The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) will be taking place in less than a week in Miami, FL July 6-8, 2011. This is one of the hottest film festivals for African Americans!! And this year is no different, matter fact let's see what is on the docket this year!!
Recently announced Robert Townsend's film In The Hive will be the ABFF opening night film selection. Written by Cheryl L. West, the film will star Michael Clarke Duncan, Loretta Devine, Vivica A. Fox, Ali Liebert, Roger Guenveur Smith, Bre Scullark, and several others.
In the Hive is based on the real experiences of the people who attend and teach at a special school in North Carolina called "The Hive". It is based on a true story about this woman in North Carolina named Vivian Saunders, who basically without really any formal education, started an alternative school for all these boys who were being kicked out: gang bangers, drug dealers. And they're all teenage, fathers at 14 and 15.
Another highlight for this year's festival is the ABFF Centerpiece film, Trinity Goodheart. R&B crooner Eric Benet will be taking on the starring role of this much anticipated film. Written by Rhonda Freeman-Baraka and directed by cinematographer Joanne Hock, the film centers around a 12-year-old girl (Erica Gluck) on a mission to reunite her disjointed family.
Trinity Goodheart (Gluck) is an exceptionally gifted 12 year old girl who is raised by her free-spirited musician father Jeremy (Benet). When Trinity is visited by an angel who leaves her a pendant that belonged to her long lost mother, Trinity concludes her mother is in danger and needs her help. Against her father's wishes, Trinity begins a journey to reunite her disjointed family and, in the process, teaches them the value of love, faith, and forgiveness.
Narrative Features (For Competition)
Black Gold (Directed by Jeta Amata)
David is Dying (Directed by Stephen Lloyd Jackson)
Dysfunctional Friends (Directed by Corey Grant)
The Last Laugh (Directed Kenny Young)
The Tested (Directed Russell Constanzo)
HBO Short Film Competition (Five films compete for $20,000 grand prizes sponsored by HBO
Fig (Directed by Ryan Coogler)
For Flow (Directed by Jason Camp)
Page 36 (Directed by Nelsan Ellis)
Salvation Road (Directed by Ka'ramuu Kush)
The Turtle & The Nightingale (Directed Gershon Hinkson)
Narrative Features (Not in Competition)
Breathe (Directed by J Jesses Smith)
Mother Country (Directed by Maria Breaux)
The Shanghai Hotel (Directed by Jerry Allen Davis)
The Experience (Directed by Addison Henderson)
Documentaries
Brown Babies (Directed by Regina Griffin)
More Than Conquerors (Directed by Seth Chase)
Sole of a Hustla (Directed by Chad Heeter)
The Scroll (Directed by Parrish Smith)
For more information on the films and festivities you can go to ABFF.com .
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