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ABFF Founders Jeff and Nicole Friday Launch Social Justice Now Film Festival, Michael B. Jordan and BLM's Opal Tometi Named Co-Ambassadors
Art often imitates life and social justice is a huge part of our lives right now…in fact, at this very moment. Just ask the NBA. In the spirit of creating art as an expression toward social justice, American Black Film Festival (ABFF) co-founders Jeff and Nicole Friday have launched the Social Justice Now Film Festival,…
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2020 American Black Film Festival Postponed Until October
For the past 23 years (with the occasional exceptions of the flagship Acapulco and subsequent New York and Los Angeles events) each summer, everyone in black Hollywood has descended unto Miami Beach to celebrate the biggest and best of both up-and-coming and established black creators and talent in film. From fabulous white parties to fashionable…
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ABFF Honors 2020: Louis Gossett Jr. and Lena Waithe to Receive Special Hollywood Trailblazer Honors
Just about every award ceremony hands out awards, then also hands out extra special awards that stand out from the routine awards. For example, the Golden Globes have their Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Grammys have their Lifetime Achievement Award. The blackest film festival to ever do it, the American Black Film Festival (ABFF)…
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ABFF Honors 2020: Blackest Film Festival Ever Announces Nominees for Movie of the Year
Along with hosting what I believe to be the blackest film festival to ever do it, the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) joins Hollywood during awards season to officially honor some of the best films of the year with a formal ceremony called the ABFF Honors. ABFF recently announced the nominees for its big Movie…
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ABFF Honors Announces Deon Cole as Host, Will Honor Cast and Crew of The Wire
Each year, the American Black Film Festival Honors recognize black creatives for their invaluable contributions to the motion picture and television industry. And this year, for its fourth installment, the ceremony will not only reunite the cast and crew of HBO’s critically acclaimed series, The Wire, but it will be hosted by comedian Deon Cole.…
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ABFF 2019: How Beats Tackles Chicago Crime and the Curious Case of Anthony Anderson's Forehead Acting
Chicago is a city that has been thrust into the abyss of exploitation, as national media has been lured by the city’s crime-ridden headlines. But what of the people who make up the city? What of their stories? What makes them tick? After all, the people are the heart of any city, in my opinion.…
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ABFF to Launch 1st Feature Award for Directors in John Singleton’s Honor in 2020
It’s a wrap on the 23rd Annual American Black Film Festival! I got to attend this year on behalf of The Root (I have more coverage from the fest coming soon; look out for it!) and as always, it was delightfully black as fuck. If you were at the festival for even a day, you…
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ABFF 2019: Shaft Highlights Toxic Masculinity, Wet Glitter, and Grits
They say no one understands Shaft but his woman. But, does Shaft even like women? Yes, he likes pussy, but I mean, as people? Well, the 2019 addition to the franchise challenges that notion a bit with a family member from the new generation—none other than John Shaft’s son. Shaft (2019) was the opening film…
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3 Generations of Shaft Are Premiering at the American Black Film Festival. Will I Be There? You Damn Right
Remember that complicated man who was misunderstood by everyone but his woman? Well, now there are three of them. It’s been 19 years since the release of John Singleton’s Shaft, starring Samuel L. Jackson. Can you believe it?! And even longer since we first saw Richard Roundtree don the baddest jacket in the game: 48…
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La La Anthony Will Take Her Talents to Miami as the 2019 American Black Film Festival Ambassador
This June, America’s blackest film festival will be taking over Miami Beach once again. The 2019 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is an amalgamation of panels, screenings and networking events ensconced in a diversity mission, championing major partners such as HBO. Each year, the festival names an ambassador to lead the mission and host the…