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Festival Sponsors 4

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Letter From The Executive Producer 6

Letter From The Presenting Sponsor 9

Schedule Of Events 14

Venues Map 15

Urbanworld Digital 16

Live Readings 18

Special Screenings 21

Narrative Features 34

Documentary Features 41

Narrative Shorts 46

Documentary Shorts 66

Festival Jurors 72

Screening Schedule 78

Print Source Index 80

Acknowledgements 86

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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Welcome to the 14th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival!

We are thrilled to curate and present this year’s of , which represents the rising tide of talented filmmakers or color. It is indeed the year of the woman, as witnessed with ’s best director and best picture win at this year’s . This inspiring movement continues at Urbanworld with the festival’s Opening & Closing Night being helmed by brilliant women — Writer/ Director 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 -Whitfield.

We are truly honored to have the accomplished Kerry Washington support Urbanworld as its Festival my black 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 is a gift from nature. of purpose and impact that is likewise reflected in Urbanworld’s 2010 film slate.

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 self- distributors 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.

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.

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 my beautiful ` 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. is how I enhance it.

Without our partners BET Networks and Founding Sponsor HBO, we would be limited in our impact. We are grateful 2010 Inc., Gamble, & Procter © 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 140086_a01 Burrell 08/26/10 jmd has made an indelible imprint on Urbanworld’s past, present, and future. We wish all of our 2010 festival patrons an extraordinary Urbanworld experience! The individual beauty of black women is something to celebrate. Olay,® CoverGirl Queen Collection,® Pantene,® Always,® Crest® and Secret® are honored to partner with My Black Is Beautiful to help keep the celebration Yours In Purpose & Possibility, going. Join us in honoring your beauty and inspire others to do the same at myblackisbeautiful.com.

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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 multi- cultural cinema.

Here’s to a fantastic festival!

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Welcome to the 14th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival in , 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

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

12:00pm – 5:00pm Urbanworld Digital – Business Sessions ...... Hosted By HBO

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

12:00pm – 5:00pm Festival Registration...... AMC 34th Street Theater 7:30pm Opening Night Screening...... AMC 34th Street Theater NIGHT CATCHES US

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

9:00am – 2:00pm Actors Workshop...... Paramount Screening Room (Presented by BET Networks with My Black Is Beautiful) 11:30am – 5:00pm Festival Registration...... AMC 34th Street Theater 12:00pm – Midnight Independent Film Screenings...... AMC 34th Street Theater 1:00pm – 3:00pm Directors Guild Of America (East) – Director’s Lunch ...... By Invitation Only 3:00pm – 5:00pm Live Screenplay Readings (Hosted by BET Networks)...... By Invitation Only 6:00pm Spotlight Screening...... AMC 34th Street Theater MY MIC SOUNDS NICE (Hosted By BET Networks)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

9:00am – 2:00pm Tasha Smith Actors Workshop...... Paramount Screening Room (Presented by BET Networks with My Black Is Beautiful) 11:30am – 5:00pm Festival Registration...... AMC 34th Street Theater 12:00pm – Midnight Independent Film Screenings...... AMC 34th Street Theater 5:00pm Spotlight Screening...... AMC 34th Street Theater One Night in vegas (Hosted By ESPN) 7:30pm Closing Night Film I Will Follow (World Premiere)...... AMC 34th Street Theater 10:00pm Spotlight Screening...... AMC 34th Street Theater Boardwalk (Hosted By HBO)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

11:00am – 1:00pm Awards Brunch Ceremony...... By Invitation Only 12:00pm – 10:00pm Independent Film Screenings...... AMC 34th Street Theater DIRECTIONS BY SUBWAY:

AMC 34TH STREET THEATER *SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. A/C/E to 34th Street & 8th Avenue; 1/2/3 to 34th Street & 7th Avenue – walk West one avenue ; B/D/F/N/Q/R/V/W to 34th Street & 6th Avenue – walk West two avenue blocks. 1 AMC 34th Street Theater 312 W. 34th Street (Between 8th & 9th Avenues) 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 2 HBO Avenue – walk East two avenue blocks 1100 Avenue of the Americas at 42nd Street

PARAMOUNT SCREENING ROOM A/C/E to 42nd Street & 8th Avenue – walk East 1 avenue block; 3 Paramount Screening Room 1/2/3 to 42nd Street & 7th Avenue; B/D/F to 42 Street & 6th Avenue 1515 Broadway, 3rd Floor, at 45th Street – walk West 1 avenue block.

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URBANWORLD DIGITAL speakers Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:00PM – 5:00PM | HBO Theater • 1100 6th Avenue, 15th Floor Theater The new technology track for Urbanworld Film Festival

Sabrina Caluori Brandon Martinez WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 | 12PM-5PM Director of Marketing & Social Media New Media Agent HBO Abrams Artists Agency

theater 1100 6th Avenue, 15th Floor Theater (Attendance Is By Invitation Only)

Paul Gardner David Robinson NamcoBandai America Sr. Producer NamcoBandai America

Speakers from: Abrams Artists Agency | HBO | MTV Networks NamcoBandai America | SAGindie | Writers Guild of America, East

Ursula Lawrence Lead Strategic Organizer Michael Sladek Writers Guild of America, East New York Coordinator SAGindie AGENDA 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

Suejin Yang Contracts 101 for micro-budget and A conversation with HBO about the VP of Product Development for MTV/VH1 Digital new media productions social media marketing for TRUE BLOOD MTV Networks

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LIVE SCREENPLAY READINGS Friday, September 17, 2010 Women s 3PM - 5PM

The Urbanworld Film Festival will present the 5 finalists in the Screenplay Category to festival attendees in an intimate Conference event, where their works will be performed live. Each finalist will stage a performance of their chosen screenplay scene, UNLEASH THE POWER IN YOU with actors breathing life into each selected work. NOVEMBER 4, 2010 NEW YORK MARRIOTT MARQUIS BAG LADIES GRACEY JEAN OF THE JONESES KNIFE TO A GUNFIGHT OSVALDO’S

BAG LADIES follows the A former dirty cop is Jean Jones, a gawky The streetwise Kirk After his mother’s Angela Burt-Murray ESSENCE Editor-in-Chief hang-ups of five women forced to reenter the 22-year-old, finds new McCants is ambushed death, Jerry Vasquez is navigating their romantic criminal world of his past love unexpectedly in and shot in the head at thrust into the position of keeping his family lives. Kennedy, Leila and for a shot at redemption. the back of a blank range. He INVEST IN YOURSELF. Monique are longtime together. To complicate ambulance with survives with a shaken friends, planning one’s matters, his father Juan wedding as their paramedic Ray Malcolm, memory and seeks to Vazquez, owner of the relationships break but her dysfunctional, find out who shot him barbershop Osvaldo’s, Reinvent Your Life. down. Chrislyn and Riley middle class Jamaican and why. His journey quickly starts a relation- Join ESSENCE editors, top industry leaders and are roommates with family gets in the way. leads him to the truth ship with much younger very different methods about himself and his hairdresser Luz Serrano. other inspiring women for a one-day empowering of excelling in life... and circumstances and leaves Before long, tragedy conference that will give you the tools you need love. All must let go of him unprepared for strikes Jerry and his sister again. past hurts before truly the conflict. to transform your life for success. finding happiness.

Register TAI NELSON is a burgeoning JULIAN BREECE was named STELLA MEGHIE is a Born and raised in Randy Wilkins received today! from small one of IndieWIRE’s young Canadian born screenwriter Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, his B.A. in English from “filmmakers to watch.” His town Apopka, FL. She based in New York. GEMAL WOODS’s eclectic Franklin and Marshall  is a University of Florida debut short, “The Young and She graduated from the life experiences have College and his MFA from Traci Lynn Blackwell TICKET PRICE IS $295 & INCLUDES: graduate and former Evil,” was an Official Selection Vice President of Current University of Waterloo with provided him a unique lens NYU’s film school. His Programs, CW Network  access to all seminars third grade teacher who of the 2009 Sundance Film a BA in English Language through which to view the short film “Osvaldo’s,” Festival. Breece is the creator, has traveled from coast and Literature. She received world. He has worn the shoes upon which this screenplay  continental breakfast to coast and across the writer, and director of BET’s an MA in Screenwriting of a graffiti artist, award is based, was a finalist  seated lunch Atlantic. Inspired by these hit webseries “Buppies.” and Production from the winning fine artist, erratic at the American Black Laila Ali experiences and the wide His screenplay BALL was a  gift bag and more! University of Westminster college student, ex-convict Film Festival and HBO’s Entrepreneur and range of people met along 2006 Urbanworld Finalist World Champion Athlete the way, she has developed and a Top 10 Finalist for the in . While in , and devoted father—each Short Film Competition, a passion for creating new Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship Meghie worked as a script influencing his growing body where it received an ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS: characters and introducing in Screenwriting. reader for EON Productions. of work. exclusive broadcast them to an audience through license agreement. Randy  Melissa Dawn Johnson screenwriting. Tai is excited A Film Independent Woods resides in is currently an assistant Entrepreneur & Author about Bag Ladies, her Project:Involve Fellow, Breece Washington, D.C. with his editor on his mentor Spike  Stephen Pemberton is a graduate of Harvard (AB screenwriting debut. wife Erica, son Excel, and Lee’s latest film, IF GOD IS Chief Diversity Officer and ’03) and USC (MFA ’05). daughter Truth. WILLING AND DA CREEK Lisa Nichols VP of Diversity and Inclusion at Monster.com DON’T RISE. Life Coach, Founder of Motivating the Masses and  Michelle Singletary CEO of Motivating the Financial Columnist, Teen Spirit, LLC TRACEY MOORE Director Of Screenplay Readings TRACEY MOORE teaches the renowned monologue/scene study class “The Spirited Actor.” Her private coaching clients include FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER, VISIT WWW.ESSENCE.COM/EWC Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliot, Eve, Nelly, and Q-Tip. In 2002, she published her first book, THE SPIRITED ACTOR: PRINCIPLES FOR A SUCCESSFUL AUDITION. She’s currently working on rewrites for her first feature screenplay, THE DEPARTURE, which she sold Sponsored by: Supported by: to SUPER SIZE ME director Morgan Spurlock. Tracey will make her feature debut with the film UNCHANGED (Fall 2010). www. thespiritedactor.com

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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, , 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. www.uptownmagazine.com www.vibe.com 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 KENYA/MALIA/SOMALIA/ WORLD PREMIERE TANZANIA/2009/62mins/Color

USA/2010/81min/Color DIRECTOR: Paula Heredia PRODUCER: Equality Now DIRECTOR: Ava DuVernay

WRITER: Ava DuVernay

PRODUCER: Ava DuVernay

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Miguel Bunster

EDITOR:

FEATURING: Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Omari Hardwick, Beverly Todd, , , Michole White

Saturday, September 18, 7:30pm Friday, September 17, 12pm AMC 34th Street Theater 9 AMC 34th Street Theater 11

Sunday, September 19, 12pm AMC 34th Street Theater 12

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 Every day, 6,000 girls from the Horn of Africa to sub-Saharan nations are subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). once shared. As her moving day progresses, she is sidetracked by a series of personal encounters that trigger grief, guilt With fierce determination and deep love for their communities, brave African activists are leading a formidable, fearless and eventually, emotional freedom. 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 Paula Heredia is a director and editor based in New York. She was awarded an Emmy for the HBO documentary IN directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed 2008 hip hop documentary,“This is the Life.” Winner of Audience MEMORIAM, NYC 9/11/01 and an ACE Eddie Award for the acclaimed documentary UNZIPPED. Her directorial work Awards in Toronto, and Seattle, the film was released theatrically and debuted on Showtime in April 2009. includes the documentaries GEORGE PLIMPTON AND THE PARIS REVIEW, RALPH GIBSON, and THE COUPLE IN THE Her narrative feature debut “I Will Follow,” starring Salli Richardson-Whitfield, will make its World Premiere as the CAGE. Her dramatic work includes HAVING A BABY, TRAS LA VENTANA, SLINGS AND ARROWS, and LA CENA DE closing night of the Urbanworld Film Festival 2010. DuVernay has worked in the world of film as a marketer for more MATRIMONIO. Her short film LA PAJARA PINTA premiered at the Lincoln Center Film Society LatinBeat Film Festival. 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 , , Michael Mann, , Bill Condon, Raoul Peck, Gurinder Chadha and Reggie & Gina Bythewood.

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® AND ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR

PRESENTS USA/2010/72min/Color ATLANTIC CITY, 1920 DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese, Time Van Patten, Jeremy Podeswa, and Allen Coulter

WRITER: Terence Winter, Lawrence Konner, Howard Korder, , Paul Simms, Margaret Nagle, Steve Kornacki and Meg Jackson

CREATED BY: Terence Winter

FEATURING: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon

Saturday, September 18, 10:00pm AMC 34th Street Theater 9

BOARDWALK EMPIRE

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From Terence Winter, Emmy® Award-winning writer of “The Sopranos” and Academy® Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, is set in Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition, when the sale of alcohol became illegal throughout the .

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 SERIES PREMIERE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 9PM New York City and less than a day’s drive from Chicago. And Nucky Thompson took full advantage.

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NEW YORK PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE Uganda/2010/74min/Color US/2010/95mins/Color DIRECTOR: Nabil Elderkin DIRECTOR: Qasim “Q” Basir WRITERS: Nabil Elderkin, Isaac Hagy WRITER: Qasim “Q” Basir PRODUCERS: Nyla Hassell, George Mays, Claude Merkel, Charles Spano PRODUCER: Dana Offenbach, Samad Davis

EDITOR: Issac Hagy CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ian Dudley

FEATURING: Abraham “Abramz” Tekya, EDITOR: Christopher Scott Cherot Crazy Legs FEATURING: Evan Ross, , Danny Glover, Roger Guenveur Smith, Dorian Missick, Summer Bishil

Friday, Sept 17, 7:30pm Friday, Sept 17, 7:45pm AMC 34th Street Theater 11 AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Saturday, Sept 18, 9:15pm Saturday, Sept 18, 7:15pm AMC 34th Street Theater 11 AMC 34th Street Theater 11

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 Pulled between his strict Muslim upbringing by his father and the normal social life he’s never had, Tariq Mahdi enters the Break Dance Project Uganda - B.P.U. The dream was to establish a workshop teach kids about B-Boy Culture. Based college in a state of confusion. New relationships with Muslims and non-Muslims alike challenge his already shaken ideals, in Kampala, Uganda, and recently expanding permanent regular classes in Gulu, Northern Uganda, Abrahmz teaches and the estrangement with his mother and sister troubles him. With the help of new friends, family and mentors, he classes three times a week to over 300 hundred kids from all parts of the city. Bouncing Cats is the inspiring story 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 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 warning, he is forced to face his past and make the biggest decisions of his life. focus on break-dance. Qasim “Q” Basir has been taking the movie industry by storm for years now, but it wasn’t always about the movies. He Nabil Elderkin, originally a native of Australia, began his photography career when he picked up a camera to shoot 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 portraits of fellow surfers. What started as a hobby rapidly developed into a working career. From surf portraits, Nabil while recovering from his injuries, “I decided I needed to do what I loved, and make a difference while doing so.” That began shooting musicians and anyone that inspired him. He later moved to the United States to continue to expand his was making movies. After completing his first project, 1Nation 2Worlds, he began doing just that. He took the film to career. Today, Nabil lives and works in Los Angeles at his studio downtown. He shoots musicians, sports, fashion and Colleges and Universities all over the country, challenging students and professors to open discussions on the important portraiture. Nabil has recently published a book titled “Glow in the Dark” with and Rizzoli and has directed issue of race. “I feel like ignorance is one of the most significant issues hindering our society today,” says Qasim. His next several music videos and documentaries from here to Africa. Traveling is his passion. 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 . 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.

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BET NETWORKS PRESENTS WORLD PREMIERE

USA/2010/49min/Color

DIRECTOR: Ava DuVernay

PRODUCER: Shirley Salomon

CINEMATOGRAPHER:

EDITOR: Spencer Averick

FEATURING: MC Lyte, Missy Elliott, Yo Yo, Eve, Lady Of Rage, Roxanne Shante, Chuck D, Questlove

Friday, Sept 17, 6:00pm AMC 34th Street Theater 9

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 gender- related: 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, , Kevin Liles and many more.

This documentary is an important, engaging, inside look at one of the most provocative topics affecting 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.

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ESPN PRESENTS

USA/2010/52mins/Color

DIRECTOR:

WRITER: Reggie Rock Bythewood

PRODUCER: Damon Bingham, Harlan Wer- ner, 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 AMC 34th Street Theater 9

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, , and hip-hop. Superstar rapper 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, . 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, . He wrote and directed, Dancing In September, Biker Boyz and the Laila Ali documentary, Daddy’s Girl: Daughter of The Greatest.

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NEW YORK PREMIERE USA/2010/81mins/Color

USA/2010/84mins/Color DIRECTOR: Madeleine Sackler

DIRECTOR: Robert O’Hara PRODUCERS: Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, James Lawler and Madeleine Sackler WRITER: Robert O’Hara CINEMATOGRAPHER: Wolfgang Held PRODUCER: Effie Brown EDITOR: Madeleine Sackler CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tommy Maddox Upshaw FEATURING: Geoffrey Canada,

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

Friday, September 17, 10pm Saturday, Sept 18, 5pm AMC 34th Street Theater 9 AMC 34th Street Theater 12

Sunday, September 19, 1:30pm Sunday, Sept 19, 12pm AMC 34th Street Theater 12 AMC 34th Street Theater 9

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 In a country where 58 percent of African American 4th graders are functionally illiterate, The Lottery uncovers the talented going about their lives as they see best. The connection to their tortured history is one of only passing fascina- failures of the traditional public school system and reveals that hundreds of thousands of parents attempt to flee the tion. They are completely ignorant that every choice they’ve in their lives has actually been made for them. The reunion system every year. The Lottery follows four of these families from and who have entered their 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 children in a charter school lottery. Out of thousands of hopefuls, only a small minority will win the chance of a better turn to make the ultimate sacrifice. It is their duty and their destiny, but they won’t give up without a fight to survive. future.

Robert O’Hara received his Directing MFA from School of Arts and has become an accomplished Madeleine Sackler co-directed her first film, Mechina: A Preparation, in 2005 and went on to work on MTV’s screenwriter, playwright and theater director. Robert has written films for the likes of Martin Scorsese, HBO and Spike Human Giant. She then edited short documentary pieces for clients including Trudie Styler, Moxie Pictures, and Lee. In 2010, he received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play for Antebellum, an OBIE Award for his a-political. Returning to feature-length documentaries, she became part of the research team for Martin Scorsese’s Direction of the World Premiere of the critically acclaimed In The Continuum and is now nominated for a 2010 NAACP Shine a Light and worked as an editor for the documentary on Oscar-winner Howard Shore’s new opera, The Fly. The theater award. Lottery (2010) marks her directorial debut.

Los Angeles based producer Effie T. Brown received a degree in film production and thEater from Loyola Mary- mount 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.

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USA/2009/86mins/Color 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, PRODUCER: Peregrine McCroskey Sabrina Quinn, Chelsea O’Connor, and Angela Roberts CINEMATOGRAPHER: Nicolas Contant EDITOR: Jean-Paul Lançon

FEATURING: Maud Buquet, Saul Jephcott, Joseph Wilkins, Antonio Ferreira, Behi Djanati Atai

Saturday, September 18, 9:15pm Friday, Sept 17, 3:30pm AMC 34th Street Theater 12 AMC 34th Street Theater 11

Sunday, September 19, 5:45pm Sunday, Sept 19, 3:45pm AMC 34th Street Theater 11 AMC 34th Street Theater 12

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 Paris, present day. Grace is an unknown actress who just turned forty. When she learns that a Hollywood production is family’s long-owned taxi stand. “The Stand” has been of all activity and money for the family for sixty years, shooting in France, she is determined to get a part. As it so happens, the female lead role has become available and and now Bilal is destined to carry the torch. Yet despite a series of setbacks at home, Bilal secretly submits a college Grace seizes the opportunity and gives it her all, training intensively with her acting coach and boyfriend Ricardo, then application and takes up ice carving in order to win a scholarship. Now he is forced to decide whether to continue actually sneaking into the audition! She meets casting director CJ and blows him away with her monologue. Things seem running The Stand – the only life he has ever known – or take a chance at social mobility. 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 Born outside Kansas City to Indian parents, Kartik Singh received an MFA in film from the Sorbonne in Paris. His short by the National Center for Institutional Diversity. Directing this distinctive educational program and numerous other “Saving Mom and Dad” (2007) won international acclaim, showing in over 100 festivals and taking 16 awards. When filmmaking projects led to Sharrief’s unique development of the 16mm feature film Bilal’s Stand, which premiered at he is not writing and directing his own films, Kartik Singh works as an actor, a script doctor, a commercial director, and a the 2010 . 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

USA/2009/100mins/Color USA/2010/104mins/Color

DIRECTOR: Carmen Madden DIRECTOR: Hilbert Hakim

WRITER: Carmen Madden WRITERS: Joshua Leibner & Hilbert Hakim

PRODUCER: Monte Shulz PRODUCERS: Scott Hakim, Christopher Hempstead, Matt McCoy, Hilbert Hakim, CINEMATOGRAPHER: Phillip Briggs 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 Sunday, September 19, 7:15pm AMC 34th Street Theater 12 AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Sunday, September 19, 5:45pm AMC 34th Street Theater 12

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 A botched car-jacking forces two white-collar criminals to take refuge in the home of the thugs that accosted them. partner, he realizes that he has put his beloved neighborhood and his family in danger, and must become the man he Over the course of one explosive, unpredictable night, worlds collide, fortunes shift, lives are cast aside and the most used to be in order to save them. 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 Hilbert Hakim began his career as Administrative Assistant to Alan Horn, President and COO of 20th Century Fox, PRODUCTIONS, LLC, a company dedicated to developing and producing projects for film and television that tell creative after being hired from the studio mail room. 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 Hilbert later shifted his focus to production where he worked as an assistant and protégé to James Cameron. From there a variety of stage plays, and toured with the Mime Troupe. Besides writing and acting, Carmen has other he moved on to be an Assistant Director on close to forty motion pictures including: WHATS LOVE GOT TO DO WITH talents as well. She is an educator at the community college level teaching film, acting, creative writing, and English. IT, BOYS ON THE SIDE, TEAM AMERICA and . 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 In addition to James Cameron, Hilbert has had tenure with other extraordinary directors such as , Mike encourage people to become more involved in their community. Nichols, Cameron Crowe, Billy Freidkin, Chris Nolan and Kathryn Bigelow.

KREWS is Hilbert’s directorial debut.

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NEW YORK PREMIERE NORTH AMERICAN Premiere

USA/2010/89min/Color UK/2010/116mins/Color

DIRECTOR: Ryan Richmond DIRECTOR: Rob Heath

WRITER: Ryan Richmond WRITER: Barrie Keefe

PRODUCER: PRODUCERS: Clint Dyer, Rob Heath, Robin Mahoney CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ryan Richmond CINEMTOGRAPHER: Jono Smith EDITOR: Sam Pollard EDITOR: Robin Mahoney FEATURING: , Terri Abney, Mi- chel Wright, Whalen Lawrence FEATURING: Ralph Brown, Clint Dyer, Rafe Spall, Anjela Lauren Smith

Friday, Sept 17, 7pm Friday, September 17, 9:15pm AMC 34th Street Theater 12 AMC 34th Street Theater 11

Sunday, Sept 19, 8pm Sunday, September 19, 1:30pm AMC 34th Street Theater 11 AMC 34th Street Theater 11

MONEY MATTERS SUS

The story introduces us to Monique Matters aka Money, 14 years old living in Southeast Washington, DC, the roughest 1979: Election Night - A police interview room. Delroy’s pregnant wife has been found dead in a pool of blood and he area of the city. She catches three buses across town to go to a Catholic school where she is seen as ‘different’, and is brought in as the chief suspect. He is interrogated by D.S. Karn, a witty, psychotic racist and his violent sidekick D.C. at home her relationship with her mother, Pamela Matters, is far from healthy. Pamela is a young mother that forces Wilby. Both high on the prospect of a Conservative landslide victory they try to lure him into a quick confession. Callous religion on Money because of her own guilt. Money coexists within two worlds but doesn’t feel comfortable in either humiliation gives way to a barrage of sinister violence, leading to a devastating conclusion. 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 From , the writer of the British classic ’The Long Good Friday’ and based on a true story, SUS is a self-discovery. 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 Ryan Richmond is a Washington, D.C. native and a graduate of ’s Tisch School of the Arts. that fails the very people it should protect. 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 A NOTE FROM THE WRITER BARRIE KEEFE by ’s All Access Program, won UrbanWorld Film Festival’s HBO Screenplay Competition and won 2nd I wrote SUS shortly after Margaret Thatcher was swept to power in May 1979 and told the world from the doorway of place for the Larry Neal Dramatic Writing Competition. 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. Currently, his cinematography is airing on HBO with the documentary “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama”, The story was a true incident I had covered as a reporter on a local weekly newspaper many years before but it wasn’t and Ryan is producing a four-part documentary series with Spike Lee on President Barack Obama for A&E Indie Films until Thatcher took up the reins that I found the backdrop for the play - election night, the “new dawn” as Karn chillingly (A&E Channel). 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.

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WORLD PREMIERE

USA/2010/116mins/Color

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

Friday, Sept 17, 12pm AMC 34th StreetTheater 12

Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm 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 DIRECTOR: Michael Wanguhu Manfred Poppenk WRITER: Russell Kenya PRODUCERS: Mascha Poppenk and Manfred Poppenk PRODUCERS: Michael Wanguhu and Russell Kenya CINEMATOGRAPHER: Suzan van Steenwijk CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Wanguhu EDITOR: Manfred Poppenk EDITOR: Michael Wanguhu

FEATURING: M1 (of Dead Prez), Umi (of POW)

Friday, September 17, 12pm Friday, September 17, 2:30pm AMC 34th Street Theater 9 AMC 34th Street Theater 12

Sunday, September 19, 12p Saturday, September 18, 7pm AMC 34th Street Theater 11 AMC 34th Street Theater 12

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 Ni Wakati re-introduces Africa’s rich diversity to the rest of the World, as M1(of Dead Prez) and Umi (of POW) travel turning green again. The disappearance of the auto industry transformed the once wealthiest city of America into a villa to East Africa to serve as unique cultural ambassadors helping to bridge the gap between the distantly related Africans ghetto. Amidst all this misery, the ‘forgotten’ residents have surprisingly emerged with their own solutions. Nature is worldwide. They connect with Ukoofulani Mau Mau a revolutionary youth movement of artists based in Nairobi. They col- taking over the city and the new generation is taught to harvest its profit. lectively 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. Michael Wanguhu is committed to telling stories that upgrade the image of Africa, through Emerge Media Group, They met in Africa working on the wildlife film ‘Serengeti Symphony’ with Emmy award-winner Baron Hugo van Lawick. a company he co-founded, he directed and produced the award winning Hip-Hop Colony that was distributed by Image Their filmmaking vision turned out to be harmonious and there was that inevitable click. From that moment on Entertainment and broadcast by MNET. He has toured high-schools and colleges to share about Africa. He was featured they have joined their qualities in making numerous award-winning documentaries. 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

USA/2010/90min/Color

DIRECTOR: Demetrius Wren

PRODUCERS: Michael Smith, Demetrius Wren, Christina Ghubril

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Demetrius Wren

EDITOR: Demetrius Wren

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Friday, September 17, 1:30pm AMC 34th Street Theater 11

Sunday, September 19, 8pm AMC 34th Street Theater 12 Our Services workshops classes private coaching digital content strategy digital marketing strategy 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.

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. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/JIGSAWGLOBAL [email protected] WWW.JIGSAWGLOBAL.COM

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3 FACES OF EVELYN CASTING NOTICE

3 FACES OF EVELYN is a short comedy narrative Evander Bridges is a struggling actor whose every loosely inspired by the Academy Award winning attempt to book an acting job has resulted in failure. movie “The Three Faces of Eve” and informed by the That is, until he receives a VERY appealing proposition to 2008 Presidential Election. Evelyn – battling multiple appear in an adult film. It’s not exactly the type of break personalities -- attends an impromptu session with her out role he’s hoping for, but it’s close enough, especially psychiatrist because she cannot remember for whom she when offered a substantial amount of money and not voted on November 4, 2008. Did she write in Clinton, being presented with any other opportunities. CASTING Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm vote for McClain, or choose Obama? Both, Evelyn and NOTICE follows Evander’s journey as he decides whether Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Dr. McKenna, have a mutual breakthrough. or not to take the role. AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Sunday, Sept 19, 4:30pm Sunday, Sept 19, 4:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Kamali Minter is a writer / director / editor based in Marcus Thomas is a Fort Worth, Texas native and AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Los Angeles, where she relocated after graduating from a graduate of the University of Houston. He began NEW YORK PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has written, directed, his career as a production assistant working on a USA/2009/13mins/Color and produced shorts, , EPK’s and promos. number of high-profile music video and commercials. USA/2010/18mins/Color Her shorts and web series have played multiple festivals Equipped with the knowledge acquired while working DIRECTOR: Kamali Minter and received distribution. She was also a on set, Marcus began directing and editing his own DIRECTOR: Marcus Thomas WRITERS: Stephanie M. Vaughn and Kathryn J. Taylor Writing Fellowship finalist, and has edited shows for BET, projects. Currently he resides in Los Angeles, CA where WRITER: Marcus Thomas PRODUCERS: Kathryn J. Taylor and PRODUCER: Marcus Thomas, Geoffrey Fortner Stephanie M. Vaughn MTV, TLC, BRAVO, PLANET GREEN and THE FOOD he works as an Online Media Producer for the Fox CINEMATOGRAPHER: Joshua Reis Cinematographer: Kenn Michael NETWORK. Broadcasting Company. EDITOR: Marcus Thomas EDITOR: Kimali Minter FEATURING: Brandon Young, Aury Reyes, FEATURING: Kathryn J. Taylor and Brian Carpenter Rocco Rosanio

44 CHAINS

“44” is a day in the life of a young man in the urban Derrick lives the kind of life that every person dreams jungle. He inhabits an environment where random of - a beautiful wife, a lucrative job, and the freedom violence can spontaneously occur. “44” is an exploration to enjoy all of the luxuries success has to offer. But of a reoccurring moment, a reenactment of violence, a when a frantic call from a friend interrupts a romantic meditation on vengeance, but ultimately an ode to life, night out, Derrick’s life is dramatically changed. Held love and loss. captive at gun point and forced to watch as the love of his life is barbarically taken, Derrick comes face to

Friday, Sept 17, 3:45pm Mikal din has been making films as long as anyone face with the cold, undeniable reality that travesties Friday, Sept 17, 1:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 can remember. After graduating from film school (BU) long since abolished still hold the keys to more than 27 AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm MIkal began honing his craft by working for production million CHAINS. Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 companies and learning all aspects of filmmaking. Writing, AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 shooting, editing, producing. He continues to direct and Marcus Stokes is a director whose talent for WORLD PREMIERE edit projects from music videos to advertisements to innovative storytelling and amazing visuals is truly unique. WORLD PREMIERE USA/2009/20mins/Color PSA’s. “I like to work in a variety of media b/c they always He started his filmmaking career as a visual effects artist USA/2010/13mins/Color inform one another in some way or another. I just hope at ’ Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). After DIRECTOR/ WRITER: Mikal Din my films inform someone emotionally and let’s them several years creating effects for films such as DIRECTOR: Marcus Stokes WRITER: Marcus Stokes PRODUCERS: Mikal Din, Anthony Philips, connect to the work on the screen.” Episode I, The Matrix II, and I Robot, Marcus began Holann Joli Sobers PRODUCER: Marcus Stokes, Paul Winze, Steve Griffith CINEMATOGRAPHERS: Ricardo Sarmiento, his career in directing. In addition to his film projects, CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ruben F. Russ Nasri Zaccharia Marcus has also worked on documentaries, music videos, EDITORS: Marcus Stokes, Ryan Warda EDITOR: Mikal Din and even the NAACP Image Awards. FEATURING: Andre Royo, John Hensley FEATURING: Damien Omar Lee, Jas Anderson, Saylon Sengbloh, Angel Dillemuth

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CLAP CLAP CONGRATULATIONS

Set in Chinatown, NYC - Leena is an illegal gun dealer MR. GONZALEZ! facing a difficult decision. Should she stick with her faithful Luis Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican actor in his mid 30’s lover Roy and continue their fragile gun running operation who has been given the opportunity to star in a major or should she make a deal involving a mysterious buyer, a Hollywood film. Though he’s excited for this opportunity, SIM card, a wad of cash and plane ticket. something doesn’t feel right. All he wants to do is live out his dream as an actor...but at what price? This is Tanuj Chopra started making films 10 years ago in Congratulations Mr. Gonzalez! Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm New York City. In 2003, his lushly photograhped New Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 Delhi based love story, BUTTERFLY, won three best short AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Victor Cruz was born in , Virginia and Sunday, Sept 19, 1:45pm film awards and screened at over 30 festivals across Sunday, Sept 19, 4:30pm was raised in the heart of the South Bronx in New York AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 North America, Europe, India and Pakistan. In 2006 he AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 City. At the age of sixteen, Victor performed stand-up co-wrote (with Hart Eddy), directed and produced his first comedy for the first time at a comedy club in downtown WORLD PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE feature film PUNCHING AT THE SUN which premiered . He attended SUNY Purchase College, where USA/2010/9min/Color at the Sundance film festival. Chopra holds a BA in Art he studied in the Acting Conservatory. Some of Victor USA/2010/14mins/B&W Semiotics from Brown University and an MFA in directing DIRECTOR: Tanuj Chopra Cruz’s film and TV credits include: The Taking Of Pelham WRITERS: Tanuj Chopra, Hart Eddy from the film program at Columbia University. DIRECTOR: Victor Cruz PRODUCER: Smriti Mundhra 1:23, , Law & Order, , Damages, WRITER: Victor Cruz CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Kim NIP/TUCK, 30 Rock, and FRINGE. He decided to create PRODUCER: Victor Cruz EDITORS: Tanuj Chopra, Joe Murphy opportunities for himself and began producing short CINEMATOGRAPHER: Victor Oliveira EDITOR: Victor Cruz FEATURING: Sung Kang, Tillotama Shome, comedies, a comedy DVD (THE VICTOR CRUZ SHOW), Manu Narayan and directed a couple of dramatic shorts. Victor Cruz is FEATURING: Victor Cruz, George Pappas, Margarita one of the hardest working artists today and you can see Tavarez, Stephen Kilcullen, and Christopher Lorenzo him in the film THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE.

CLOSE COOKIE

One night after a casual ‘visit,’ Angela is all but ready to An interaction between three boys and a streetwalker leave Derek’s apartment. Derek, however, is determined leaves one of the boys believing that he has been pick- not to let her go without a fight. potted. When he convinces the other two young men to return to the prostitute’s street to reclaim his wallet, the A drama about a moment in a relationship, result is a night that will change the boys’ lives forever. ‘Close’ explores the intense frustration that comes when the person you desire does not see things your Born and raised in , New York, Francisco

Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm way. Ordoñez graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from the Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 City University of New York. In May of 2006 he completed AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 Sunday, Sept 19, 1:45pm Tahir Jetter is a filmmaker from Washington, D.C. area his M.F.A. at Columbia University’s Film Program, where Sunday, Sept 19, 1:45pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 and a graduate of the undergraduate Film Production he was honored as a Film Division Fellow. His feature AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 program at NYU. “Close,” a romantic drama, marks screenplay, ASHER, was selected for the 2006 Tribeca WORLD PREMIERE Tahir’s short film debut and is the first of several short- Film Festival All Access Program and is in development USA/2010/12mins/Color USA/2010/8mins/Color form pieces that he plans to make over the next several with Emmy-nominated DP/Producer, Cliff Charles. DIRECTOR: Francisco Ordoñez years. Tahir is currently working to expand “Close” Francisco now lives in Los Angeles where he has gained WRITER: Francisco Ordoñez DIRECTOR: Tahir Jetter into a feature-length piece in addition to finishing the popularity as a music video director, working for indie PRODUCER: Mike Mejia, Ylenia Castillo, Erika Colon, WRITER: Tahier Jetter screenplay for an epic farce about New York City nightlife. and major recording artists alike. Recently, Francisco Yadira Garcia PRODUCER: Tahir Jetter CINEMATOGRAPHER: Fernando Vazquez CINEMATOGRAPHER: Fletcher Wolfe has been hired to direct “BLOOD OF THE MARTYR,” EDITOR: Tahir Jetter written and produced by Franc Reyes via his production FEATURING: Heidi Pena, Rene Rosado, company, Alumbra Films. Francisco is also attached to Kareem Savinon, Michael Chandler FEATURING: Jade Jackson, Carlton Byrd direct “EL CENTRO DEL MUNDO” from Executive Producer, Marlene Dermer, Co-founder and Director of the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival.

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CUTS EMPIRE CORNER

Michael Taylor, Jr. strikes out in a baseball game, and A woman travels across New York City – and between must now prove his manhood to his father by pursuing a two worlds – in search for the man she never got a chance girl from school. to know.

Starting his career as an actor, Bronx native Rashaad J.P. Chan is a self-taught filmmaker and playwright Ernesto Green received a BA from Dartmouth College living in New York City. His award-winning short films and a MFA from the NYU Graduate Acting program. After have screened at film festivals around the world and his Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm spending three years acting in theaters nationwide and plays have had productions and readings in New York Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 working with directors like Spike Lee, Rashaad had the and Chicago. He is a member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 Sunday, Sept 19, 3:30pm opportunity to work as a teacher in the South Bronx before holds a graduate degree in urban planning from NYU, is Sunday, Sept 19, 1:45pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 turning his efforts behind the camera to tell stories. He a LEED Accredited Professional, and was born in New AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 currently studies film at NYU’s Graduate Film Program. Jersey to working-class immigrant parents. WORLD PREMIERE USA/2009/12min/Color His first film, “The Can Collector,” about a man DIRECTOR: Rashaad Ernesto Green who makes his living off the streets reliving his childhood USA/2010/12mins/Color WRITER: Ryan Haydon dreams, screened at Lincoln Center accompanied by a PRODUCER: Marquis Smalls live orchestra. The world premiere of “Premature” DIRECTOR: J.P. Chan CINEMATOGRAPHER: Daniel Patterson which tackles the issue of teenage pregnancy, won the WRITER: J.P. Chan EDITOR: Rashaad Ernesto Green PRODUCER: J.P. Chan Grand Jury Prize in the HBO Short Film Competition at CINEMATOGRAPHER: Richard Wong FEATURING: Duane Burress Jr., Zora Howard, the 2008 American Black Film Festival, and is currently on EDITOR: J.P. Chan Jacinto Taras Riddick HBO. Rashaad’s last short, “Choices” premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Rashaad is now working on FEATURING: Alexis Camins, Teyonah Parris his first feature “Gun Hill Road” which is currently in pre-production.

EASY MADE HARD GIMME GRACE

A son returns home for protection from the police, but Nicky and Lakeith, two troubled young men from very he meets his fate at the hand of his father. 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 Anthony Onah is an award-winning filmmaker based nominated for ASC’s prestigious Conrad L. Hall Heritage in Los Angeles. Raised in the Philippines, England, Nigeria, Award. Her first independent film Eyes of a Child Togo, and the United States, he trained as a biochemist

Friday, Sept 17, 9:15pm received the Eastman Kodak Grand Jury Prize, First and neuroscientist at Harvard University, where he was Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm AMC 34th Street Theater 12 Prize for Best Female Director/Producer in the White awarded the Hoopes Prize for outstanding scholarly AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 Sands Film Festival, and First Prize in the Reel Women’s work. He is currently an MFA Directing candidate at Sunday, Sept 19, 5:45pm Sunday, Sept 19, 1:45pm AMC 34th Street Theater 12 International Film Festival. the UCLA Film School. Anthony is a recipient of the AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Hollywood Foreign Press Award, a Directors Guild of EAST COAST PREMIERE Elizabeth Appell is an award winning novelist, America Student Film Award, and the Edie and Lew EAST COAST PREMIERE USA/2009/12mins/Color playwright, and screenwriter. Several of her screenplays Wasserman Fellowship. USA/2010/11mins/Color & B&W have been optioned, and her play Confessions of DIRECTOR: Delphine de St. Paër Suter a Catholic Child premiered in 2007 in Los Angeles. DIRECTOR: Anthony Onah WRITER: Elizabeth Appell She just completed her second short film, A Warning WRITER: Anthony Onah PRODUCER: Elizabeth Appell PRODUCER: Anthony Onah, Justin Begnaud CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mickey Freeman from the Bathtub. CINEMATOGRAPHER: Thomas Denove EDITOR: Tom Bullock EDITOR: Timothy Good

FEATURING: Rhonnie Washington, Lloyd Roberson II FEATURING: Lakeith Stanfield, Nick McCallum

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GOOD INTENTIONS GRACE

In a time where economic and poor healthcare dominates A man struggles to keep his present life intact after an today’s society, Camille and Avery, a young married unwelcome visit from his past. couple, must cope with the unfortunate hand they were dealt. But when an opportunity presents itself as Steven Mondesir, New York’s underdog filmmaker, a possible relief to their situation, a decision must be presents GRACE. After dropping out of his collegial made to either save a loved one or break the bonds of studies, Mondesir vowed to make film his way on his marriage. When love is the driving force, does the means own terms; as well as films that actually speak to his Friday, Sept 17, 1:30pm justify the ends? generation and demographic. Born in Irvington, NJ, Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Mondesir discovered his passion for film at the age of AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm A Chicago native, Morocco Omari’s directing credits six, watching E.T. The Extraterrestrial and was inspired to Sunday, Sept 19, 1:45pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 include the short film (Mis)Leading Man. Mr. Omari is become a filmmaker. After studying film in three different AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 also the Executive Producer and writer of the multi- institutions, Mondesir felt it best to take the knowledge NEW YORK PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE award winning short film The Male Groupie. he’s gained and turn it into art. Enjoy. USA/2009/22mins/Color USA/2009/30mins/Color

DIRECTOR: Morocco Omari DIRECTOR: Steven Mondesir WRITER: Ihuoma Ofordire WRITER: Steven Mondesir PRODUCER: Kia Joy Goodwin, Jodi Smith, PRODUCER: Steven Mondesir Ihuoma Ofordire CINEMATOGRAPHER: James Washington CINEMATOGRAPHER: Edd Lucas EDITOR: Mike Mazzotta EDITOR: Alaric Martin FEATURING: Alex Mulzac FEATURING: Ihuoma Ofordire, Kevin Carrol, José Yenque, Kim Vasilakis, Elizabeth Pan

GORDITA HARROW ISLAND

A plus size Latina regains her confidence through the ‘Harrow Island’ is a human rights thriller following help of a cassette tape she recorded as a sassy, booty the story of photojournalist Simon Porter, as he is shakin’ teen in 1994. documenting a machine called the ‘Harrow’. It is the worst assignment Simon has ever been given, and it’s DEBBY WOLFE wrote and directed the short film CAT’S quickly turning into the worst night of his life. But in the BAD HAIR DAY, which played numerous film festivals heart of the horror that he follows his camera into, Simon and won a student award at the Hamptons International discovers something beautiful and it changes him.

Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm Film Festival. As a Story Producer, Debby has worked on Friday, Sept 17, 1:30pm AMC 34th Street Theater 12 reality projects for MRC, CBS, Discovery, and Current. Anja Marquardt is a filmmaker based in Berlin and AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 With her feature projects, Debby was an American NYC. Originally from Berlin, Anja grew up dreaming of the Sunday, Sept 19, 3:30pm Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm AMC 34th Street Theater 11 Zoetrope Screenplay Competition finalist and is currently world that lay beyond the mysterious wall that encircled AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 a finalist for the Sundance Lab. the woods of her childhood backyard. Soon after the USA/2009/11mins/Color Berlin wall fell, she began exploring those worlds, NEW YORK PREMIERE DIRECTOR: Debby Wolfe KAZ KIPP is a producing fellow of Film Independent’s traveling and living in places like the Arizona desert, USA/2010/12mins/Color WRITER: Debby Wolfe 2010 Project:Involve. She produced the short SPARE Granada, Strasbourg, and the mountains of northern PRODUCERS: Kaz Kipp, Rebecca Hamm, DIRECTOR: Anja Marquardt SOME CHANGE which won the Earthjustice Media Lab Laos. In 2007, she was awarded a Dean’s Fellowship at WRITER: Anja Marquardt Maureen Morrison Studios Earth Efficiency Film Challenge in conjunction New York University’s Graduate Film Program. In her PRODUCER: Josh Hetzler CINEMATOGRAPHER: Patrice Cochet with the IFC/Sundance Channel. Kaz is currently in time at NYU, Anja has directed 5 short films and worked CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kristina Nikolova EDITORS: Emily Hsuan, Adam Zuckerman EDITOR: Vincent Assmann development on several feature film projects.IFC/ on several other projects as a producer. Anja is currently FEATURING: Talia Zapien, Carlos Ramirez, Sundance Channel. Kaz is currently in development on developing her first feature length film. FEATURING: Michael Medeiros, Chad Hoppner, Gloria Sandoval, Jessica Martinez, Gaby Gutierrez, several feature film projects. Bo Corre, Gerry Bamman Raini Rodriguez, Stephanie Mendoza, Raquel Cordova

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HEAR ME KNOCK OFF

When a tortured composer receives cryptic text messages Teenager Jude is happy and confident about her on the 1 year anniversary of his fiance’s disappearance, pregnancy until she overhears her father Michael telling he embarks on a hunt for answers that leads him directly her teacher it’s a terrible mistake. Feeling hurt and to her. betrayed, Jude flees the school and Michael chases her into a busy street market. Only Jude’s brave stand when Kenn Michael is a director/composer/writer/editor/ a Chinese DVD seller is mugged shows him he needs to actor from Los Angeles. Best known as Michael Peterson stand up for his daughter. Friday, Sept 17, 3:45pm from WB’s ‘The Parent Hood’, Kenn has gone on to direct Friday, Sept 17, 9:15pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 and produce countless short films, music videos and KNOCK OFF is the first film by writer-director Rosanne AMC 34th Street Theater 11 Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm TV shows. He’s composed scores for film and TV. Most Flynn. Rosanne holds a first-class history degree from Sunday, Sept 19, 1:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 recently, Kenn Co-Executive Produced and Directed King’s College, . She is currently working as a AMC 34th Street Theater 11 ‘Trey Songz: My Moment’ for Dubose/Liles and BET and script editor and research consultant and has developed WORLD PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for sound mixing. of a number of projects including BAFTA-winning TV USA/2010/27mins/Color dramas BRITZ and OMAGH. Her debut feature script UK/2010/12mins/Color CROSSBONES was recently selected for the prestigious DIRECTOR: Kenn Michael SHE WRITES programme run jointly by the Script Factory DIRECTOR: Rosanne Flynn WRITER: Kenn Michael and the Bird’s Eye View Film Festival. WRITER: Rosanne Flynn PRODUCER: Kamali Minter, Jeff Lam PRODUCER: James Levison CINEMATOGRAPHER: Kenn Michael CINEMATOGRAPHER: Florian Emmerich EDITOR: Kenn Michael EDITOR: Tom Kinnersley

FEATURING: Russell Richardson, Marilinda Rivera, FEATURING: Naomi J. Lewis, Chiké Okonko Robinne Lee

KATRINA’S SON MEN OR MICE

When a young boy loses his grandmother during A quiet evening at home turns into a night of terror for , he travels to San Antonio, Texas, in Jade. When she reaches out to the men in her life for search of the mother who abandoned him years earlier. help, she discovers an unconventional hero... she hopes.

Widely regarded as one of this generation’s next film Kiara C. Jones began her creative career as a poet and directors to watch, Ya’Ke’s films have received world- hip hop artist. She transformed her love for storytelling wide acclaim, screening and winning awards at over 40 into an award-winning career in broadcast radio and

Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm film festivals, including The Cannes International Film television. She has produced and directed award winning Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 Festival. His films have been broadcast nationally on HBO, films and commercials in various mediums. Her films have AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Sunday, Sept 19, 3:30pm Showtime and BET J. He is the recipient of a Director’s been featured on Lifetime Movie Network, PBS Reel Sunday, Sept 19, 4:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 Guild of America Student Film Award, a regional Student Shorts, BET, Centric and HBO. AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Academy Award and an HBO Short Film Award. USA/2010/15mins/Color Kiara’s goal as a filmmaker is to create art that accurately WORLD PREMIERE DIRECTOR: Ya’Ke reflects the varied experiences of all Americans and to USA/2010/15mins/Color WRITER: Ya’Ke tell universal stories that introduce the world to a series PRODUCER: Ya’Ke, Ralph Lopez of characters and cultures that have been commonly DIRECTOR: Kiara C. Jones CINEMATOGRAPHER: Yuta Yamaguchi ignored by mainstream cinema. Kiara hopes her work WRITER: Kiara C. Jones EDITOR: Ya’Ke PRODUCER: Shyra Smart, Peter Marquez, will help dissolve stereotypes and break paradigms that Kiara C. Jones FEATURING: Herman Tre Whitney, Nadine Mozon, have corrupted the image of ethnic peoples. Through CINEMATOGRAPHER: Thomas Kim SkudR Jones, Monique Straw her production company, Cultivated Films, she strives to EDITOR: Kiara C. Jones provide an environment of nurturing and support where filmmakers from all demographics can develop and grow FEATURING: Frances Turner, Maba Ba, Stephen Cofield, Hassan Goding their individual voices.

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MIRROR MIRROR PARAMOUR

Reflections of love...Mirror Mirror is a chance Adam, a young fashion designer in New York City just meeting between two people that are picture-perfect. wants to follow his dream. His girlfriend Lisa helps him Their potential for a match made in heaven is undeniable along the way until the she refuses to face his failures despite the fact that they have never met. any longer. He is lost when he meets Eva, A young photographer full of life and passion. Everything starts A first-generation American born of Caribbean heritage going well again in Adam life but something happen. in East New York, Brooklyn, Tamika Guishard’s Friday, Sept 17, 7pm ultimate goal as a filmmaker is to foster a rebirth of the Abdou Maba Diakhou Ba a.k.a Maba Ba was born in Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm AMC 34th Street Theater 12 afterschool special for today’s youth. Her return to East Dakar, Senegal. Son of filmmaker Cheikh Nagido Ba and AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 New York as a seventh grade Social Studies teacher agronomist Rokhaya Daba Fall, Maba Ba was raised by Sunday, Sept 19, 1:45pm Sunday, Sept 19, 8pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 AMC 34th Street Theater 11 cemented Tamika’s desire to make realistic films that his mother along with two brothers and a younger sister. entertain, enlighten, and teach. Maba’s ambition for storytelling started early. At a young WORLD PREMIERE age, he appeared in several school plays. In 2009 he WORLD PREMIERE USA/2009/4mins/B&W Tamika conceptualized B. Good Productions in her first finally decided to fully pursue his career in show business USA/2010/16mins/Color year at NYU Graduate Film School and is preparing to as an actor. It was not until 2010 that Maba Ba finally DIRECTOR: Tamika R. Guishard shoot her thesis film, entitled JACKIE, this November. admitted that filmmaking is just in his blood. In February DIRECTOR: Maba Ba WRITER: Tamika R. Guishard 2010 he started to work on his first film and named it WRITER: Maba Ba PRODUCER: Tamika R. Guishard PRODUCER: Maba Ba, Kiara C. Jones CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ketki Pandit “Paramour,“ French for “By Love.“ CINEMATOGRAPHER: Neil Stephens EDITOR: Tamika R. Guishard EDITOR: Victoria Valles

FEATURING: Esosa Edosomwan, Robeson Taj Frazier 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 Julius AMEDUME made his first film at the age of 16. pipe. Sit back but ya won’t relax as you watch this shifty- After a 10 years break and gaining a honours degree fool go through the gauntlet to purchase his daily dose of in Communication and Technology, Julius wrote and ‘krills’… otherwise known to the public as crack cocaine. directed 3 shorts and a low-budget feature film, which between them culminated 18 nominations and won Willing to wear many hats Hanley Valentin has

Friday, Sept 17, 1:30pm four awards at various festivals throughout Europe and worked and won awards in NYC and LA in both theater Friday, Sept 17, 1:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 America. In 2007 Julius was awarded a scholarship to and film. As a native Bronx Boy friends and family on both AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm study a masters in directing fiction at the prestigious sides of the law were influential in the making of Positive Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 National Film & Television School. Buy. Based on a true story Hanley would like to thank his AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 brother for the inside info and what he does for a living. WORLD PREMIERE EAST COAST PREMIERE

UK/2010/14mins/Color USA/2010/11mins/Color

DIRECTOR: Julius Amedume DIRECTOR: Hanley Valentin WRITER: Julius Amedume WRITER: Hanley Valentin PRODUCER: Julius Amedume PRODUCER: Hanley Valentin, Brad Nering, CINEMATOGRAPHER: Phil Moreton Alex Rapaport, Jessica Schatz EDITOR: James Griffiths 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 56 | NARRATIVE SHORTS NARRATIVE SHORTS | 57 2010 URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL 2010 URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL

QUIETLY SAY GRACE BEFORE

With his world crashing down around him, a desperate DROWNING teenager must resort to dangerous measures to save the After meeting her African Refugee mother for the first mother that he loves. time in six years, 8 year old Hawa is forced to coexist with a woman teetering on the brink of insanity. Born in the Bronx and raised in the Washington, DC area, Colen (Cole) Wiley is a 28-year-old filmmaker Originally bred in Atlanta, Georgia to Sierra Leonean currently living in Harlem, USA. He has had a professional parents, Writer/Director Nikyatu Jusu is an MFA career that has included working at NASA, flipping Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm candidate at New York University’s graduate film Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 burgers, teaching youth as a gang avoidance counselor, AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 program. Her second short film, African Booty Scratcher Sunday, Sept 19, 3:30pm waiting tables, graduating from Harvard Law School, and Sunday, Sept 19, 3:30pm garnered her a Director’s Guild Honorable Mention, AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 mopping floors. With these varied life experiences, Cole AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 HBO Short Film Award and JT3 Artist Award. Nikyatu has consequently developed a breadth of perspective NEW YORK PREMIERE is currently touring the festival circuit with her thesis NEW YORK PREMIERE and an expansive vision to inspire his work. film, Say Grace Before Drowning; the screenplay alone USA/2009/17mins/Color earned her a Spike Lee Scholarship and a Princess Grace USA/2010/18mins/Color DIRECTOR: Cole Wiley Foundation-US Graduate Film Scholarship. DIRECTOR: Nikyatu Jusu WRITER: Cole Wiley WRITER: Nikyatu Jusu PRODUCER: Cole Wiley, Dominique Deleon PRODUCER: Jason Perez CINEMATOGRAPHER: Visra Vichit-Vadakan EDITOR: Ryan Denmark CINEMATOGRAPHER: Daniel Patterson EDITOR: Nikyatu Jusu FEATURING: Emil Mequita, Zora Howard 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 A woman is attacked, then becomes one of many women devises a strategy to keep the truth buried. in America that spend many ‘Silent Nights’.

Born and raised in occupied Palestine, Bassam Ali Red Carter was born in South Central Los Angeles. Jarbawi began working as a photographer during The former Warner Bros. production assistant has the second Intifada. His photographs produced several directed five short films, which have been featured at exhibits and still documentary “Frequency.” He then the Hollywood Black Film Festival and the Urbanworld

Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm moved to T.V. news and documentaries as assistant Film Festival. He has also directed four music videos for Friday, Sept 17, 1:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 cameraman and editor in the West Bank. After earning his such artists as Frankie J. Currently, Red’s debut feature AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Sunday, Sept 19, 3:30pm BA in Communication and Political Science at Macalester film “Right Place, Wrong Time” is being distributed Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 College, Bassam co-created award winning play, “Truth nationwide at .com and . AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 Serum .” Bassam then moved to NY, where he is Palestine/2009/15mins/Color currently completing an MFA in directing at Columbia Ryan Gibson was raised in Brooklyn and attended EAST COAST PREMIERE DIRECTOR: Bassam Jarbawi University. SONY Albany. He wrote short stories, plays and poetry. USA/2010/12min/B&W WRITER: Bassam Jarbawi “Silent Night” was one of these poems that later became PRODUCER: Ed Blythe, Bassam Jarbawi a short. He moved to LA after college and worked on DIRECTOR: Red Carter CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ed Blythe “Friends,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and “Top Chef” to WRITER: Ryan Gibson EDITOR: Bassam Jarbawi PRODUCER: Kico Velarde name a few. In 2010 he wrote an episode of “Criminal CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrew Peters Minds” and went to Africa to teach screenwriting. EDITOR: Kico Velarde FEATURING: Quasi Abu-Eid, Mohammad Abu-Eid, Currently he is developing projects for television. Atef Al-Akhras FEATURING: Quin Walters, Sandor Juan

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TAGS THE CYCLE

1994. A young graffiti girl squares off with the police and Corinne is an eight year-old girl who enjoys spending a bitter rival to finish a prized piece. summer afternoons playing in front of her family’s bookstore. But the tranquility of a beautiful day in DC Native Dominique DeLeon is a Harvard- Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn unravels when a teenage schooled, NYU-trained filmmaker currently living in boy steals her bike. Will the search for the bicycle unite NYC. A published author and noted music producer, his this gentrifying community or ignite a conflict that will recent work has included a stint on FX’s Damages (as tear it apart? Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm an apprentice director) and on When the Levees Broke. Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 As a writer, editor and producer his work has appeared Roy Clovis began his career as a Producer/ Editor AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 Sunday, Sept 19, 1:45pm on MTV, ESPN and TV One. His current projects include for NBA Entertainment and MLB Productions, creating Sunday, Sept 19, 3:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Rez, a project centered around Native American gangs, programming for shows such as NBA Inside Stuff and AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 and The Show – a one hour dramatic series set in the This Week in Baseball. Clovis won the 2008 Allstate NEW YORK PREMIERE underbelly of New York City’s comedy world. “Be Reel” Competition for his direction of a 90-second USA/2010/18mins/Color USA/2010/12mins/Color film, The Lucky Suit. In 2006, he edited the independent DIRECTOR: Roy Clovis feature Sarbane’s Oxley, which won eight awards, WRITER: Roy Clovis DIRECTOR: Dominique DeLeon including Best Feature and Best Editing at the 2007 Long PRODUCER: Ivy Grant, Damian Benders, Frantz Cayo WRITER: Dominique DeLeon CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jacob Pinger PRODUCER: Jason Sokoloff Island International Film Festival. EDITOR: Roy Clovis, Alfonso Pozzo CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Reyes EDITOR: Arturo Sosa FEATURING: Tanesha Gary, Royce Johnson, FEATURING: Adepero Oduyo, Abraham Amkpa, Lynda Gravatt, Sharon Hope, Phyllis Johnson, TJ Allen James Holloway, Jaymes Jorsling, Corinne Bobb-Semple, Dennis Johnson

THANK YOU FOR WASHING THE FORGIVEN

An off-beat comedy about a woman who is a germaphobe. A desperate young man is presented with the ultimate Things get dirty when she finds out a co-worker doesn’t assignment by his employer: an assignment that rests on wash her hands after using the bathroom. his life and the death of another. But does Gabriel have the kind of heart that will drive him to murder? Perhaps Camille Brown graduated from UCLA’s prestigious so, especially when his only option is kill or be killed. Film and Television school. She made her directorial debut in 2000 with her award-winning documentary A Second LAWRENCE SAINT-VICTOR trained as an actor at the

Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm Chance At Life, narrated by . Camille prestigious S.U.N.Y Purchase. He quickly began working Friday, Sept 17, 3:45pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 has worked in all phases of production on films such as on The Guiding Light, as well as guest starring on AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Sunday, Sept 19, 4:30pm Hearts In Atlantis, Murder By Numbers, Below, and The prime time shows. After completing a few feature films, Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Chronicles Of Riddick, though writing and directing is Lawrence saw the importance of creating and producing. AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 her passion. In 2009 she completed her narrative short After executive producing, acting, and writing the NEW YORK PREMIERE film Thank You for Washing, which she wrote, directed, successful web series Wed-Locked, he set his sights on WORLD PREMIERE USA/2009/14mins/Color produced and edited. creating films. He is very proud of The Forgiven, and USA/2010/11mins/Color can’t wait for the world to see it. DIRECTOR: Camille Brown DIRECTORS: Lawrence Saint-Victor, Teisha Hickman WRITER: Camille Brown TEISHA HICKMAN was raised in Mount Vernon, NY; WRITER: Lawrence Saint-Victor PRODUCER: Camille Brown, Tara Manner PRODUCERS: Lawrence Saint-Victor, CINEMATOGRAPHER: Pete Villani received her B.A. from Manhattanville College and Shay Saint-Victor, Jamon Lewis EDITOR: Camille Brown was awarded a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Theatre CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jamon Lewis Directing from Sarah Lawrence College. While at Sarah EDITOR: Jamon Lewis FEATURING: Lakshmi Manchu, Valarie Rae Miller, Lawrence she discovered her passion for screen writing Thom Bishops and directing film. Since obtaining her MFA she has FEATURING: Lawrence Saint-Victor, Taylor McIntyre written directed and produced several short films.

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THE REAL T THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES

The purpose of “The Real T” is to plant the idea in The Truth About Lies, spin the bullet on the thin the minds of viewers that thinking positively can attract dividing veil between who we are and what we do. Not constructive outcomes. To raise the question “what if it your typical “date movie,” ‘Lies,’ not only gives insight were impossible to fail?” Could it be as simple as making to the male perspective on disclosure and trust in the choice to be an optimist or as complex as continuing relationships—but pays the price of intimacy in blood. a calamity filled life. SHALAKO L. GORDON has just completed the highly

Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm As a director this is Ohene Cornelius’ first film. anticipated short film, “The Truth About Lies.” “The Truth Friday, Sept 17, 1:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 He has directed numerous music videos and has even About Lies” is a powerful yet wonderfully entertaining AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Sunday, Sept 19, 4:30pm produced a few. He is looking to do more acting and story, complete with an amazing cast and first class Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 directing in the near future……For pay of course. cineamatography. Making the transition from editor to AMC 34th Street Theatre 12 director was almost seamless and Shalako’s latest film WORLD PREMIERE Sharaya Howell is a native of Hawaii but grew up in is truly an example. Having written, directed and co- USA/2010/19mins/Color USA/2009/14mins/Color Jersey City, New Jersey. She has always been inspired produced, “The Truth About Lies,” Shalako is currently DIRECTOR: Shalako L. Gordon by media with a message. “The Real T” is her debut developing a feature length film called “FLAWLESS.” WRITER: Shalako L. Gordon DIRECTOR: Ohene Cornelius film that she knows will impact the world one viewer at PRODUCER: Shalako L. Gordon, Andre Cole WRITER: Sharaya Howell CINEMATOGRAPHER: Christopher Webb PRODUCER: Sharaya Howell a time. EDITOR: Shalako L. Gordon, Fritz Archer CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dylan Dullea EDITOR: Devin Dullea FEATURING: Ser’Darius Blain, Loren Lillian FEATURING: Nikiya Mathis

THE TROY SHAWN TRAIN

WELCOME STORY It’s late, and Carl’s just off from work. As usual, he takes the Brooklyn bound F Train home. The Troy Shawn Welcome story is a true story of a troubled teenager who overcomes his family issues Houston native, Darius Clark Monroe is an award and his academic challenges to become a successful high winning filmmaker and graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of school principal in The Bronx. the Arts. Currently, he’s completing post production on his next film, an autobiographical feature documentary Michael Pinckney is the founder and managing entitled ‘Evolution of a Criminal’ (Recipient of a Texas Friday, Sept 17, 3:45pm director of Black Noise media, a full service production Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Filmmakers Production Fund Grant, Spike Lee Production AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 house based in New York City. He got his start under the Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm Fellowship, Warner Bros. Film Award, Cinereach Grant, Sunday, Sept 19, 1:45pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 tutelage of filmmaker Spike Lee and soon after joined The and a Tribeca All Access ). AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Director’s Guild of America. He also consistently speaks WORLD PREMIERE at high schools and colleges, which prompted him to start USA/2009/7mins/Color The Black Noise Foundation, the non-profit arm for Black USA/2010/14mins/Color Noise Media as a tool to give back and to help nurture DIRECTOR: Darius Clark Monroe WRITER: Darius Clark Monroe DIRECTOR: Michael “Boogie” Pinckney young aspiring filmmakers. Under Pinckney’s leadership PRODUCER: Darius Clark Monroe WRITER: Michael “Boogie” Pinckney Black Noise Media currently has a wide range of film and CINEMATOGRAPHER: Daniel Patterson PRODUCER: Garrett Harkawik television projects in various phases of development. EDITOR: Daniel Patterson, Nikyatu Jusu CINEMATOGRAPHER: Daniel Patterson EDITOR: Eric Bagley and Adam Segal FEATURING: Carlton Byrd, DeWanda Wise

FEATURING: Marc John Jefferies, Dennis Johnson, Tracy Perez, Donna Ross, Terron Jones

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TYPES IN STEREO YELLOW

Types In Stereo is about how we can exist in multiple Chino, a young Chinese ex-gang member, returns to spaces. Stereotypes make light of those things that are Chinatown NYC to exact his revenge on his former either generally accepted, popularly true or made myth close friend who he felt was complicit in the murder of through misinterpretation. This short film will bring us in his father. and out of the world of stereotypes. After spending most of his career behind-the-scenes Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Gemal helping other filmmakers get their projects seen on the Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm Woods’ eclectic life experiences have provided him film festival circuit, Tony Murphy has finally realized his Friday, Sept 17, 3:45pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 a unique lens through which to view the world. He has calling as a producer with Yellow, a work-in-progress AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 Sunday, Sept 19, 4:30pm worn the shoes of a graffiti artist, award winning fine that taps into a grittiness reminiscent of as Saturday, Sept 18, 12pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 artist, erratic college student, ex-convict and devoted well as highlighting the modern Asian crime underground AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 father—each influencing his growing body of work. in NY’s Chinatown. As producer, the west coast native NEW YORK PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE Gemal resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife Erica, pulled on all of his experiences, which includes working USA/2009/13mins/Color son Excel and daughter Truth. as a Post Production Supervisor in Los Angeles as well as USA/2009/21mins/Color his own unique biracial background of growing up Black DIRECTOR: Troy Antonio DIRECTOR: Gemal Woods and Asian. With other projects in the works, Murphy, WRITER: Tony Murphy and Troy Antonio WRITER: Gemal Woods PRODUCER: Tony Murphy and Exile Ramirez PRODUCER: Gemal Woods a former festival director for Urbanworld, has actively CINEMATOGRAPHER: Brian Przypek and CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hamilton Riley embraced his evolved role as a producer and looks EDITOR: Gemal Woods Frank Barrera forward to creating work that pushes the parameters of EDITOR: Troy Antonio FEATURING: Regen Wilson, Komplex, Baye Harrell, urban film. He is currently writing a psychological thriller Sean Chase set in Thailand called Karma. 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.

Saturday, Sept 18, 2:30pm Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez’s directing credits in- AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 clude the short comedy, DEBUTANTE and the feature- Sunday, Sept 19, 4:30pm length, award-winning documentary BRAGGING RIGHTS: AMC 34th Street Theatre 9 STICKBALL STORIES, which examines the history and players of the New York City game of stickball. Sonia WORLD PREMIERE has been an editor for over ten years. Her feature USA/2010/9mins/Color credits include DESTINATION UNKNOWN, EL CIRCULO VICIOSO, and ANTONIA PANTOJA ¡PRESENTE! Sonia DIRECTOR: Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez also produced DVD and web content for such TV shows WRITER: Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez as RESCUE ME, DAMAGES, CANTERBURY’S LAW, NEW PRODUCER: Sonia Gonzalez Martinez CINEMATOGRAPHER: Salvador Bolivar AMSTERDAM and CASHMERE MAFIA. Sonia is currently urbanworld.org EDITOR: Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez editing films and writing comedy.

FEATURING: Tammi Cubilette, Dominic Colón, Frankie Martinez

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JR. POSSE It’s your film,

Jr. Posse is a documentary about Mayisha Akbar owner and and you want the best. operator of the Jr. Posse Equestrian Training Program- keeping kids on horses and off the streets.

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 — Friday, Sept 17, 5:30pm SILENTNOISE Productions. Together they have produced six AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 short films and written several features and two television Saturday, Sept 18, 5:15pm pilots. Ervin continues to pursue her film making with passion AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 along side her sister, their philosophy – “to take difficult topics and make them entertaining and informative.” NEW YORK PREMIERE

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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

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 Hip-

Hop heavy weights is set at BlackStar Video in Harlem, NYC. Friday, Sept 17, 5:30pm AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 “ Saturday, Sept 18, 5:15pm The actual battle is a raw unscripted, unedited slugfest With the DGA backing my creative rights and looking AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 between two “Lionz” with only one survivor. The MC’s are judged on originality, delivery and creativeness by after my residuals, I was able to focus on what is truly WORLD Premiere three of rap’s most famed pioneers: KRS-1, Rakim and Big “ Daddy Kane. In turn, the finalist will develop a credible precious to me — making the best film possible. USA/2009/28 min/Color Hip-Hop song produced by Kid Capri; eliminating the directing in Precious DIRECTOR: Loaded Lux and Kid Capri stigma, battle rappers can’t crossover to mainstream WRITER: Loaded Lux and Kid Capri music. PRODUCER: Kid Capri The Directors Guild of America is a powerful force that can help you realize CINEMATOGRAPHER: Gil Keyes Kid Capri first became a part of the cultural landscape your vision regardless of budget. Find out what the DGA is all about. Call: EDITOR: Gil Keyes on the wildly popular Russell Simmons Def Comedy Jam FEATURING: Loaded Lux, Kid Capri, KRS-1, where he gave much of the world its first taste of live- East Coast: (212) 581-0371 • West Coast: (310) 289-2067 Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Tech 9 and Goodz performance Hip-Hop, as the first DJ to ever perform live on TV as a DJ. Taylor Hackford, President • Jay D. Roth, National Executive Director • www.dga.org

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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. Friday, Sept 17, 5:30pm Recently, Topaz completed a feature documentary entitled AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 Americana. Shot around the world, the film examines American Saturday, Sept 18, 5:15pm identity by exploring the often stark contrast between Americans AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 perception of what we stand for as a nation and how we are perceived throughout the world. USA/2010/11mins/Color

Topaz has also directed and shot a number of award winning short DIRECTOR: Topaz Adizes films and has directed over 20 hours of television in Mexico City PRODUCERS: Corrine Golden Weber, Topaz Adizes for TV Azteca. In addition to directing his own projects, Topaz has CINEMATOGRAPHERS: Topaz Adizes, had the valuable experience of learning from Steven Spielberg on Eduardo Mayen the sets of Munich and War of the Worlds, on the set EDITORS: Federico Rosenzvit, Topaz Adizes of Kingdom of Heaven and P.T. Anderson with There Will Be Blood.

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, Friday, Sept 17, 5:30pm with cameos from volunteer activists Rosario Dawson, AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 Heather Graham, and Michael Stipe. Director Alfred Saturday, Sept 18, 5:15pm Gragg was not hired or paid, but allowed access to AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 document this piece of history. WORLD Premiere

Director Alfred Gragg hails from the underground USA/2009/23 min/Color film, music, and art scene of Los Angeles. While a student at USC’s School of Cinema-TV, Gragg’s first co-written DIRECTOR: Alfred Gragg screenplay was awarded the PRODUCER: Alfred Gragg CINEMATOGRAPHER: Alfred Gragg Screenwriting Fellowship and optioned by the studio. EDITOR: Ariel Climer After graduating, he directed videos and spots for music artists The Red Hot Chili Peppers, , and KRS- FEATURING: Shepard Fairey One. Gragg is currently shooting JAMAICA HOUSE: ‘The Studio 54 of Hip Hop’– a feature length documentary about LA’s legendary nightclub.

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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.

Valery Lyman is a cinematographer, director and producer. She recently completed work on Boston Med, Friday, Sept 17, 5:30pm a hard hitting 8 part documentary series for ABC, airing AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 now. Valery was also the Director of Photography on Saturday, Sept 18, 5:15pm Fresh, a feature documentary exploring how innovative AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 farmers, thinkers and entrepreneurs across the heartland are reinventing America’s food system, in theatres now. NEW YORK PREMIERE When not working for hire, Valery turns to her own short USA/2010/17mins/Color & B&W form film portrait work.

DIRECTOR: Valery Lyman PRODUCER: Valery Lyman CINEMATOGRAPHER: Valery Lyman EDITORS: Valery Lyman, Patrick Gambuti, Jr.

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OUR PATH, OUR VOICE, CMY OUR JOURNEY K 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 Friday, Sept 17, 5:30pm perspective and their belief in a better future. Through AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 their experiences working together with fellow classmates Saturday, Sept 18, 5:15pm on a narrative short project, two students come to realize AMC 34th Street Theatre 11 that through hard work and self-determination, they can EAST COAST PREMIERE grow beyond their respective circumstances and fulfill their potential. Both heartbreaking and poignant, this GUAM, USA/2009/15mins/COLOR short doc reveals the fragility youth experience when cut off from society and their families. 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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DORI BEGLEY DAVID LAUB KEITH CLINKSCALES VALERIE WATTS MERAZ Vice President of Acquisitions Acquisitions Executive SVP, Content Development and Enterprises Vice President, Content Acquisitions Magnolia Pictures Oscilloscope Laboratories ESPN Showtime Networks

Dori Begley began her career with Sony Pictures Classics Davis Laub works at the New York-based distributor As head of ESPN Content Development, Clinkscales Valerie Watts Meraz is currently the Vice President in 2000, where she acted as the Manager of Acquisitions Oscilloscope Laboratories, where he is responsible for all launched a new ESPN incubator media lab, designed to of Content Acquisitions at Showtime Networks Inc. through 2006, working on an eclectic slate of titles from initiatives related to acquiring finished films and bringing develop and create new sports-driven content for all where she is responsible for the day-to-day operations directors such as Pedro Almodovar, David Gordon Green, projects at various stages of production for possible ESPN media platforms; expanding the ESPN Content of the independent film acquisitions process. She Nicole Holofcener, Spike Lee, Terry Zwigoff, Stacy Peralta, financing and distribution. David represents Oscilloscope Development brand. Under Clinkscales’ direction, ESPN also leads the network’s search for stand-up comedy Larry Charles and . After a stint as Associate at major festivals including Sundance, Cannes, and Toronto. Content Development has created and aired Varsity Inc. specials, documentaries, and acquired series. Prior to Programmer for the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival, Begley From July 2008 to May 2010, David was at Wesleyan and E:60, among others, as well as managed The ESPYs, X joining Showtime in 2000, Valerie worked in feature film joined Magnolia Pictures, where she currently serves as VP University where he oversaw all film-related programming Games, and ESPN’s Peabody winning documentary “Black development at Disney’s Buena Vista Motion Pictures of Acquisitions in New York, acquiring titles for Magnolia and received his Masters Degree in Film Studies. Prior to Magic”, to name a few. Additionally he is responsible for Group. She began her career at 20th Century Fox in Pictures, Magnet Releasing, Magnolia Home Entertainment Welsyan, David worked for almost 5 years at the NY office ESPN RISE, a multimedia brand dedicated to engaging the Exhibitor Services and was soon promoted to a position and Magnolia International. Recent films include I AM of independent distribution and production company, 14- to 18-year-old audience with compelling high school in International Theatrical Promotions before leaving the LOVE, FOOD INC, THE EXTRA MAN, MOTHER, HOUSE THINKFilm, where he participated in acquiring many of sports content across all of ESPN’s platforms -- publishing; studio to pursue a graduate degree. Valerie received a OF THE DEVIL, HUMPDAY, MAN ON WIRE, LET THE the company’s best-known films, including HALF NELSON, digital media; programming; news and information; and Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from RIGHT ONE IN, ONDINE, COUNTDOWN TO ZERO and MURDERBALL, IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON, and events: as well as ESPN Home Entertainment, ESPN Media UCLA and an M.F.A. in Motion Picture Producing from the I’M STILL HERE. ’s Academy Award-Winning documentary TAXI Packaging and the ESPN Zones. Peter Stark Program at USC. 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 GREG RHEM SPELLBOUND, The Academy Award-winning BORN INTO Director of Documentary Programming Writer/Director/Producer BROTHELS, STRANGERS WITH CANDY, and Sidney HBO Lumet’s BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOUR DEAD.

Greg Rhem is Director of Documentary Programming for Thomas Carter is an award-wining television director Home Box Office. For the past fifteen years, he’s been and filmmaker whose body of work is both diverse and involved in discovering new and distinctive documentary impactful. His credits include: Executive Producer of programming for HBO Documentary Films. Some of DON KING: ONLY IN AMERICA in association with his finds have been: the Oscar®-winning Freeheld, Born HBO Pictures (received Emmy Award for Outstanding Into Brothels, Thoth, Murder on a Sunday Morning, and Television Movie); Co-Creator & Executive Producer of Breathing Lessons; Oscar®-nominated The Last Campaign television series EQUAL JUSTICE (received Emmy Award of Governor Booth Gardner, Spellbound, The Collector of twice for Best Director of a Dramatic Series); Director of Bedford Street; the critically-acclaimed They Killed Sister many distinguished television pilots, including MIAMI Dorothy, Billy the Kid, Watermarks and The Smashing VICE, ST. ELSEWHERE, & EQUAL JUSTICE; Director of Machine. Before joining HBO Documentaries in 1995 as action/suspense film METRO starring executive assistant to , Mr. Rhem served as for Touchstone Pictures; Director of box office success an Assistant Producer of Commercials and Industrials for for Paramount Pictures; and Morrison Media, Inc. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Director of dramatic basketball film Coordinator, Office Operations at New Line Cinema. 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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MALCOLM D. LEE Pictures for just over a year now as their Head Of Sales. REGGIE ROCK BYTHEWOOD in Compton and raised in Mission Viejo. She is a graduate Filmmaker Ms. Coonan represents commercial direction talent and Writer / Director of the University of Southern California, holding degrees in matches them with advertising campaign opportunities. Journalism and Political Science. She generates work for her roster of directors, whilst being constantly involved in managing and collaborating Writer-director-producer Malcolm D. Lee has been making with them on the growth of their careers. Moxie Pictures Reggie Rock Bythewood attended New York’s Performing FRANKLIN LEONARD films since the age of 12 in animation, video and Super-8 is best known for its representation of feature directors Arts High School and graduated from Marymount Director of Development film formats. He has been working professionally in the in the commercial arena, including strong players like Wes Manhattan College with a BFA in theater. He founded a Universal Pictures industry since age 17 as a production assistant, apprentice Anderson, Jim Sherdian, , Cameron Crowe, theater company called The Tribe and, for several years, he film editor, casting associate, assistant director, and Errol Morris and Todd Philips. Drawing from such names, wrote and produced plays in the New York area. Bythewood director’s assistant. After completing his undergraduate Moxie has produced commercials for top clients such as moved to Los Angeles as one of the first members of Universal Pictures director of development Franklin Leonard studies at Georgetown University in 1992 with a BA in Amex, Nike, Fed Ex, Gap and Apple, while their pool Walt Disney’s prestigious Writer’s Fellowship Program. is the creator of the Black List and co-creator of Blcklst.com, English and Fine Arts minor, Lee accepted a year- long of talent continues to grow in the newer forms of inter- From there, he was hired to write on the hit NBC comedy a yearly publication highlighting Hollywood’s most popular fellowship in screenwriting from Walt Disney Studios. active media. series, “A Different World.” He went on to write for Dick unproduced screenplays and its ongoing home on the Following his early Hollywood experience, he gained Wolf’s cop show, “NY Undercover,” where he was the web. Prior to Universal Pictures, Franklin ran Los Angeles- entry to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, show’s supervising producer. His debut as a screenwriter based film development for and Anthony honed his craft as a director and writer, and went on to FRIDA TORRESBLANCO came with Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed drama, “Get Minghella’s Mirage Enterprises during of its make the award-winning short film, MORNINGSIDE PREP. Filmmaker On The Bus.” He also co-wrote the Fox Searchlight film existence. He has done similar work at the production With his 6th screenplay, THE BEST MAN, Lee made his “Notorious” about rapper Biggie Smalls. Along with companies of Leonardo DiCaprio and former Paramount directorial debut. The Universal Pictures’ film opened to doing production rewrites on various scripts, he wrote Pictures president John Goldwyn. Before Los Angeles and rave reviews by critics and audiences alike and scored a and directed, “Dancing In September” and “Biker Boyz.” all things film related, Franklin was - at different times - a #1 ranking at the box office in October of 1999. Lee then At Lolafilms for 5 years, Frida was responsible for all In addition, he has directed the Laila Ali documentary, business analyst at McKinsey & Co., a weekly columnist directed the action comedy UNDERCOVER BROTHER with international productions, including THE DANCER “Daddy’s Girl: Daughter of The Greatest” and he directed, for the Trinidad Guardian in Port-au-Spain, Trinidad, Eddie Griffin and Chris Kattan in May of 2002 to stellar UPSTAIRS, directed by John Malkovich. In 2001, Frida “One Night In Vegas” for the ESPN series, . and the communications director for John Cranley’s reviews. His 3rd feature, ROLL BOUNCE for Fox 2000 moved to New York to head filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón’s Bythewood resides in Los Angeles with his wife, director 2000 campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in and Fox Searchlight, debuted September 2005. Lee’s newly established production company. She served as Gina -Bythewood and their two children. Ohio’s first district. He’s a magna cum laude graduate critically acclaimed films – WELCOME HOME ROSCOE Executive Producer and Creative On-Set Producer for the of Harvard University. In 2010, he was selected as one of JENKINS (with Martin Lawrence) and SOUL MEN (with film THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON, directed Black Enterprise magazine’s “40 Emerging Leaders for Our Samuel L. Jackson & Bernie Mac) – bowed in 2008. In by Niels Mueller and starring . In 2005, as Head TAMARA GREGORY Future” and Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People addition to developing and writing screenplays, as well as of Esperanto, she produced PAN’S LABYRINTH, directed Senior Director, Original Programming in Business.” developing television projects, Malcolm is currently slated by Guillermo del Toro, which won three Oscars at the 79th BET Networks to direct LeBron James in the basketball comedy, Ballers Academy Awards. Her latest distributed project, RUDO Y for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment in 2011. CURSI, directed by Carlos Cuarón and starring Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Tamara Gregory holds the title of Senior Director, Original MEENA PAYNE Film Festival and moved on to become the third highest Programming at BET Networks, helping the network Head of Development grossing film in Mexico’s history. In 2010, Frida embarked launch a slate of scripted programming for the 2010 Rainforest Films on her most recent adventure with the launching of her television season. At BET, she has been credited with the new film production company, Braven Films, partnering role of Supervising Producer of shows such as Sunday with her investors, Eric Laufer and Giovanna Randall. In Best, The Family Crews and Almost Married. Prior to BET, Meena Payne is the Head of Development for Atlanta 2007, named Frida one of the 50 she worked at prominent entertainment entities such as based production company, Rainforest Films, but operates most powerful Latinos in Hollywood, and she was number Magic Johnson Entertainment, where she held the title from the outfit’s Los Angeles office. She seeks out 13 in the same magazine’s Hispanic Women Power 25 List. of Senior Vice President, and , narrative material for potential feature film projects and where she worked her way up to the title of Manager of pairs writers with concepts and story ideas developed in- Creative Affairs at Hollywood Pictures, worked on several house. Rainforest Films has recently made the foray into feature films and oversaw the story department. In addition television production with the #1 rated MTV2 reality show to her producing, her debut novel, Passport Diaries, was Sprite Step-Off, but is best known for their numerous published in 2005 to much critical acclaim and is currently feature film achievements, including Stomp The Yard, in the process of being made into a feature film. In addition Obsessed and Takers. In addition to her daily executive to her production credits, Tamara is also a popular blogger duties, Ms. Payne has served on the board for Women In via UrbanThoughtCollective.com and was a correspondent Film & Television Atlanta and recently co-wrote and co- on In the House/ShowBusiness, a nationally televised produced Stomp The Yard 2: Homecoming, to be released entertainment program that focuses on emerging trends this fall. Associates, Sally Coonan has worked with Moxie in the film industry. Gregory, a California native, was born

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WARREN HUTCHERSON ROSE CATHERINE PINKNEY RAYNELLE SWILLING Writer Head of Television Writer / Producer Cinema Gypsy Productions

Veteran comedian and comedy writer, Warren Hutcherson Raynelle Swilling grew up in Atlanta, GA but spent every began his career as a stand-up comedian in 1985. In 1991, Rose Catherine currently oversees the television arm of summer in Brooklyn. After graduating from Northeastern he landed a gig writing on . This stint Lawrence Fishburne’s Cinema Gypsy Productions, which University, she moved out to Hollywood and became at SNL spearheaded his profession as a writer, and in 1993, has a first look deal with CBS Paramount Network TV, where the very definition of a working writer. Having written Warren began writing for Living Single. He left the show she develops product for the broadcast and cable networks. successfully for everything from animated to live action, sit- in 1997 to create his own , Built To Last for NBC. Before joining Cinema Gypsy, Rose Catherine served as com to features, Swilling is a writer/producer who has done He went on to work as an EP on , followed by the Executive Vice President, Programming and Production at it all. Her recent credits include working as a Consulting Bernie Mac Show, Just Jordan, and served as a consultant TV One. As head of programming and production, she was Producer on BET’s first original scripted series, LET’S STAY for in its last season. Nominated charged with formulating programming philosophy and TOGETHER, which premieres in January. Before that twice for an Emmy, Warren has won 4 Image awards, 1 branding for this successful start up network distributed in she was a producer on THE CLEVELAND SHOW and a Peabody Award, and various other awards. Warren recently 43 million households. Rose Catherine was responsible for writer on MOESHA and IN THE HOUSE. Not one to be finished working as a Co-Executive Producer on critically all programming decisions including original productions pigeonholed into one genre, Swilling also has written for acclaimed Men of A Certain Age, which airs on TNT; and and acquisitions. Over two and a half years, productions the BET AWARDS, SOUL TRAIN AWARDS, VH1 HONORS, currently works as a consultant for BET Networks, where she green-lit included entertainment-fare (comedy, variety, and the KID CHOICE AWARDS. She also co-wrote and he is developing several scripted projects. talk, game shows, reality, reality-competition), lifestyle, Associate Produced the indie hit dance film YOU GOT public affairs, and inspirational. Prior to TV One, she SERVED. was Senior Vice President, Comedy Development for PEARLENA IGBOKWE Paramount Pictures’ Television Production Division from SVP, Original Programming June 2002 to September 2004, following her stint as Vice KIM WATSON Showtime Networks President of the department from 1995-2002, where she Writer / Director was charged with developing comedy series for all network buyers. Rose Catherine has also held positions at Uptown Pearlena Igbokwe developed and currently supervises Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, and CAA. Showtime’s Emmy and Golden Globe nominated and A native New Yorker, Kim Watson began his career Peabody Award winning drama and the in entertainment as an Assistant Director for some of hit . Most recently, Igbokwe shepherded New York’s most innovative music video directors. After the comedies Fat Actress starring Kristie Alley, the TV working with artists such as U2, Kiss and Living Color, Kim adaptation of Barbershop, The Underground starring was handed his first directing assignment by mentor Ted Damon Wayans, Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, and LA Demme. Kim went on to direct over 40 music videos and LA Land. She was also responsible for the five-season run was nominated for 2 Soul Train Awards and 1 MTV Award of the hit Showtime drama Soul Food, a two-time NAACP for Best Music Video. Meanwhile, Watson’s writing career Image Award winner for Best Drama Series. Igbokwe has was beginning to take off. He wrote for several television also mined success from a number of original movies she series including, The Famous Jet Jackson, and Out developed for Showtime, including Humanitas nominated There, and he penned five children’s books for Scholastic. Jasper, Texas, starring Academy Award winners Jon Voight Kim subsequently co-wrote the feature film Honey, staring and Lou Gossett, Jr., the Emmy-nominated Bojangles Jessica Alba and Mekhi Phifer; and Car Show for MTV Films. starring the late, great Gregory Hines, and the Peabody Other work includes re-writes and polishes for several Award-winning Strange Justice. Hollywood studios and television networks. Kim is currently working on his first novel, Turn and producing the based hour drama thriller, N’awlin’s.

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44 Chains Finding God in the City Mikal Wazeerud-Din Marcus Stokes of Angels (973) 819-5331 (310) 570-7730 Jennifer Jessum and Simon Joseph [email protected] [email protected] (212) 477-7088 Flying Limbs Inc Production 3 Faces of Evelyn Clap Clap PO Box 300 Kamali Minter Tanuj Chopra Santa Monica, CA 90406 P.O. Box 1382 Chops Films (212) 477-7088 Culver City, CA 90232 (646) 262-4547 [email protected] Stephanie Vaugh tanuj@chopsfilms .com (310) 686-7343 Gimme Grace [email protected] Close Anthony Onah Tahir Jetter [email protected] Africa Rising 1033 Pacific Street Apt. 4L Andrea Janes Brooklyn, NY 11238 Good Intentions Women Make Movies (301) 706-5840 Morocco Omari 462 Broadway, Suite 500 [email protected] Good Luck Productions / New York, NY 10013 Xodus Productions [email protected] Congratulations Mr. Gonzalez! [email protected] (212) 925-0606 x 312 Victor Cruz (646) 247-8645 Gordita Bouncing Cats [email protected] Debby Wolfe Nabil Elderkin Gordita Productions 1740 Stewart St. Cookie (310)920-4100 Santa Monica, CA 90404 Francisco Ordonez [email protected] Nyla Hassell (310) 871-9571 L.M.S. Productions [email protected] 660 Saint Ann Ave Apt# 1E Grace Bronx, New York 10455 Steven Mondesir Bilal’s Stand (718) 908-1928 31 Tremont Terrace Sultan Sharrief / Micah Bartelme [email protected] Irvington, NJ 07111 Beyond Blue Productions (862) 215-9821 453 W. Forest Ave., Suite 1 Cuts [email protected] Detroit, MI 48201 Rashaad Ernesto Green (734) 645.1592 Mi Alma Films Grown in Detroit [email protected] P.O. Box 734 Mascha Poppenk & Manfred Poppenk New York, NY 10108 [email protected] Callback [email protected] Kartik Singh Harrow Island Kansas Films Easy Made Hard Anja Marquardt 11901 Aberdeen Road Elizabeth Appell Polyglot Pictures Leawood, KS 66209 Fourth Wall Productions 131 Guernsey St. 3L (913) 707-0097 (415) 308-8112 Brooklyn, NY 11222 [email protected] [email protected] (347) 217-8301 [email protected] Casting Notice Empire Corner Marcus Thomas J.P. Chan Hear Me Underdog Productions Meduim 10-20 Kenn Michael 2424 Wilshire Blvd 416 40 W. 116th Apt. B606 Codekraft Los Angeles, CA 90057 New York, NY 10026 10153 1/2 Riverside Drive #104 (713) 240-2016 (917) 216-4662 Toluca Lake, CA 91602 [email protected] [email protected] (818) 326-0774 [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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Jr. Posse Men or Mice Our Path, Our Voice, Michele Ervin Kiara C Jones Our Journey Silent Noise Productions Cultivated Productions Alex Munoz 10411 Olde Ivy Way (702) 683-9309 (310) 980-0134 Charlotte, NC 28262 [email protected] [email protected] (562) 650-7944 [email protected] Mirror Mirror Paramour Tamika Guishard Maba Ba Katrina’s Son B Good Productions 343 Gold Street Apt. 2017 Ya’Ke Smith (917) 270-2567 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Exodus Filmworks [email protected] (646) 331-1563 502 South Cooper St. #335 [email protected] 19089, Art & Art History Office Money Matters Arlington, TX 76109 Ryan Richmond Positive Buy (210) 363-2791 Streamline Filmworks Hanley Valentin [email protected] 5521 Colorado Ave NW # 505 Shot Productions Washington, DC 20011 1805 Mackay Lane Krews (917) 270.7324 Redondo Beach, CA 90278 Hilbert Hakim [email protected] (818) 304-5037 KH Krews Productions [email protected] 3 West 57th St 7th Floor Mooz-Lum New York, NY 10019 Qasim Basir Quietly Krewsthefilm.com Q Productions Cole Wiley [email protected] 17 W. 106th St. Suite 2B Heygood Images Productions New York, NY 10025 (202) 425-3223 Kid Capri Presents: The Lionz Den (646) 280-7689 [email protected] Kristi Clifford [email protected] 66 Irving Place #1 Roos Djaj (Chicken Heads) New York, NY 10003 Mr. Graham Bassam Jarbawi 212.529.6400 Julius Amedume (917) 536-0557 646.594.8149 National Film and Television School [email protected] [email protected] 44 (0)79305 80012 [email protected] Say Grace Before Drowning Knock Off Nikyatu Jusu Rosanne Flynn Ni Wakati (It’s Time!) [email protected] Wingbeat Films Michael Wanguhu 106 Mercers Road Emerge Media Films Silent Night London, UK N194PU 403 Skylark Court Red Carter +(44) 7812 607133 Danville, CA 94506 Addictive Visuals [email protected] (925) 526-5003 16840 Baltusrol Lane [email protected] Fontana, CA 92336 Laredo, Texas (323) 855-0624 Topaz Adizes One Of These Mornings [email protected] [email protected] Valerie Lyman Honest Engine TV Streetball Manifest Hope: DC 432 W. 45th 7th Floor Demetrius Wren Alfred Gragg III New York, NY 10036 Mike Mastrocinque Jamaica House Productions (617) 970-3649 Sunfish Films 435 South Virgil Ave. Unit 321 [email protected] 2000 Corporate Square Blvd. Suite 101 Los Angeles, CA 90020 Jacksonville, FL 32216 (323) 854-3809 (904) 314-3807 [email protected] [email protected]

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Sus The Real T Clint Dyer Ohene Cornelius 3rd Films Lawrence C. Anderson 131 Tootenham Road 585 Kennedy Blvd London, England N14EA Bayonne, NJ 07002 +44 7977 146 970 (201) 455-4167 [email protected] [email protected]

Tags The Troy Shawn Welcome Story Dominique DeLeon Michael Pinckney 725 4th Ave #P-5 Black Noise Media Brooklyn, NY 11232 617 Putnam Ave. #2 (202) 460-0318 Brooklyn, NY 11221 www.specialboyfilms.com (917) 721-2016 [email protected] [email protected]

Thank You For Washing The Truth About Lies Camille Brown Shalako Gordon (310) 890-4577 Black Feet Films [email protected] 132 Lexington Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11216 The Cycle (917) 482-2562 Roy Clovis [email protected] Mundo Loco Films 421 8th Avenue Train PO Box 8015 Darius Clark Monroe New York, NY 10115 Relative Noise Films (917) 674-0126 440 Macon Street [email protected] Brooklyn, NY 11233 (281) 620.0526 The Forgiven [email protected] Lawrence Saint-Victor 45-02 Ditmars Bvd. Types in Stereo Astoria, NY 11105 Gemal Woods (845) 596-5735 (202) 841-1228 [email protected] [email protected]

The Inheritance Urban Lullaby Effie Brown Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez Duly Noted Inc. LaSone Studios (323) 525 1855 P.O. Box 286 www.dulynotedinc.com New York, NY 10033 [email protected] (646) 541-7183 [email protected] The Lottery Madeleine Sackler Yellow Great Curve Films Tony Murphy 15 East 62nd Street Tachyon Films New York, NY10065 14939 12th Road (212) 981-2626 Whitestone, NY 11357 [email protected] (360) 259.5363 [email protected]

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609 Film Center Sharifa Johka Marvin Scott George Alexander Tilane Jones Kodi Seaton Jason Alexander Jamal Joseph Carol Ann Shine Donna Augustin Kim Cooper King Dan Silver Arianne Ayers Andra Kolega Michael Sladek Yvette Baez Stan Lathan Olivia Smashum Dori Begley David Laub Selena Spencer Chunjee Bell Ursula Lawrence Isiah Spikes Donyshia Benjamin Debra Lee Rose Spikes Michelle Benson Malcolm D. Lee Sarah Storrs Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Jack Lefelt Raynelle Swilling Len Burnett Franklin Leonard Kathy Terry Angela Burt-Murray Aaron Levy Frida Torresblanco Reggie Rock Bythewood Patrick Liberto UrbanAdServe Sabrina Caluori Jeanine Liburd Dana Vladimir Thomas Carter Nia Long Darrel Walker Christine Jean Chambers Magnolia Pictures Monique Ware Essie Chambers Sheila Marmon Rachel Watanabe-Batton Keith Clinkscales Brandon Martinez Kim Watson Alissa Constable Lucinda Martinez-Desir Maria Weaver Watson Jocelyn Cooley Danielle McCarthy Martin Wendel Sally Coonan Henry McGee Denmark West Rose Crichton Valerie Watts Meraz Dennis Williams Cecile Cross-Plummer Scott Mills Karen Williams John Dahl Keija Minor Joelle Williams-Patience Lisa Davis Alison Moore Michael Kenneth Williams Arunima Dhar Tonya Moore WithoutABox.com Ava DuVernay Tracey Moore Women Make Movies Michelle Ebanks Ted Morano Brett Wright ESPN Films Anthony Novello Mitch Wright Deirdre Fenton Katherine Oliver Suejin Yang Shekila Ferguson Theresa O’Neal Robbie Fernandez Governor David Patterson Smokey Fontaine Meena Payne Forward Movement Productions Meredith Pizzulli SEPTEMBER 15-19 | NYC | 2010 Jean Frost Debbie Pennie Paul Gardner Pamela Pickens Malcolm Goodwin Rose Catherine Pinkney Tamara Gregory Keri Potts Omari Harwick Greg Rhem Jamie Hector Salli Richardson-Whitfield Stephen Hill David Robinson Warren Hutcherson Evan Ross Pearlena Igbokwe Joshua Sandler Fred Jackson Lateef Sarnor

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