University.
Red Carter was born in South Central Los Angeles.
The former Warner Bros. production assistant has
directed five short films, which have been featured at
the Hollywood Black Film Festival and the Urbanworld
Film Festival. He has also directed four music videos for
such artists as Frankie J. Currently, Red’s debut feature
film “Right Place, Wrong Time” is being distributed
nationwide at Amazon.com and Netflix.
Ryan Gibson was raised in Brooklyn and attended
SONY Albany. He wrote short stories, plays and poetry.
“Silent Night” was one of these poems that later became
a short. He moved to LA after college and worked on
“Friends,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and “Top Chef” to
name a few. In 2010 he wrote an episode of “Criminal
Minds” and went to Africa to teach screenwriting.
Currently he is developing projects for television.
EAST COAST PREMIERE
USA/2010/12min/B&W
DIRECTOR: Red Carter
WRITER: Ryan Gibson
PRODUCER: Kico Velarde
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrew Peters
EDITOR: Kico Velarde
FEATURING: Quin Walters, Sandor Juan
NEW YORK PREMIERE
TAGS
THE CYCLE
1994. A young graffiti girl squares off with the police and
a bitter rival to finish a prized piece.
Corinne is an eight year-old girl who enjoys spending
summer afternoons playing in front of her family’s
bookstore. But the tranquility of a beautiful day in
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn unravels when a teenage
boy steals her bike. Will the search for the bicycle unite
this gentrifying community or ignite a conflict that will
tear it apart?
DC Native Dominique DeLeon is a Harvardschooled, NYU-trained filmmaker currently living in
NYC. A published author and noted music producer, his
recent work has included a stint on FX’s Damages (as
an apprentice director) and on When the Levees Broke.
As a writer, editor and producer his work has appeared
on MTV, ESPN and TV One. His current projects include
Rez, a project centered around Native American gangs,
and The Show – a one hour dramatic series set in the
underbelly of New York City’s comedy world.
DIRECTOR: Dominique DeLeon
WRITER: Dominique DeLeon
PRODUCER: Jason Sokoloff
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Reyes
EDITOR: Arturo Sosa
Roy Clovis began his career as a Producer/ Editor
for NBA Entertainment and MLB Productions, creating
programming for shows such as NBA Inside Stuff and
This Week in Baseball. Clovis won the 2008 Allstate
“Be Reel” Competition for his direction of a 90-second
film, The Lucky Suit. In 2006, he edited the independent
feature Sarbane’s Oxley, which won eight awards,
including Best Feature and Best Editing at the 2007 Long
Island International Film Festival.
NEW YORK PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Camille Brown
WRITER: Camille Brown
PRODUCER: Camille Brown, Tara Manner
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Pete Villani
EDITOR: Camille Brown
FEATURING: Lakshmi Manchu, Valarie Rae Miller,
Thom Bishops
DIRECTOR: Roy Clovis
WRITER: Roy Clovis
PRODUCER: Ivy Grant, Damian Benders, Frantz Cayo
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jacob Pinger
EDITOR: Roy Clovis, Alfonso Pozzo
FEATURING: Tanesha Gary, Royce Johnson,
Lynda Gravatt, Sharon Hope, Phyllis Johnson,
James Holloway, Jaymes Jorsling,
Corinne Bobb-Semple, Dennis Johnson
FEATURING: Adepero Oduyo, Abraham Amkpa,
TJ Allen
THANK YOU FOR WASHING
THE FORGIVEN
An off-beat comedy about a woman who is a germaphobe.
Things get dirty when she finds out a co-worker doesn’t
wash her hands after using the bathroom.
A desperate young man is presented with the ultimate
assignment by his employer: an assignment that rests on
his life and the death of another. But does Gabriel have
the kind of heart that will drive him to murder? Perhaps
so, especially when his only option is kill or be killed.
Camille Brown graduated from UCLA’s prestigious
Film and Television school. She made her directorial debut
in 2000 with her award-winning documentary A Second
Chance At Life, narrated by Whoopi Goldberg. Camille
has worked in all phases of production on films such as
Hearts In Atlantis, Murder By Numbers, Below, and The
Chronicles Of Riddick, though writing and directing is
her passion. In 2009 she completed her narrative short
film Thank You for Washing, which she wrote, directed,
produced and edited.
LAWRENCE SAINT-VICTOR trained as an actor at the
prestigious S.U.N.Y Purchase. He quickly began working
on The Guiding Light, as well as guest starring on
prime time shows. After completing a few feature films,
Lawrence saw the importance of creating and producing.
After executive producing, acting, and writing the
successful web series Wed-Locked, he set his sights on
creating films. He is very proud of The Forgiven, and
can’t wait for the world to see it.
TEISHA HICKMAN was raised in Mount Vernon, NY;
received her B.A. from Manhattanville College and
was awarded a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Theatre
Directing from Sarah Lawrence College. While at Sarah
Lawrence she discovered her passion for screen writing
and directing film. Since obtaining her MFA she has
written directed and produced several short films.
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTORS: Lawrence Saint-Victor, Teisha Hickman
WRITER: Lawrence Saint-Victor
PRODUCERS: Lawrence Saint-Victor,
Shay Saint-Victor, Jamon Lewis
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jamon Lewis
EDITOR: Jamon Lewis
FEATURING: Lawrence Saint-Victor, Taylor McIntyre
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Ohene Cornelius
WRITER: Sharaya Howell
PRODUCER: Sharaya Howell
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dylan Dullea
EDITOR: Devin Dullea
THE REAL T
THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES
The purpose of “The Real T” is to plant the idea in
the minds of viewers that thinking positively can attract
constructive outcomes. To raise the question “what if it
were impossible to fail?” Could it be as simple as making
the choice to be an optimist or as complex as continuing
a calamity filled life.
The Truth About Lies, spin the bullet on the thin
dividing veil between who we are and what we do. Not
your typical “date movie,” ‘Lies,’ not only gives insight
to the male perspective on disclosure and trust in
relationships—but pays the price of intimacy in blood.
As a director this is Ohene Cornelius’ first film.
He has directed numerous music videos and has even
produced a few. He is looking to do more acting and
directing in the near future……For pay of course.
Sharaya Howell is a native of Hawaii but grew up in
Jersey City, New Jersey. She has always been inspired
by media with a message. “The Real T” is her debut
film that she knows will impact the world one viewer at
a time.
SHALAKO L. GORDON has just completed the highly
anticipated short film, “The Truth About Lies.” “The Truth
About Lies” is a powerful yet wonderfully entertaining
story, complete with an amazing cast and first class
cineamatography. Making the transition from editor to
director was almost seamless and Shalako’s latest film
is truly an example. Having written, directed and coproduced, “The Truth About Lies,” Shalako is currently
developing a feature length film called “FLAWLESS.”
DIRECTOR: Shalako L. Gordon
WRITER: Shalako L. Gordon
PRODUCER: Shalako L. Gordon, Andre Cole
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Christopher Webb
EDITOR: Shalako L. Gordon, Fritz Archer
FEATURING: Ser’Darius Blain, Loren Lillian
FEATURING: Nikiya Mathis
THE TROY SHAWN
WELCOME STORY
The Troy Shawn Welcome story is a true story
of a troubled teenager who overcomes his family issues
and his academic challenges to become a successful high
school principal in The Bronx.
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Michael “Boogie” Pinckney
WRITER: Michael “Boogie” Pinckney
PRODUCER: Garrett Harkawik
EDITOR: Eric Bagley and Adam Segal
Michael Pinckney is the founder and managing
director of Black Noise media, a full service production
house based in New York City. He got his start under the
tutelage of filmmaker Spike Lee and soon after joined The
Director’s Guild of America. He also consistently speaks
at high schools and colleges, which prompted him to start
The Black Noise Foundation, the non-profit arm for Black
Noise Media as a tool to give back and to help nurture
young aspiring filmmakers. Under Pinckney’s leadership
Black Noise Media currently has a wide range of film and
television projects in various phases of development.
TRAIN
It’s late, and Carl’s just off from work. As usual, he takes
the Brooklyn bound F Train home.
Houston native, Darius Clark Monroe is an award
winning filmmaker and graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of
the Arts. Currently, he’s completing post production on
his next film, an autobiographical feature documentary
entitled ‘Evolution of a Criminal’ (Recipient of a Texas
Filmmakers Production Fund Grant, Spike Lee Production
Fellowship, Warner Bros. Film Award, Cinereach Grant,
and a Tribeca All Access Participant).
DIRECTOR: Darius Clark Monroe
WRITER: Darius Clark Monroe
PRODUCER: Darius Clark Monroe
EDITOR: Daniel Patterson, Nikyatu Jusu
FEATURING: Carlton Byrd, DeWanda Wise
FEATURING: Marc John Jefferies, Dennis Johnson,
Tracy Perez, Donna Ross, Terron Jones
NEW YORK PREMIERE
TYPES IN STEREO
YELLOW
Types In Stereo is about how we can exist in multiple
spaces. Stereotypes make light of those things that are
either generally accepted, popularly true or made myth
through misinterpretation. This short film will bring us in
and out of the world of stereotypes.
Chino, a young Chinese ex-gang member, returns to
Chinatown NYC to exact his revenge on his former
close friend who he felt was complicit in the murder of
his father.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Gemal
Woods’ eclectic life experiences have provided him
a unique lens through which to view the world. He has
worn the shoes of a graffiti artist, award winning fine
artist, erratic college student, ex-convict and devoted
father—each influencing his growing body of work.
Gemal resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife Erica,
son Excel and daughter Truth.
DIRECTOR: Gemal Woods
WRITER: Gemal Woods
PRODUCER: Gemal Woods
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hamilton Riley
EDITOR: Gemal Woods
FEATURING: Regen Wilson, Komplex, Baye Harrell,
Sean Chase
After spending most of his career behind-the-scenes
helping other filmmakers get their projects seen on the
film festival circuit, Tony Murphy has finally realized his
calling as a producer with Yellow, a work-in-progress
that taps into a grittiness reminiscent of The Wire as
well as highlighting the modern Asian crime underground
in NY’s Chinatown. As producer, the west coast native
pulled on all of his experiences, which includes working
as a Post Production Supervisor in Los Angeles as well as
his own unique biracial background of growing up Black
and Asian. With other projects in the works, Murphy,
a former festival director for Urbanworld, has actively
embraced his evolved role as a producer and looks
forward to creating work that pushes the parameters of
urban film. He is currently writing a psychological thriller
set in Thailand called Karma.
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Troy Antonio
WRITER: Tony Murphy and Troy Antonio
PRODUCER: Tony Murphy and Exile Ramirez
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Brian Przypek and
Frank Barrera
EDITOR: Troy Antonio
FEATURING: Ty Won, Peter Jae, Ice Shuler, Wize
Hunter, Vinny Lou, Michael Lou, Mike Koo, Sharon
Gee, Aki, Kevin Leong, Homocide
URBAN LULLABY
Unemployed artist Nina is at her breaking point in her
noisy Bronx neighborhood. She is too intimidated to
step to Mateo, her young, thuggish neighbor and source
of the noise. They finally have a confrontation that
forces them to examine how to navigate the space they
both occupy.
WORLD PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez
WRITER: Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez
PRODUCER: Sonia Gonzalez Martinez
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Salvador Bolivar
EDITOR: Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez
Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez’s directing credits include the short comedy, DEBUTANTE and the featurelength, award-winning documentary BRAGGING RIGHTS:
STICKBALL STORIES, which examines the history and
players of the New York City game of stickball. Sonia
has been an editor for over ten years. Her feature
credits include DESTINATION UNKNOWN, EL CIRCULO
VICIOSO, and ANTONIA PANTOJA ¡PRESENTE! Sonia
also produced DVD and web content for such TV shows
as RESCUE ME, DAMAGES, CANTERBURY’S LAW, NEW
AMSTERDAM and CASHMERE MAFIA. Sonia is currently
editing films and writing comedy.
urbanworld.org
FEATURING: Tammi Cubilette, Dominic Colón,
Frankie Martinez
It’s your film,
JR. POSSE
and you want the best.
Jr. Posse is a documentary about Mayisha Akbar owner and
operator of the Jr. Posse Equestrian Training Program- keeping
kids on horses and off the streets.
NEW YORK PREMIERE
Michele Ervin grew up in Southern California where she
attended college and earned both BA and MA degrees.
She later was bitten by the film bug, and in 2008 formed a
production company with her sister Sheila McKinnon —
SILENTNOISE Productions. Together they have produced six
short films and written several features and two television
pilots. Ervin continues to pursue her film making with passion
along side her sister, their philosophy – “to take difficult topics
and make them entertaining and informative.”
USA/2009/11mins/Color DIRECTOR: Michele Ervin
WRITER: Michele Ervin
PRODUCER: Michele Ervin
CINEMATOGRAPHERS: Michele Ervin,
Ryan Thienes,Larry Ervin,Sharon Rutter
EDITOR: Sharon Rutter
KID CAPRI PRESENTS:
THE LIONZ DEN
WORLD Premiere
USA/2009/28 min/Color
DIRECTOR: Loaded Lux and Kid Capri
WRITER: Loaded Lux and Kid Capri
PRODUCER: Kid Capri
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Gil Keyes
EDITOR: Gil Keyes
FEATURING: Loaded Lux, Kid Capri, KRS-1,
Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Tech 9 and Goodz
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The actual battle is a raw unscripted, unedited slugfest
between two “Lionz” with only one survivor. The MC’s
are judged on originality, delivery and creativeness by
three of rap’s most famed pioneers: KRS-1, Rakim and Big
Daddy Kane. In turn, the finalist will develop a credible
Hip-Hop song produced by Kid Capri; eliminating the
stigma, battle rappers can’t crossover to mainstream
music.
Kid Capri first became a part of the cultural landscape
on the wildly popular Russell Simmons Def Comedy Jam
where he gave much of the world its first taste of liveperformance Hip-Hop, as the first DJ to ever perform
live on TV as a DJ.
“
With the DGA backing my creative rights and looking
after my residuals, I was able to focus on what is truly
precious to me — making the best film possible.
“
Kid Capri Presents: Loaded Lux Lionz Den is
a gritty, no holds barred lyrical battle between some
of today’s most promising rappers. The battleground
consisting of a live audience including numerous HipHop heavy weights is set at BlackStar Video in Harlem,
NYC.
Lee Daniels directing Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
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LAREDO, TEXAS
Laredo, Texas, the largest inland port city in the U.S. What
should be a simple training day turns into something more when
Sam suspects that Juan is an undocumented immigrant.
Topaz Adizes has traveled to over 40 countries. He has lived and
worked abroad in Mexico, Sweden, Australia, and England. After
studying philosophy at UC Berkley and Oxford, Topaz traveled
throughout Australia, India, Israel, and Scandinavia shooting and
interviewing people he met along the way.
Recently, Topaz completed a feature documentary entitled
Americana. Shot around the world, the film examines American
identity by exploring the often stark contrast between Americans
perception of what we stand for as a nation and how we are
perceived throughout the world.
Topaz has also directed and shot a number of award winning short
films and has directed over 20 hours of television in Mexico City
for TV Azteca. In addition to directing his own projects, Topaz has
had the valuable experience of learning from Steven Spielberg on
the sets of Munich and War of the Worlds, Ridley Scott on the set
of Kingdom of Heaven and P.T. Anderson with There Will Be Blood.
DIRECTOR: Topaz Adizes
PRODUCERS: Corrine Golden Weber, Topaz Adizes
CINEMATOGRAPHERS: Topaz Adizes,
Eduardo Mayen
EDITORS: Federico Rosenzvit, Topaz Adizes
MANIFEST HOPE: DC
MANIFEST HOPE DC is a chronicle of the grassroots
movement started by SHEPARD FAIREY and other
artists that helped lead Obama to victory. Climaxing at
the historical inauguration, the powerful role art plays in
politics and social change is explored. Candid interviews
reveal the creative process and political influences of
artists like RON ENGLISH, MIKE MURPHY and SHEPARD
FAIREY. MANIFEST HOPE DC is a visual call to action,
with cameos from volunteer activists Rosario Dawson,
Heather Graham, and Michael Stipe. Director Alfred
Gragg was not hired or paid, but allowed access to
document this piece of history.
Director Alfred Gragg hails from the underground
film, music, and art scene of Los Angeles. While a student
at USC’s School of Cinema-TV, Gragg’s first co-written
screenplay was awarded the PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Screenwriting Fellowship and optioned by the studio.
After graduating, he directed videos and spots for music
artists The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ice Cube, and KRSOne. Gragg is currently shooting JAMAICA HOUSE: ‘The
Studio 54 of Hip Hop’– a feature length documentary
about LA’s legendary nightclub.
WORLD Premiere
USA/2009/23 min/Color
DIRECTOR: Alfred Gragg
PRODUCER: Alfred Gragg
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Alfred Gragg
EDITOR: Ariel Climer
FEATURING: Shepard Fairey
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ONE OF THESE MORNINGS
Phone messages left by voters from all over the country
narrate our journey from dawn to dusk on Election Day
2008, revealing a nation on the brink of transformation
and a song whose promise has come.
NEW YORK PREMIERE
USA/2010/17mins/Color & B&W
Valery Lyman is a cinematographer, director and
producer. She recently completed work on Boston Med,
a hard hitting 8 part documentary series for ABC, airing
now. Valery was also the Director of Photography on
Fresh, a feature documentary exploring how innovative
farmers, thinkers and entrepreneurs across the heartland
are reinventing America’s food system, in theatres now.
When not working for hire, Valery turns to her own short
form film portrait work.
DIRECTOR: Valery Lyman
PRODUCER: Valery Lyman
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Valery Lyman
EDITORS: Valery Lyman, Patrick Gambuti, Jr.
FEATURING: American People, Samoa Wilson
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EAST COAST PREMIERE
GUAM, USA/2009/15mins/COLOR
DIRECTOR: Youth at Department of Youth Affairs
on Guam
WRITER: Youth at Department of Youth Affairs
on Guam
PRODUCER: Alex Munoz
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Roel Santiago
EDITOR: AJ Calomay
FEATURING: Youth at DYA, Guam
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A group of incarcerated youth at Guam’s Department
of Youth Affairs share their experiences as at-risk youths
as they prepare to participate in a documentary film
project sponsored by DYA and LA-based FYI: Films by
Youth Inside. The students, feeling unseen, overlooked,
and misunderstood, were determined to express their
perspective and their belief in a better future. Through
their experiences working together with fellow classmates
on a narrative short project, two students come to realize
that through hard work and self-determination, they can
grow beyond their respective circumstances and fulfill
their potential. Both heartbreaking and poignant, this
short doc reveals the fragility youth experience when cut
off from society and their families.
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NARRATIVE FEATURES JURY
DORI BEGLEY
Vice President of Acquisitions
Magnolia Pictures
Dori Begley began her career with Sony Pictures Classics
in 2000, where she acted as the Manager of Acquisitions
through 2006, working on an eclectic slate of titles from
directors such as Pedro Almodovar, David Gordon Green,
Nicole Holofcener, Spike Lee, Terry Zwigoff, Stacy Peralta,
Larry Charles and Robert Altman. After a stint as Associate
Programmer for the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival, Begley
joined Magnolia Pictures, where she currently serves as VP
of Acquisitions in New York, acquiring titles for Magnolia
Pictures, Magnet Releasing, Magnolia Home Entertainment
and Magnolia International. Recent films include I AM
LOVE, FOOD INC, THE EXTRA MAN, MOTHER, HOUSE
OF THE DEVIL, HUMPDAY, MAN ON WIRE, LET THE
RIGHT ONE IN, ONDINE, COUNTDOWN TO ZERO and
I’M STILL HERE.
THOMAS CARTER
Writer/Director/Producer
Thomas Carter is an award-wining television director
and filmmaker whose body of work is both diverse and
impactful. His credits include: Executive Producer of
DON KING: ONLY IN AMERICA in association with
HBO Pictures (received Emmy Award for Outstanding
Television Movie); Co-Creator & Executive Producer of
television series EQUAL JUSTICE (received Emmy Award
twice for Best Director of a Dramatic Series); Director of
many distinguished television pilots, including MIAMI
VICE, ST. ELSEWHERE, & EQUAL JUSTICE; Director of
action/suspense film METRO starring Eddie Murphy
for Touchstone Pictures; Director of box office success
SAVE THE LAST DANCE for Paramount Pictures; and
Director of dramatic basketball film COACH CARTER
starring Samuel L. Jackson. In 2010, he was nominated
for a Director’s Guild of America Award for the TNT
movie GIFTED HANDS: THE BEN CARSON STORY, and
as Executive Producer, won the NAACP Image Award for
Best Television Movie/Mini-Series.
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DAVID LAUB
Acquisitions Executive
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Davis Laub works at the New York-based distributor
Oscilloscope Laboratories, where he is responsible for all
initiatives related to acquiring finished films and bringing
projects at various stages of production for possible
financing and distribution. David represents Oscilloscope
at major festivals including Sundance, Cannes, and Toronto.
From July 2008 to May 2010, David was at Wesleyan
University where he oversaw all film-related programming
and received his Masters Degree in Film Studies. Prior to
Welsyan, David worked for almost 5 years at the NY office
of independent distribution and production company,
THINKFilm, where he participated in acquiring many of
the company’s best-known films, including HALF NELSON,
MURDERBALL, IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON, and
Alex Gibney’s Academy Award-Winning documentary TAXI
TO THE DARK SIDE. He began his career at THINKFilm
working with the Head of the Theatrical Division, Mark
Urman, and worked on the releases of such films as
SPELLBOUND, The Academy Award-winning BORN INTO
BROTHELS, STRANGERS WITH CANDY, and Sidney
Lumet’s BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOUR DEAD.
KEITH CLINKSCALES
SVP, Content Development and Enterprises
ESPN
As head of ESPN Content Development, Clinkscales
launched a new ESPN incubator media lab, designed to
develop and create new sports-driven content for all
ESPN media platforms; expanding the ESPN Content
Development brand. Under Clinkscales’ direction, ESPN
Content Development has created and aired Varsity Inc.
and E:60, among others, as well as managed The ESPYs, X
Games, and ESPN’s Peabody winning documentary “Black
Magic”, to name a few. Additionally he is responsible for
ESPN RISE, a multimedia brand dedicated to engaging the
14- to 18-year-old audience with compelling high school
sports content across all of ESPN’s platforms -- publishing;
digital media; programming; news and information; and
events: as well as ESPN Home Entertainment, ESPN Media
Packaging and the ESPN Zones.
VALERIE WATTS MERAZ
Vice President, Content Acquisitions
Showtime Networks
Valerie Watts Meraz is currently the Vice President
of Content Acquisitions at Showtime Networks Inc.
where she is responsible for the day-to-day operations
of the independent film acquisitions process. She
also leads the network’s search for stand-up comedy
specials, documentaries, and acquired series. Prior to
joining Showtime in 2000, Valerie worked in feature film
development at Disney’s Buena Vista Motion Pictures
Group. She began her career at 20th Century Fox in
Exhibitor Services and was soon promoted to a position
in International Theatrical Promotions before leaving the
studio to pursue a graduate degree. Valerie received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from
UCLA and an M.F.A. in Motion Picture Producing from the
Peter Stark Program at USC.
GREG RHEM
Director of Documentary Programming
HBO
Greg Rhem is Director of Documentary Programming for
Home Box Office. For the past fifteen years, he’s been
involved in discovering new and distinctive documentary
programming for HBO Documentary Films. Some of
his finds have been: the Oscar®-winning Freeheld, Born
Into Brothels, Thoth, Murder on a Sunday Morning, and
Breathing Lessons; Oscar®-nominated The Last Campaign
of Governor Booth Gardner, Spellbound, The Collector of
Bedford Street; the critically-acclaimed They Killed Sister
Dorothy, Billy the Kid, Watermarks and The Smashing
Machine. Before joining HBO Documentaries in 1995 as
executive assistant to Sheila Nevins, Mr. Rhem served as
an Assistant Producer of Commercials and Industrials for
Morrison Media, Inc. Prior to that, he was an Assistant
Coordinator, Office Operations at New Line Cinema.
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MALCOLM D. LEE
Filmmaker
Writer-director-producer Malcolm D. Lee has been making
films since the age of 12 in animation, video and Super-8
film formats. He has been working professionally in the
industry since age 17 as a production assistant, apprentice
film editor, casting associate, assistant director, and
director’s assistant. After completing his undergraduate
studies at Georgetown University in 1992 with a BA in
English and Fine Arts minor, Lee accepted a year- long
fellowship in screenwriting from Walt Disney Studios.
Following his early Hollywood experience, he gained
entry to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts,
honed his craft as a director and writer, and went on to
make the award-winning short film, MORNINGSIDE PREP. With his 6th screenplay, THE BEST MAN, Lee made his
directorial debut. The Universal Pictures’ film opened to
rave reviews by critics and audiences alike and scored a
#1 ranking at the box office in October of 1999. Lee then
directed the action comedy UNDERCOVER BROTHER with
Eddie Griffin and Chris Kattan in May of 2002 to stellar
reviews. His 3rd feature, ROLL BOUNCE for Fox 2000
and Fox Searchlight, debuted September 2005. Lee’s
critically acclaimed films – WELCOME HOME ROSCOE
JENKINS (with Martin Lawrence) and SOUL MEN (with
Samuel L. Jackson & Bernie Mac) – bowed in 2008. In
addition to developing and writing screenplays, as well as
developing television projects, Malcolm is currently slated
to direct LeBron James in the basketball comedy, Ballers
for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment in 2011.
MEENA PAYNE
Head of Development
Rainforest Films
Meena Payne is the Head of Development for Atlanta
based production company, Rainforest Films, but operates
from the outfit’s Los Angeles office. She seeks out
narrative material for potential feature film projects and
pairs writers with concepts and story ideas developed inhouse. Rainforest Films has recently made the foray into
television production with the #1 rated MTV2 reality show
Sprite Step-Off, but is best known for their numerous
feature film achievements, including Stomp The Yard,
Obsessed and Takers. In addition to her daily executive
duties, Ms. Payne has served on the board for Women In
Film & Television Atlanta and recently co-wrote and coproduced Stomp The Yard 2: Homecoming, to be released
this fall. Associates, Sally Coonan has worked with Moxie
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Pictures for just over a year now as their Head Of Sales.
Ms. Coonan represents commercial direction talent and
matches them with advertising campaign opportunities.
She generates work for her roster of directors, whilst
being constantly involved in managing and collaborating
with them on the growth of their careers. Moxie Pictures
is best known for its representation of feature directors
in the commercial arena, including strong players like Wes
Anderson, Jim Sherdian, Kevin Smith, Cameron Crowe,
Errol Morris and Todd Philips. Drawing from such names,
Moxie has produced commercials for top clients such as
Amex, Nike, Fed Ex, Gap and Apple, while their pool
of talent continues to grow in the newer forms of interactive media.
FRIDA TORRESBLANCO
Filmmaker
At Lolafilms for 5 years, Frida was responsible for all
international productions, including THE DANCER
UPSTAIRS, directed by John Malkovich. In 2001, Frida
moved to New York to head filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón’s
newly established production company. She served as
Executive Producer and Creative On-Set Producer for the
film THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON, directed
by Niels Mueller and starring Sean Penn. In 2005, as Head
of Esperanto, she produced PAN’S LABYRINTH, directed
by Guillermo del Toro, which won three Oscars at the 79th
Academy Awards. Her latest distributed project, RUDO Y
CURSI, directed by Carlos Cuarón and starring Gael García
Bernal and Diego Luna, premiered at the 2009 Tribeca
Film Festival and moved on to become the third highest
grossing film in Mexico’s history. In 2010, Frida embarked
on her most recent adventure with the launching of her
new film production company, Braven Films, partnering
with her investors, Eric Laufer and Giovanna Randall. In
2007, The Hollywood Reporter named Frida one of the 50
most powerful Latinos in Hollywood, and she was number
13 in the same magazine’s Hispanic Women Power 25 List.
REGGIE ROCK BYTHEWOOD
Writer / Director
Reggie Rock Bythewood attended New York’s Performing
Arts High School and graduated from Marymount
Manhattan College with a BFA in theater. He founded a
theater company called The Tribe and, for several years, he
wrote and produced plays in the New York area. Bythewood
moved to Los Angeles as one of the first members of
Walt Disney’s prestigious Writer’s Fellowship Program.
From there, he was hired to write on the hit NBC comedy
series, “A Different World.” He went on to write for Dick
Wolf’s cop show, “NY Undercover,” where he was the
show’s supervising producer. His debut as a screenwriter
came with Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed drama, “Get
On The Bus.” He also co-wrote the Fox Searchlight film
“Notorious” about rapper Biggie Smalls. Along with
doing production rewrites on various scripts, he wrote
and directed, “Dancing In September” and “Biker Boyz.” In addition, he has directed the Laila Ali documentary,
“Daddy’s Girl: Daughter of The Greatest” and he directed,
“One Night In Vegas” for the ESPN series, 30 For 30.
Bythewood resides in Los Angeles with his wife, director
Gina Prince-Bythewood and their two children.
TAMARA GREGORY
Senior Director, Original Programming
BET Networks
in Compton and raised in Mission Viejo. She is a graduate
of the University of Southern California, holding degrees in
Journalism and Political Science.
FRANKLIN LEONARD
Director of Development
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures director of development Franklin Leonard
is the creator of the Black List and co-creator of Blcklst.com,
a yearly publication highlighting Hollywood’s most popular
unproduced screenplays and its ongoing home on the
web. Prior to Universal Pictures, Franklin ran Los Angelesbased film development for Sydney Pollack and Anthony
Minghella’s Mirage Enterprises during the final year of its
existence. He has done similar work at the production
companies of Leonardo DiCaprio and former Paramount
Pictures president John Goldwyn. Before Los Angeles and
all things film related, Franklin was - at different times - a
business analyst at McKinsey & Co., a weekly columnist
for the Trinidad Guardian in Port-au-Spain, Trinidad,
and the communications director for John Cranley’s
2000 campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in
Ohio’s first district. He’s a magna cum laude graduate
of Harvard University. In 2010, he was selected as one of
Black Enterprise magazine’s “40 Emerging Leaders for Our
Future” and Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People
in Business.”
Tamara Gregory holds the title of Senior Director, Original
Programming at BET Networks, helping the network
launch a slate of scripted programming for the 2010
television season. At BET, she has been credited with the
role of Supervising Producer of shows such as Sunday
Best, The Family Crews and Almost Married. Prior to BET,
she worked at prominent entertainment entities such as
Magic Johnson Entertainment, where she held the title
of Senior Vice President, and the Walt Disney Company,
where she worked her way up to the title of Manager of
Creative Affairs at Hollywood Pictures, worked on several
feature films and oversaw the story department. In addition
to her producing, her debut novel, Passport Diaries, was
published in 2005 to much critical acclaim and is currently
in the process of being made into a feature film. In addition
to her production credits, Tamara is also a popular blogger
via UrbanThoughtCollective.com and was a correspondent
on In the House/ShowBusiness, a nationally televised
entertainment program that focuses on emerging trends
in the film industry. Gregory, a California native, was born
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WARREN HUTCHERSON
Writer
Veteran comedian and comedy writer, Warren Hutcherson
began his career as a stand-up comedian in 1985. In 1991,
he landed a gig writing on Saturday Night Live. This stint
at SNL spearheaded his profession as a writer, and in 1993,
Warren began writing for Living Single. He left the show
in 1997 to create his own sitcom, Built To Last for NBC.
He went on to work as an EP on Moesha, followed by the
Bernie Mac Show, Just Jordan, and served as a consultant
for Everybody Hates Chris in its last season. Nominated
twice for an Emmy, Warren has won 4 Image awards, 1
Peabody Award, and various other awards. Warren recently
finished working as a Co-Executive Producer on critically
acclaimed Men of A Certain Age, which airs on TNT; and
currently works as a consultant for BET Networks, where
he is developing several scripted projects.
PEARLENA IGBOKWE
SVP, Original Programming
Showtime Networks
Pearlena Igbokwe developed and currently supervises
Showtime’s Emmy and Golden Globe nominated and
Peabody Award winning drama Dexter and the Edie Falco
hit Nurse Jackie. Most recently, Igbokwe shepherded
the comedies Fat Actress starring Kristie Alley, the TV
adaptation of Barbershop, The Underground starring
Damon Wayans, Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, and LA
LA Land. She was also responsible for the five-season run
of the hit Showtime drama Soul Food, a two-time NAACP
Image Award winner for Best Drama Series. Igbokwe has
also mined success from a number of original movies she
developed for Showtime, including Humanitas nominated
Jasper, Texas, starring Academy Award winners Jon Voight
and Lou Gossett, Jr., the Emmy-nominated Bojangles
starring the late, great Gregory Hines, and the Peabody
Award-winning Strange Justice.
TELEPLAY JURY
ROSE CATHERINE PINKNEY
Head of Television
Cinema Gypsy Productions
Rose Catherine currently oversees the television arm of
Lawrence Fishburne’s Cinema Gypsy Productions, which
has a first look deal with CBS Paramount Network TV, where
she develops product for the broadcast and cable networks.
Before joining Cinema Gypsy, Rose Catherine served as
Executive Vice President, Programming and Production at
TV One. As head of programming and production, she was
charged with formulating programming philosophy and
branding for this successful start up network distributed in
43 million households. Rose Catherine was responsible for
all programming decisions including original productions
and acquisitions. Over two and a half years, productions
she green-lit included entertainment-fare (comedy, variety,
talk, game shows, reality, reality-competition), lifestyle,
public affairs, and inspirational.
Prior to TV One, she
was Senior Vice President, Comedy Development for
Paramount Pictures’ Television Production Division from
June 2002 to September 2004, following her stint as Vice
President of the department from 1995-2002, where she
was charged with developing comedy series for all network
buyers. Rose Catherine has also held positions at Uptown
Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, and CAA.
RAYNELLE SWILLING
Writer / Producer
Raynelle Swilling grew up in Atlanta, GA but spent every
summer in Brooklyn. After graduating from Northeastern
University, she moved out to Hollywood and became
the very definition of a working writer. Having written
successfully for everything from animated to live action, sitcom to features, Swilling is a writer/producer who has done
it all. Her recent credits include working as a Consulting
Producer on BET’s first original scripted series, LET’S STAY
TOGETHER, which premieres in January. Before that
she was a producer on THE CLEVELAND SHOW and a
writer on MOESHA and IN THE HOUSE. Not one to be
pigeonholed into one genre, Swilling also has written for
the BET AWARDS, SOUL TRAIN AWARDS, VH1 HONORS,
and the KID CHOICE AWARDS. She also co-wrote and
Associate Produced the indie hit dance film YOU GOT
SERVED.
KIM WATSON
Writer / Director
A native New Yorker, Kim Watson began his career
in entertainment as an Assistant Director for some of
New York’s most innovative music video directors. After
working with artists such as U2, Kiss and Living Color, Kim
was handed his first directing assignment by mentor Ted
Demme. Kim went on to direct over 40 music videos and
was nominated for 2 Soul Train Awards and 1 MTV Award
for Best Music Video. Meanwhile, Watson’s writing career
was beginning to take off. He wrote for several television
series including, The Famous Jet Jackson, Little Bill and Out
There, and he penned five children’s books for Scholastic. Kim subsequently co-wrote the feature film Honey, staring
Jessica Alba and Mekhi Phifer; and Car Show for MTV Films.
Other work includes re-writes and polishes for several
Hollywood studios and television networks. Kim is currently
working on his first novel, Turn Key and producing the New
Orleans based hour drama thriller, N’awlin’s.
SUNDAY 19
SUNDAY 19
SATURDAY 18
SATURDAY 18
FRIDAY 17
FRIDAY 17
THURS 16
THURS 16
78 | SCREENING SCHEDULE
OPENING
OPENING
NIGHT:
NIGHT:
NIGHT
NIGHT
CATCHES
CATCHES
US US
(90)(90)
FINDING
FINDING
GOD
GOD
IN THE
IN THE
CITY
CITY
OFOF
ANGELS
ANGELS
(120)
(120)
AFRICA
AFRICA
RISING
RISING
(60)(60)
NI WAKATI!
NI WAKATI!
(98)(98)
STREETBALL
STREETBALL
(90)(90)
GROWN
GROWN
IN IN
DETROIT
DETROIT
(60)(60)
SHORTS
SHORTS
4 4
(100)
(100)
SHORTS
SHORTS
4 4
(100)
(100)
GROWN
GROWN
IN DETROIT
IN DETROIT
(60)(60)
THE
THE
LOTTERY
LOTTERY
(80)(80)
THE
THE
LOTTERY
LOTTERY
(80)(80)
KNOCK
KNOCK
OFF
OFF
(short)
(short)
/ /
SUSSUS
(102)
(102)
SHORTS
SHORTS
3 3
(118)
(118)
BOUNCING
BOUNCING
CATS
CATS
(75)(75)
MOOZ-LUM
MOOZ-LUM
(97)(97)
CLOSING
CLOSING
NIGHT
NIGHT
FILM:
FILM:
I WILL
I WILL
FOLLOW
FOLLOW
(82)(82)
EASY
EASY
MADE
MADE
HARD
HARD
(short)
(short)
/ /
EVERY
EVERY
DAY
DAY
BLACK
BLACK
MAN
MAN
(114)
(114)
SHORTS
SHORTS
2 2
(109)
(109)
BILAL’S
BILAL’S
STAND
STAND
(99)(99)
SHORTS
SHORTS
1 1
(111)
(111)
SUSSUS
(102)
(102)
THETHE
INHERITANCE
INHERITANCE
(90)(90)
BILAL’S
BILAL’S
STAND
STAND
(99)(99)
NI WAKATI!
NI WAKATI!
(98)(98)
ONE
ONE
NIGHT
NIGHT
IN VEGAS
IN VEGAS
(52)(52)
CALLBACK
CALLBACK
(86)(86)
KNOCK
KNOCK
OFF
OFF
(short)
(short)
/ /
MOOZ-LUM
MOOZ-LUM
(97)(97)
SHORT
SHORT
DOCS
DOCS
(100)
(100)
SHORTS
SHORTS
1 1
(111)
(111)
THE
THE
INHERITANCE
INHERITANCE
(90)(90)
EVERY
EVERY
DAY
DAY
BLACK
BLACK
MAN
MAN
(114)
(114)
MYMY
MIC
MIC
SOUNDS
SOUNDS
NICE
NICE
(50)(50)
SHORTS
SHORTS
3 3
(118)
(118)
SHORTS
SHORTS
5 5
(100)
(100)
EASY
EASY
MADE
MADE
HARD
HARD
(short)
(short)
/ /
MONEY
MONEY
MATTERS
MATTERS
(100)
(100)
SHORT
SHORT
DOCS
DOCS
(100)
(100)
SHORTS
SHORTS
5 5
(100)
(100)
SHORTS
SHORTS
2 2
(109)
(109)
FINDING
FINDING
GOD
GOD
IN THE
IN THE
CITY
CITY
OFOF
ANGELS
ANGELS
(120)
(120)
AFRICA
AFRICA
RISING
RISING
(60)(60)
CALLBACK
CALLBACK
(86)(86)
MIRROR
MIRROR
MIRROR
MIRROR
(short)
(short)
/ /
BOUNCING
BOUNCING
CATS
CATS
(75)(75)
BOARDWALK
BOARDWALK
EMPIRE
EMPIRE
(50)(50)
STREETBALL
STREETBALL
(90)(90)
MIRROR
MIRROR
MIRROR
MIRROR
(short)
(short)
/ /
MONEY
MONEY
MATTERS
MATTERS
(100)
(100)
KREWS
KREWS
(104)
(104)
SCREENING SCHEDULE | 79
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Mikal Wazeerud-Din
(973) 819-5331
[email protected]
Chains
Marcus Stokes
(310) 570-7730
[email protected]
3 Faces of Evelyn
Kamali Minter
P.O. Box 1382
Culver City, CA 90232
Stephanie Vaugh
(310) 686-7343
[email protected]
Clap Clap
Tanuj Chopra
Chops Films
(646) 262-4547
tanuj@chopsfilms .com
Africa Rising
Andrea Janes
Women Make Movies
462 Broadway, Suite 500
New York, NY 10013
[email protected]
(212) 925-0606 x 312
Bouncing Cats
Nabil Elderkin
1740 Stewart St.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Nyla Hassell (310) 871-9571
[email protected]
Bilal’s Stand
Sultan Sharrief / Micah Bartelme
Beyond Blue Productions
453 W. Forest Ave., Suite 1
Detroit, MI 48201
(734) 645.1592
[email protected]
Callback
Kartik Singh
Kansas Films
11901 Aberdeen Road
Leawood, KS 66209
(913) 707-0097
[email protected]
Casting Notice
Marcus Thomas
Underdog Productions
2424 Wilshire Blvd 416
Los Angeles, CA 90057
(713) 240-2016
[email protected]
Close
Tahir Jetter
1033 Pacific Street Apt. 4L
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(301) 706-5840
[email protected]
Congratulations Mr. Gonzalez!
Victor Cruz
(646) 247-8645
[email protected]
Cookie
Francisco Ordonez
L.M.S. Productions
660 Saint Ann Ave Apt# 1E
Bronx, New York 10455
(718) 908-1928
[email protected]
Cuts
Rashaad Ernesto Green
Mi Alma Films
P.O. Box 734
New York, NY 10108
[email protected]
Easy Made Hard
Elizabeth Appell
Fourth Wall Productions
(415) 308-8112
[email protected]
Empire Corner
J.P. Chan
Meduim 10-20
40 W. 116th Apt. B606
New York, NY 10026
(917) 216-4662
[email protected]
Everyday Black Man
Carmen Madden
CLM Productions LLC
363 13th Street 2nd Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 832-9201
[email protected]
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Finding God in the City
of Angels
Jennifer Jessum and Simon Joseph
(212) 477-7088
Flying Limbs Inc Production
PO Box 300
Santa Monica, CA 90406
(212) 477-7088
[email protected]
Gimme Grace
Anthony Onah
[email protected]
Good Intentions
Morocco Omari
Good Luck Productions /
Xodus Productions
[email protected]
Gordita
Debby Wolfe
Gordita Productions
(310)920-4100
[email protected]
Grace
Steven Mondesir
31 Tremont Terrace
Irvington, NJ 07111
(862) 215-9821
[email protected]
Grown in Detroit
Mascha Poppenk & Manfred Poppenk
[email protected]
Harrow Island
Anja Marquardt
Polyglot Pictures
131 Guernsey St. 3L
Brooklyn, NY 11222
(347) 217-8301
[email protected]
Hear Me
Kenn Michael
Codekraft
10153 1/2 Riverside Drive #104
Toluca Lake, CA 91602
(818) 326-0774
[email protected]
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Jr. Posse
Michele Ervin
Silent Noise Productions
10411 Olde Ivy Way
Charlotte, NC 28262
(562) 650-7944
[email protected]
Katrina’s Son
Ya’Ke Smith
Exodus Filmworks
502 South Cooper St. #335
19089, Art & Art History Office
Arlington, TX 76109
(210) 363-2791
[email protected]
Krews
Hilbert Hakim
KH Krews Productions
3 West 57th St 7th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Krewsthefilm.com
[email protected]
Kid Capri Presents: The Lionz Den
Kristi Clifford
66 Irving Place #1
New York, NY 10003
212.529.6400
646.594.8149
[email protected]
Knock Off
Rosanne Flynn
Wingbeat Films
106 Mercers Road
London, UK N194PU
+(44) 7812 607133
[email protected]
Laredo, Texas
Topaz Adizes
[email protected]
Manifest Hope: DC
Alfred Gragg III
Jamaica House Productions
435 South Virgil Ave. Unit 321
Los Angeles, CA 90020
(323) 854-3809
[email protected]
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Men or Mice
Kiara C Jones
Cultivated Productions
(702) 683-9309
[email protected]
Our Path, Our Voice,
Our Journey
Alex Munoz
(310) 980-0134
[email protected]
Mirror Mirror
Tamika Guishard
B Good Productions
(917) 270-2567
[email protected]
Paramour
Maba Ba
343 Gold Street Apt. 2017
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(646) 331-1563
[email protected]
Money Matters
Ryan Richmond
Streamline Filmworks
5521 Colorado Ave NW # 505
Washington, DC 20011
(917) 270.7324
[email protected]
Mooz-Lum
Qasim Basir
Q Productions
17 W. 106th St. Suite 2B
New York, NY 10025
(646) 280-7689
[email protected]
Mr. Graham
Julius Amedume
National Film and Television School
44 (0)79305 80012
[email protected]
Ni Wakati (It’s Time!)
Michael Wanguhu
Emerge Media Films
403 Skylark Court
Danville, CA 94506
(925) 526-5003
[email protected]
One Of These Mornings
Valerie Lyman
Honest Engine TV
432 W. 45th 7th Floor
New York, NY 10036
(617) 970-3649
[email protected]
Positive Buy
Hanley Valentin
Shot Productions
1805 Mackay Lane
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
(818) 304-5037
[email protected]
Quietly
Cole Wiley
Heygood Images Productions
(202) 425-3223
[email protected]
Roos Djaj (Chicken Heads)
Bassam Jarbawi
(917) 536-0557
[email protected]
Say Grace Before Drowning
Nikyatu Jusu
[email protected]
Silent Night
Red Carter
Addictive Visuals
16840 Baltusrol Lane
Fontana, CA 92336
(323) 855-0624
[email protected]
Streetball
Demetrius Wren
Mike Mastrocinque
Sunfish Films
2000 Corporate Square Blvd. Suite 101
Jacksonville, FL 32216
(904) 314-3807
[email protected]
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Sus
Clint Dyer
3rd Films
131 Tootenham Road
London, England N14EA
+44 7977 146 970
[email protected]
The Real T
Ohene Cornelius
Lawrence C. Anderson
585 Kennedy Blvd
Bayonne, NJ 07002
(201) 455-4167
[email protected]
Tags
Dominique DeLeon
725 4th Ave #P-5
Brooklyn, NY 11232
(202) 460-0318
www.specialboyfilms.com
[email protected]
The Troy Shawn Welcome Story
Michael Pinckney
Black Noise Media
617 Putnam Ave. #2
Brooklyn, NY 11221
(917) 721-2016
[email protected]
Thank You For Washing
Camille Brown
(310) 890-4577
[email protected]
The Truth About Lies
Shalako Gordon
Black Feet Films
132 Lexington Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11216
(917) 482-2562
[email protected]
The Cycle
Roy Clovis
Mundo Loco Films
421 8th Avenue
PO Box 8015
New York, NY 10115
(917) 674-0126
[email protected]
The Forgiven
Lawrence Saint-Victor
45-02 Ditmars Bvd.
Astoria, NY 11105
(845) 596-5735
[email protected]
The Inheritance
Effie Brown
Duly Noted Inc.
(323) 525 1855
www.dulynotedinc.com
[email protected]
The Lottery
Madeleine Sackler
Great Curve Films
15 East 62nd Street
New York, NY10065
(212) 981-2626
[email protected]
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Train
Darius Clark Monroe
Relative Noise Films
440 Macon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11233
(281) 620.0526
[email protected]
Types in Stereo
Gemal Woods
(202) 841-1228
[email protected]
Urban Lullaby
Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez
LaSone Studios
P.O. Box 286
New York, NY 10033
(646) 541-7183
[email protected]
Yellow
Tony Murphy
Tachyon Films
14939 12th Road
Whitestone, NY 11357
(360) 259.5363
[email protected]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
609 Film Center
George Alexander
Jason Alexander
Donna Augustin
Arianne Ayers
Yvette Baez
Dori Begley
Chunjee Bell
Donyshia Benjamin
Michelle Benson
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
Len Burnett
Angela Burt-Murray
Reggie Rock Bythewood
Sabrina Caluori
Thomas Carter
Christine Jean Chambers
Essie Chambers
Keith Clinkscales
Alissa Constable
Jocelyn Cooley
Sally Coonan
Rose Crichton
Cecile Cross-Plummer
John Dahl
Lisa Davis
Arunima Dhar
Ava DuVernay
Michelle Ebanks
ESPN Films
Deirdre Fenton
Shekila Ferguson
Robbie Fernandez
Smokey Fontaine
Forward Movement Productions
Jean Frost
Paul Gardner
Malcolm Goodwin
Tamara Gregory
Omari Harwick
Jamie Hector
Stephen Hill
Warren Hutcherson
Pearlena Igbokwe
Fred Jackson
86 | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Sharifa Johka
Tilane Jones
Jamal Joseph
Kim Cooper King
Andra Kolega
Stan Lathan
David Laub
Ursula Lawrence
Debra Lee
Malcolm D. Lee
Jack Lefelt
Franklin Leonard
Aaron Levy
Patrick Liberto
Jeanine Liburd
Nia Long
Magnolia Pictures
Sheila Marmon
Brandon Martinez
Lucinda Martinez-Desir
Danielle McCarthy
Henry McGee
Valerie Watts Meraz
Scott Mills
Keija Minor
Alison Moore
Tonya Moore
Tracey Moore
Ted Morano
Anthony Novello
Katherine Oliver
Theresa O’Neal
Governor David Patterson
Meena Payne
Meredith Pizzulli
Debbie Pennie
Pamela Pickens
Rose Catherine Pinkney
Keri Potts
Greg Rhem
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
David Robinson
Evan Ross
Joshua Sandler
Lateef Sarnor
Marvin Scott
Kodi Seaton
Carol Ann Shine
Dan Silver
Michael Sladek
Olivia Smashum
Selena Spencer
Isiah Spikes
Rose Spikes
Sarah Storrs
Raynelle Swilling
Kathy Terry
Frida Torresblanco
UrbanAdServe
Dana Vladimir
Darrel Walker
Monique Ware
Rachel Watanabe-Batton
Kim Watson
Maria Weaver Watson
Martin Wendel
Denmark West
Dennis Williams
Karen Williams
Joelle Williams-Patience
Michael Kenneth Williams
WithoutABox.com
Women Make Movies
Brett Wright
Mitch Wright
Suejin Yang
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