Hollywood Black Film Festival
Now in its 9th year: June 3-8, 2008
Beverly Hills, California

Ticket Prices

$12 Screening Tickets
$9 Children/Seniors/Students w/ID
$9 Matinees before 4:00 p.m.
$75 Opening Night Screening & Reception
$75 Closing Night Screening & Reception

Online ticket sales will begin May 9, 2008 at www.hbff.org.  Check the website for additional information.

***Writers Guild Theater***

Tuesday, June 3

6:00 p.m.                Red Carpet Arrival begins

6:30 p.m.                Doors Open

7:30 p.m.                Opening Night Gala world premiere of "2 Turntables and a Microphone"

10:00 p.m.              Old School Hip Hop After-Party / The Rise at the Highlands

Wednesday, June 4

No screenings at the Writer’s Guild Theater

Thursday, June 5

11:30 a.m.              Algeny: The Genetic Factor (96:27)

1:30 p.m.                Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (68:00)

3:00 p.m.                I Used to Love Her (90:00)

5:00 p.m.                Fred Hammond’s Christmas…Who Needs It (135:00)

8:00  p.m.              Black Men in Film (138:00)

Five Man Confession (29:30)

20 Years (8:00)

Lifted (29:00)

Classified (14:00)

Blood Over a Broken Pawn (18:00)

Vile (14:00)

Akira’s Hip-Hop Shop (22:00)

Hypothetically (3:00)

Friday, June 6

11:00 a.m.              Scheduler’s Choice (100:00)

          KeAnthony: A Hustlaz Story (25:15)

          The Quickie (12:00)

          Woman’s Work (21:00)

          Homeless Destiny (13:00)

          The Doll (18:45)

          Community Alert (10:00)

1:15 p.m.                Programmer’s Choice (93:00)  

          The Don of Virgil Junior High (20:00)

          Rabia (23:30)

          Distractions (6:00)

          The Club (25:00)

          Drawing Angel (18:00)

3:15 p.m.                All About the Ring (95:00)

5:15 p.m.                Something Is Killing Tate (79:00)

7:00 p.m.                Porn Editor (9:00)
                             A Good Day To Be Black & Sexy (92:00)

9:00 p.m.                Give it to Me (4:00)
                             15 Minutes of Fame (89:00)

Saturday, June 7

11:30 a.m.               World Cinema Shorts (63:00)

Taxi for the Comedian (10:00)

Burundi Film Center - 5 Short Films: (50:00)

Bigger Plans (11:00)

Nothing's the Same (10:00)

Reveal Yourself (10:00)

Abuse (7:00)

Kivumvu: Basket Boy (12:00)

Mental Block (3:00)

The Curry Club (15:00)

12:45 p.m.              Student Film Program #1 (111:00)

Keys (23:00)

A Father’s Promise (18:49)

Mama ‘n em (23:19)

My Turtle’s Name is Dudley (16:00)

Hope (8:51)

Sisthas in the Name of Love (20:30)

3:00 p.m.                Student Film Program #2 (97:00)

Lunch Money (12:57)

Hug (16:20)

Coons (15:00)

Urban Genesis (17:00)

Birth (5:40)

Crenshaw Nights (30:00)

5:00 p.m.                Black Women in Film (137:00)

Mista Nice Guy (12:00)

A Baby Away (18:00)

Jamerican (25:13)

An Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl (19:00)

Love Conquers All (14:00)

Steep (6:00)

Murdering Mama’s Boy (18:00)

Whistle Lesson (25:00)

8:00 p.m.                On The Job Training (85:00)

9:45 p.m.                Revolution (6:00)
                             Sympathetic Details (60:00)

Sunday, June 8

2:15 p.m.                Tribute: Stanley Tookie Williams, 1953-2005 (66:00)

3:30 p.m.                The Game: Life After Math (81:00)

7:00 p.m.                Red Carpet Arrival*

8:00 p.m.                Closing Night Film/TBA*

10:00 p.m.              After-party Reception/Location TBA 

*Time subject to change 

***Laemmle Music Hall (Theater #3)***

Wednesday, June 4

11:30 a.m.               Meet Mary Pleasant (57:00)

1:30 p.m.                Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (52:00)

3:00 p.m.                Breakthrough Brits   

6:00 p.m.                Fantasy (70:00)

7:30 p.m.                A Good Man is Hard to Find (90:00)

9:15 p.m.                Tru Loved (99:00)

***Laemmle Music Hall (Theater #1)***

Wednesday, June 4

11:00 a.m.               Find Yourself a Dream: The Bob Love Story (48:00)

12:00 p.m.              Walking Tall: The Life and Wife of Walt Walker (54:00)

1:00 p.m.                Streets of Color (52:00)

2:00 p.m.                Turning a Corner (58:30)

3:15 p.m.                Machetero (97:00)

5:15 p.m.                Jingle Blues, Jingle Bells (93:00)

7:15 p.m.                A Winter Tale (100:00)

9:15 p.m.                North Starr (96:00)

Thursday, June 5

11:00 a.m.              Shorts Program #1 (106:00)

Suicide Boyz (19:00)

The Buzzard (12:42)

A Cold Dish (11:00)

Don’t Go (17:00)

What a Difference a Day Makes (13:00)

Benjamin (21:57)

Tears on a Letter (11:06)

1:30 p.m.                Shorts Program #2 (93:00)

Rain – A Love Story (33:00)

Curtain Call (18:00)

Spent (15:00)

B.A.M. (14:00)

Siri Oko Fo (12:30)

3:30 p.m.                Shorts Program #3 (99:00)

          Feliz Cumplenos (19:00)

          One Word (15:30)

          Promises Kept (20:00)

          Vista View (16:37)

          Snitch (8:23)

          In Time (19:00)

5:30 p.m.                Seen But Not Heard (9:35)
                             Don’t Hate: Strippers Fight the Government (67:00)

7:00 p.m.                The Lawn Boy (78:00)

8:30 p.m.                Tricks (114:00)

Friday, June 6

11:30 a.m.               Black to our Roots (53:00)

12:30 p.m.               Outspoken (60:00)

2:00 p.m.                 Obara & The Merchants (8:00)
                              Prince Among Slaves (57:00)

3:30 p.m.                 Rain in a Dry Land (82:00)

5:00 p.m.                 Keeping The Faith (77:00)

7:00 p.m.                 Reversion (85:00)

9:00 p.m.                 The Disciple (102:00)

Saturday, June 7

11:00 a.m.               Belly of the Basin (56:40)

12:30 p.m.               Shorts Program #4 (123:00)

           Toole’s Substitute (19:01)

           Smokescreen (30:00)

           Man II Man (17:00)

           Choices (29:45)

           Life is… (26:43)

3:00 p.m.                 Panman, Rhythm of the Palms (90:00)

5:00 p.m.                 Cordially Invited (115:00)

7:00 p.m.                 Streetballers (110:00)

9:15 p.m.                 Deadmeat (80:00)

Sunday, June 8

2:30 p.m.                 Overflow (67:00)

4:00 p.m.                 The Light (52:00)

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