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2015 ABFF Promises To Be Electric: Here Is Some Of What You Missed – Morris Chestnut On The ABFF
With Just a week away, here are a few reasons you shouldn’t miss this year’s ABFF in New York, June 11-14.
Last year’s festival in New York City was Spectacular!
This year promises to be even better. I will be there so come join me. I’m moderating ABFF REMEMBERS: “BOYZ IN THE HOOD” a screening and discussion with John Singleton, the Academy Award nominated director and writer.
Here is Morris Chestnut, the 2014 ABFF ambassador, talking about the festival and why sponsors/partners like Cadillac (who is back this year) are so important to the development of Black film.
Ava DuVernay talking about her Golden Globe nominated film Selma
I got a chance to sit down with the first African-Ameican woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe for directing. We talked about her now Golden Globe nominated film Selma. Here is an except of what she had to say.
Darryl Roberts talks about The Sexualization of Our Youth with new film America The Beautiful 3
I got a chance to talk to Darryl Roebrts about his new film America The Beautiful 3: The Sexualization of Our Youth and he had a lot to say – from the impact of rap music, to the way the media portrays White women to Kim Kardashian breaking the internet. This film shows the impact of our sexualized world on both females and males.
America The Beautiful 3: The Sexualization of Our Youth – Kim Kardashian, A Great Example For Our Youth
I got a chance to speak with writer/director/producer Darryl Roberts about his film America The Beautiful: The Sexualization of Our Youth and given the recent images of Kim Kardashian flooding the internet, I thought I’d ask him how does this latest incident play into the whole sexualization issue. Well, as you might have guessed, Mr. Roberts had something to say. It seems that Kardashian did more than break the internet she has reminded us that our values are broke as well.
Lena Waithe says Dear White People more than a film its a “movement”
I got a chance to catch up with Lena Waithe, one of the producers of Dear White People and she has a lot to say about Black Film and the images of Blacks offered by Hollywood. Here is a snippet of the Q&A we had after a showing of the film.
If Justin Simien was looking for a discussion about Race, Dear White People got Princeton Students Talking
Reggie Ponder, The Reel Critic, saw Dear White people with a group of Princeton University Black Alums while on campus this weekend and he found quite a few students having a lot to say. Here is part of that dialogue.
Is Justin Simien making fun of White people or Black people with new film Dear White People?
Justin Simien talks to Reggie Ponder, The Reel Critic about his new film Dear White People
Reggie Ponder - The Reel Critic 