MEDIA COVERAGE

 

 

Following is a representative collection of media coverage garnered by the Hollywood Black Film Festival:

 

HBFF 2008

 

 

 

TheIndustryCosign.com - OH SO H-O-L-L-Y-W-O-O-D: An Inside Look at the Hollywood Black Film Festival
http://theindustrycosign.com/site/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=8201

LA TIMES “The guide blog”
http://theguide.latimes.com/blogs/soundboard/2008/06/09/2-turntables-and-a-microphone-premiere-at-hbff/

Daily Variety 6-8-08 HBFF
http://www.hbff.org/Daily_Variety_6-8-08_HBFF.doc 

BET News
http://www.hbff.org/6-4-08_BET_NEWS_-__HBFF.doc  

Baller Status
http://www.ballerstatus.com/article/news/2008/06/4816/

Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ie29ff31c80c6e3dfe23c049e0510d37a

Digital Arts
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=10537

Cinematical
http://www.cinematical.com/2008/05/30/the-mostly-indie-film-calendar-may-30-june-5/

L.A. Watts Times
http://www.lawattstimes.com/articles/2008/05/28/arts_and_culture/arts_and_culture1.txt

Voice Online
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=13582

Backstage
http://www.backstage.com/bso/community/bulletins/bulletins_display.jsp?vnu_
content_id=1003806067

The Hollywood Nexus
http://www.hollywoodnexus.com/EventDetail.php?commID=0&eventID=13091

The Globe: May 7 - 13, 2008
http://www.theglobenewspapers.com/webarchives/08May07/entertainment.htm

Hollywood Embraces Britain’s Black Film Talent (The Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/news/hollywood-
embraces-britains-black-film-talent-825413.html

Jam Master Jay Doc Opens HBFF
http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur43229.cfm

Hollywood Black Film Festival Announces Opening Night Film
http://thehypemagazine.blogspot.com/2008/05/hollywood-black-film-festival-announces.html

UK Film Council backs black and Asian talent with Breakthrough Brits
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=10341

Actor and Rapper Fredro Starr Set To Honor Jam Master Jay In Los Angeles
http://thehiphopcosign.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/actor-and-rapper-
fredro-starr-set-to-honor-jam-master-jay-in-los-angeles-june-3-2008/

Hollywood Black Film Festival Announces Opening Night Film
http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2008/May/EEN4821d73b11543.html

‘Two Turntables and a Microphone’ Documentary Explores Legendary ...
http://highbridnation.com/2008/05/06/two-turntables-and-a-microphone-
documentary-explores-legendary-life-death-of-jam-master-jay/>

New Jam Master J Documentary
http://filminghiphop.com/new-jam-master-j-documentary/2008/05/06/

Hollywood Black Film Festival Opens with Hip Hop Documentary
http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=4346

Breaking into America: Hollywood Black Film Festival wins in Cyberspace
http://qdigital.blogspot.com/2008/05/hollywood-black-film-festival-in.html

 

HBFF 2008 Film Finance & Distribution Summit

If you missed the 2008 Film Finance & Distribution Summit, check out Alice Fuller's blog including audio clips at http://ellenoir1.blogspot.com/2008/02/hbff-film-finance-distribution-summit.html

Also checkout KLEOPATRA GIRL'S RINGSIDE REPORT: The Parties... The Run Down... The Low Down by: Eugenia Wright a/k/a Kleopatra Girl from EURweb.com: http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur40835.cfm

 

 

HBFF 2007

 

Watch AOL BLACK VOICE'S exclusive footage of Darius McCrary, DB Woodside, the cast of 'Universal Remote' and the Opening Night After-Party at the 2007 Hollywood Black Film Festival.

 

AOL Black Voices
http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2007/06/01/hollywood-black-film-festival-starts-june-5th/

Discover Black Heritage
http://discoverblackheritage.com/hollywood-black-film-festival/

Hollywood: As I Live and Work
http://ellenoir1.blogspot.com/2007/06/hollywood-black-film-festival.html

The A-LIST Magazine: The Premiere Blog For The News and Moves in Urban Hollywood
(Scroll down to "Film Festival Log" for HBFF 2007 coverage and reviews of several HBFF 2007 films.)

 

HBFF 2006

Portable Hollywood’s HBFF 2006 Opening Night Red Carpet Coverage
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=19477470
(this is video coverage from HBFF 2006 opening night)

7TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD BLACK FILM FESTIVAL A SUCCESS
(Canyon News, June 25, 2006)

HOLLYWOOD BLACK FILM FESTIVAL: THAT'S A WRAP
(Los Angeles Wave, June 21, 2006)

'BLACK PROGRAMMING,' CW MERGER DISCUSSED AT FILM FESTIVAL (in Adobe PDF)
(Backstage, June 20, 2006)

HOLLYWOOD BLACK FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS
(Los Angeles Wave, June 14, 2006)

KIDS FEST PUTS FOCUS ON HOLLYWOOD'S NEXT GENERATION
(Los Angeles Wave, June 14, 2006)

HOLLYWOOD BLACK FILM FESTIVAL OPENS
(Los Angeles Wave, June 14, 2006)

HOLLYWOOD BLACK FILM FESTIVAL STARTS JUNE 13
(Los Angeles Wave, June 7, 2006)

KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE BIG PICTURE
(Los Angeles Wave, May 31, 2006)

NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
(Los Angeles Wave, May 24, 2006)

HOLLYWOOD TO HOST BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
(Los Angeles Wave, May 17, 2006)

 

HBFF 2004

FILMMAKER JOYS IN THE 'HOOD'
(Daily Variety, June 28, 2004)

LIGHTS, CAMERA, DREAM (in Adobe PDF)
(Yorba Linda Star, June 24, 2004)

FILM FESTIVAL (in Adobe PDF)
(OC Register, June 20, 2004)

 

HBFF 2003

HOLLYWOOD BLACK FILM FESTIVAL - IT'S A WRAP (in Adobe PDF)
(Urban Film Premiere, June 11, 2003)

'REAL' DEAL (in Adobe PDF)
(Hollywood Reporter, June 6, 2003)

FILMS NOIR
Pages [1] [2] (in Adobe PDF)
(Hollywood Reporter, May 30, 2003)

HOLLYWOOD BLACK FILM FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
(Hollywood Reporter, May 30, 2003)

A FESTIVAL OF OPPORTUNITY
Pages [1] [2] [3] [4] (in Adobe PDF)
(E-Scene, March 19, 2003)

 

HBFF 2002

BLACK FILM FEST TAKES 'ALL' (in Adobe PDF)
(Dailey Variety, February 11, 2002)

HBFF ADS EXTRA DAY TO FIT GROWING PIC BILL (in Adobe PDF)
(Daily Variety, January 20, 2002)

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HBFF 2001

BLACK & WHITE ISSUE HAS GRAY AREAS (in Adobe PDF)
(Daily Variety, March 28, 2001)

'CAVEMAN' ROCKS BLACK FILM FEST FIRST (in Adobe PDF)
(Daily Variety, February 5, 2001)

BLACK FILM FEST LINEUP SET
(Daily Variety, January 17, 2001)

 

HBFF 2000

BLACK FEST PICKS 48 PIX (in Adobe PDF)
(Daily Variety, December 20, 1999)

 

HBFF 1999

BLACK FILM FEST EXPANDS (in Adobe PDF)
(Daily Variety, June 4, 1999)

BLACK FILM CONTEST SET
(Daily Variety, January 22, 1999)