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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.
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SUMMARY:Malik Yoba: Harlem to Hollywood
DESCRIPTION:Three-time NAACP Image Award winner\, Malik Yoba’s Harlem To Hollywood is an immersive cinematic theatrical experience that intimately unveils the life and mind of one of Hollywood’s enduring talents over the last 25 years. Harlem to Hollywood is the opus Yoba says he’s worked on “my entire life to share”. He takes the audience on a journey through his remarkable career\, offering an inside look at his creative journey from Harlem to the heights of Hollywood. \nSet in a therapist’s office\, this tour de force one-man show displays Yoba’s masterful embodiment of more than a dozen engaging and colorful characters with stunning accuracy\, musicality and humor. Yoba uses his words\, music\, dance and cinematic elements to explore themes of fame\, family\, career\, love\, physical and sexual abuse\, personal relationships\, mental health\, spirituality and ultimately self-acceptance. Yoba delivers an honest\, raw and transparent look into his journey\, from boy to man\, from Harlem to Hollywood and celebrates those who have influenced him along the way. \nDirected and co-written by Kevin Ramsey\, Co-written and performed by Malik Yoba. \nTabernacle in Oak Bluffs\, Martha’s Vineyard | 80 Trinity Park\, Oak Bluffs\, Massachusetts 02557 \nTicket Prices: $95 VIP and $75 Regular Price. VIP includes an event reception with refreshments and a meet & greet following the event. \nClick here to learn about the Martha’s Vineyard Giving Society!
URL:https://awaacc.org/event/malik-yoba-harlem-to-hollywood/
CATEGORIES:Martha's Vineyard
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