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SUMMARY:Black Bottom Film Festival: Film Submission
DESCRIPTION:EMPOWERING ARTISTIC EXPRESSION THROUGH FILM \nSubmission Deadlines\nFebruary 17\, 2023\nEarlybird Deadline \nMay 19\, 2023\nRegular Deadline \nAugust 18\, 2023\nLate Deadline \nSubmit Your Film \nBlack Bottom Film Festival-August Wilson African American Cultural Center proudly accepts entries on FilmFreeway\, the world’s #1 way to enter film festivals and creative contests. \n\nThe August Wilson African American Cultural Center (AWAACC) is a performing arts center\, named for Pulitzer Prize winning playwright\, and Pittsburgh native\, August Wilson. Our programming focuses on exhibiting and celebrating art and expression from Black culture across the African diaspora. \nFrom age-old classics to contemporary work\, the Black Bottom Film Festival (BBFF) illuminates and celebrates African American cinema and uniqueness of Black people on film. The festival screens short and feature films rooted in the recurring themes of spirituality\, race\, family conflict\, honor\, duty and the struggle of the working-class; themes ever-present in August Wilson’s American Century Cycle plays. In particular\, the festival celebrates African American filmmaking pioneers and history makers. The BBFF fosters an examination of how Black filmmakers use art to inspire\, challenge\, confront\, and influence American culture. \nThe August Wilson African American Cultural Center believes that creativity is boundless. We invite you to share your creativity on film with us.
URL:https://awaacc.org/event/black-bottom-film-festival-film-submission/
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SUMMARY:From Colored To Black
DESCRIPTION:Come through the Backyard BBQ!\nThis Juneteenth Weekend\, share your story and be a part of the process that will culminate in a new multi-media play\, utilizing arts and culture to engage the Pittsburgh community in critical dialogue around how systemic racism is directly connected to the health and wellness outcomes in the Black community. \nExploring the intersections between public health education\, oral history performance\, and community arts activism\, From Colored to Black communicates health data\, historical research\, and the lived experience of the Black community to the public. Through community-based participatory research methods\, and a partnership between the DEMASKUS Theater Collective (DTC)\, EnterChange Group\, and the University of Florida’s Center for Arts in Medicine\, DTC will innovate the existing multi-modal play From Colored to Black molding it to mirror Pittsburgh’s illustrious history. \nSchedule of Events:\n1:00pm | Screening of From Colored to Black with light refreshments to follow\n3:00pm | Community Story Circles\n4:30pm | BBQ buffet in Café
URL:https://awaacc.org/event/from-colored-to-black/
LOCATION:980 Liberty Ave.\, 980 Liberty Ave.\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States
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