We
show films to explore the trials and triumphs of the Black Man
Our Sixth Year!
Saturday Nov. 3, 2007
12noon - 9pm Auburn Avenue Research Library
101 Auburn Avenue
Atlanta
404-432-2194
Free and Open
to the Public!
myspace.com/theblackmanfilmfestival
Kazi, a Brooklyn
youth, shows his love of hip-hop and helps other youth coming along.
See the powerful impact that his girlfriend and his mother have on
his life. Queen Latifah is an executive producer.
Warning: Language
Director - Matt Ruskin Performers - Chris "Kazi" Rolle, Princess Robin
"Kheperah" Kearse
Christopher "Cannon" Mapp
Documentary, 1hr 25mins
1215pm
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---THREE
SHORT FILMS BY AND ABOUT YOUTH---
-- These
3 films begin at 150pm, 20mins total --
"BLACK
BEAUTY"
A love poem from
a brother to the young woman he loves.
Director - Vaughn Oliver Performers - Beatrice Anderson, Vaughn Oliver [narrator]
Drama
"LIVE
YO LIFE"
Xavier, a young
dreamer, hesitates in becoming a comic book artist. He lives life too
slow. On the flip side, Chrome, an aspiring musician, lives life too
fast, enjoying his music but neglecting his young family. Philthy helps
them both find balance.
Director - Jazmen D. Brown
Performers - James "Philthy" Gardin, Keyana Jackson Nasty Nyne
Sincere
Music video
"TAKING
A STEP BACK FROM FORGIVENESS"
Two brothers receive
a letter from the man in prison who killed their father years ago. Each
brother is his own man. How will they handle the harsh reality reflected
in that piece of paper? Will this divide them or make them more loyal
to one another?
WARNING: Language
Director
- Calmthesis
Performers - Antwon Preston, Ronald Preston and Jayla Preston
Drama/Realism
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"LEGACY
OF TORTURE: WAR AGAINST THE BLACK LIBERATION MOVEMENT"
Before
the Jena 6, there was the San Francisco 8. Hear these brothers calmly
tell how they were tortured by the CRIMINAL justice system.
Directors
- Claude Marks, Andres Alegria Performers - Ray Boudreaux, John Bowman (deceased), Richard Brown,
Soffiyah Elijah, Hank Jones, Harold Taylor
Documentary, 28mins 220pm
"FREE
THE JENA 6!"
See and feel and hear
the passion and power of everyday people from across the country as they
gathered in Jena, LA, on Sept. 20, 2007.
Director
- Bro. Hasan
Performers - Everyday people
Documentary, 35mins 3pm
"HOLLOW
POINT"
A blunt, up-close
look at the lives of five people surviving on the streets
of Atlanta's Lakewood community.
Warning: Language
Director - W. Michael Jackson
Performers - Robert Hicks, Horus, Denise "Lady T.I."Regina,
Pooh
Documentary, 45mins 345pm
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--- THE FILMS OF CHARLES BURNETT
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"KILLER OF SHEEP"
The U.S. Library of Congress has declared this film a
national treasure. The National Society of Film Critics selected it as
"one of the Essential Films" of all time. Stan, a sensitive
dreamer, is sick and tired and numb from working at a slaughterhouse.
Despite money problems, he finds relief in simple pleasures: his coffee,
slow dancing with his wife, holding his daughter. A gritty, poetic film.
It offers a down-to-earth, close-up view of life -- sometimes bleak, sometimes
joyful, sometimes funny.
Director - Charles Burnett Performers - Henry Gale Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy
Drama, 1hr23mins
440pm
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"TO
SLEEP WITH ANGER"
A family in Los Angeles
opens their home when a distant relative from Down South shows up at the
door. Was that a good move? Most everybody gets a bad vibe. Is he a conjurer,
or just weird, or is he the devil's representative?
Director -
Charles Burnett Performers - Danny Glover, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Vonetta McGee, Mary
Alice
Drama, 1hr42mins
615pm
---SPECIAL
LIVE PROGRAM---
"IN
PRAISE OF BLACK WOMEN"
Black women seldom
get the praise they deserve. So we brothers want you to know you are appreciated.
So have a seat in the audience, and let us offer you our thanks through
song, dance, spoken word, testimony, music and give-aways. Producer
- Plain Brown Productions
8pm
Thank you
for your attendance!
Yemi Toure,
Festival Director
Who I'd like to meet: You, at the BLACK MAN FILM FESTIVAL!
Location: Auburn Avenue Research Library
101 Auburn Ave. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30314 |
404.730.4001 ext. 302.
Phone: 404.432.2194 | Email: blackmanfilmfestival@hotmail.com
The Black Man Film Festival's Friend Space (Top 32)
Thanx for allowing me to do mi thang Sunday - enjoyed it BIG time, the energy was "wonderful" - if I can assist U in anything please feel free to give mi a shout!
THANK U FOR GIVING FILMAKERS AN OUTLET 2 SHOWCASE THEIR VISION IN A VARIETY OF WAYS THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING i SEE BEAUTIFUL THINGS OUT OF THIS FESTVAL I HAD AND INCREDIABLE TIME AND ENJOYED ALL THE FILMS EYE WATCHED GOD BLESS AND KEEP DOING WHAT YA DOING
Thanks for the request!! I would have to agree with the last comment,lol. I'll make sure I attend your event. Let me know if I could ever be of service.
