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The DL Chronicles Featured on the here! Network
The provocative series, created by Deondray Gossett & Quincy LeNear, focuses on diverse stories of men of color, who by consequence or choice, live sexually duplicitous and secret lifestyles. In recent years, stories of men living on the "down low" have found their way into the mainstream. Real-life situations revealed in public forums -- most notably Oprah -- have filtered into the American landscape.
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HBFF Panelist and Producer Effie T. Brown's film Rocket Science was the winner of the Dramatic Directing Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The film was developed and produced under her production company, Duly Noted Inc. Effie served as lead producer on the film. Congratulations Effie!!
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Hollywood Black Film Festival 2009
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary
June 2-7, 2009 | Beverly Hills, CA | www.hbff.org
Access. Opportunity. Deals.
“I look forward to this event [HBFF] every year.
It’s a significant contribution to the community,
and the rich aesthetics of filmmaking.”
- Karl Gibson- The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF), dubbed “The Black Sundance,” is an annual 6-day celebration of Black Cinema drawing together established filmmakers, popular film and TV stars, writers, directors, industry executives, emerging artists, and diverse audiences from Hollywood and around the world.
Attracting such stars and industry insiders as Academy Award® winners Sidney Poitier, Forest Whitaker, John Singleton, Spike Lee, George Tillman, Tina Andrews, Reuben Cannon, Cedric The Entertainer, Anthony Anderson, Blair Underwood, Sanaa Lathan, Antwone Fisher, Ice-T, Rev. Run, Bill Duke, Loretta Devine, Rockmond Dunbar, Lamaan Rucker, directors Tim Story, Preston Whitmore, Rob Hardy and Jeff Byrd, and producer Will Packer, the festival has become a hotbed for the Black Hollywood community.
HBFF 2009
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
For
your optimal festival experience, the
2009 Hollywood Black Film Festival
offers a variety of passes:
Purchasing
HBFF Passes:
The Hollywood Black Film Festival strives to
make the festival better every year, and we
hope you enjoy your time here. We have made
a conscious effort to make your attendance
during this national recession as economical
as possible, without sacrificing the quality
of the program and services we provide you.
To that end, we have slightly reduced our
pass fees from last year.
Click
here for details.
HBFF 2009 INFOTAINMENT SCHEDULE
(subject to change)
The Hollywood Black Film Festival has announced its 2009 Infotainment Conference schedule. Nearly 100 industry professionals are scheduled to speak at Infotainment '09. The conference features panel discussions and workshops focused on a wide range of topics from film financing, production, distribution and marketing to pitching, writing for television and film, and new media, in addition to specific programs of interest to actors. It's a 'must-attend' for cutting edge learning and networking opportunities.
Click here for the 2009 Infotainment
Schedule
HBFF Festival Programmer Jacqueline Blaylock Gives Sound Advice for Optimizing Your Film Festival Experience
on "Inside Urban Hollywood"
with Host Tanya
Kersey
"The Business of Film Festivals: Improve Your Chances of Getting In!"
- MP3 Format
(Original broadcast 01/05/09)
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes
"Making The Fest Of It"
- MP3 Format
(Original broadcast 04/07/08)
Duration: 1 hour
(Delayed start - Program begins approximately 1 minute into the file.)
HBFF 2008
Celebrity Portrait Studio Album is Released
Online
Cedric getting his sexy on in the HBFF
Celebrity Portrait Studio.
Director/writer
Preston Whitmore (“This Christmas”) being
photographed by celebrity fashion
photographer Dimitry L
This year the Hollywood Black Film
Festival launched the HBFF Celebrity
Portrait Studio. Celebrities, filmmakers
and industry executives posed for their
Official Hollywood Black Film Festival
Portraits taken by celebrity fashion
photographer Dimitry L. Hair and makeup
artist Valerie Noble was on hand for
finishing touch-ups.
Attracting the brightest stars at HBFF,
the Celebrity Portrait Studio quickly
emerged as one of the most sought-after
destinations of celebrity festival-goers,
capturing the festival’s finest talent.
Some of the actors, filmmakers and
industry executives who posed for their
official festival portraits included Carl
Payne, Cedric the Entertainer, Christopher
Erskin, Clifton Powell, D Woods, Dorian
Gregory, Eddie George, Frankie Needles,
Gary Payton, Gina Ravera, Ice T & Nicole
"Coco" Austin, Jimmy Jean Louis, Keesha
Sharp, Loretta Divine, Malik Whitfield,
Michael Jai White, Omar Cruz, Paul Coy
Allen, Pooch Hall, Preston Whitmore,
Rockmond Dunbar, Siedah Garrett, Sticky
Fingaz, Tanya Kersey and TK Kirkland.
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‘KUDOS FOR HBFF'
"The Hollywood Black Film Festival has become a liberating antidote to business as usual in Hollywood -- an important showcase, marketplace and meeting place for new and established black talent." - Todd Coleman, The Hollywood Reporter
"The premiere African American film festival in the nation." - Terry Shropshire, Rolling Out Urbanstyle Weekly.
“I look forward to this event [HBFF] every year. It's a significant contribution to the community, and the rich aesthetics of filmmaking.” - Karl Gibson, The Hollywood Reporter
“The festival [HBFF] has become a staple in the Hollywood community and fills a void that hasn't been tapped until now in Hollywood... Black cinema! It is both an honor and privilege to screen ‘Gas' before this highly targeted and coveted audience. Thanks HBFF for supporting Black filmmaking and adding a voice to the community.” - Ralph Farquhar, highly acclaimed television and film producer and writer
“I
received attention from 8 distribution
companies as a direct result of being
selected to screen at the 2006 HBFF.
I’ve received written offers
for distribution from 4 of them, and
thanks to Tanya Kersey I received
strong consideration from 2 companies
in particular. I’m in negotiations
right now with three companies –
I haven’t signed a deal yet but
it is forthcoming. I’ll go with
the best company with the best deal.
I don’t think I would be in this
position now if it weren’t for
HBFF.” (Note: The filmmaker
subsequently signed a distribution
deal with UrbanWorks/First Look Studios) - Frank B. Goodin, II, filmmaker, “Love Trap” (HBFF 2006)
“I loved the festival. I appreciated
the education, support and care
the filmmakers received. It was
a classy and elegant festival. I
was proud to have been a finalist.”
– Yvonne Farrow, Writer/Director/Producer,
“I’d Rather Be Dancing” (HBFF 2006) The
Big Headache and In The Game received
Audience Awards at HBFF. The “The
2006 festival was the first I attended.
I enjoyed the screenings and the
opportunity to meet the other filmmakers.
As a director, I appreciate all
of the support my films have received
over the years from the HBFF.”
–Filmmaker, “The Big Headache”
(HBFF 2001), “In The Game”
(HBFF 2003) and “The Numbers” (HBFF 2006, Winner - Best Short). (Note: “The Big Headache” received domestic and international
television and cable distribution
as a result of screening at HBFF.)
MORE »
HBFF 2009
OFFICIAL SPONSORS:
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One Village Entertainment announces DVD premiere of
LOVE and OTHER FOUR LETTER WORDS
Official Selection of
HBFF 2007
Click
here to order a copy.
Synopsis:
Stormy LaRue (Tangi Miller) is an ambitious young woman who has always put her career before her personal life. A Philadelphia TV talk show host, Stormy seems to have it all —everything except a husband, that is. Professional success puts romance on the back burner for Stormy until her beloved Nana (Aloma Wright) is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Nana's fondest wish is to see Stormy happily married and the determined young woman wants to set her grandmother's mind at ease. With no appropriate candidate in sight, Stormy decides to hire an actor to play her fiancée and enlists the help of friends and family to videotape a fake wedding for her grandmother. Stormy's “little white lie” backfires when Nana rallies and decides to come to the ceremony, and the minister, a childhood friend, begins to suspect that all is not as it right with the happy couple.
Director:
Steven Ayromlooi
Street
Date:
Tues., April 8, 2008
DVD SRP $14.98
Award-Winning Romantic Comedy Stars Tangi Miller, Flex Alexander, Essence Atkins and Tasha Smith.
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Spectacular Star-Studded Opening and Closing Night Galas
