Reel Sisters Previews New Lorraine Hansberry Film Sighted Eyes!
Tickets: $20 || SECTION G – Oct. 21, 2017 • 7:37 pm @Magic Johnson, Harlem On Oct. 21 at 7:37 pm, Reel Sisters will host A Conversation on Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart directed by Tracy Heather Strain. Sighted Eyes is an intimate documentary on playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s life as artist, activist and visionary. Reel Sisters will...
Proclamation Punctuation
Tickets: $12 || Section A – Magic Johnson Theater – Oct. 21, 1 pm-2 pm BUY TICKETS! Proclamation Punctuation Director: Sewra G Kidane Producer: Namakula Nasejje Musoke Proclamation Punctuation is an enthralling fashion film centered on a fabulously fascinating woman reciting a short soliloquy paying homage to her love for using exclamation points in her...
Prudence Screens @Magic Johnson Theater!
Tickets: $12 || SECTION E – Oct. 21, 2017 • 5:33 pm-6:14 pm Prudence Director: Angela Jude Producer: Lauren Mok BUY TICKETS! Prudence a dishonorably discharged World War 2 nurse dealing dementia and the loss of her female companion since the war, shuts out the world inside her room at the senior home. One...
The Tale of Four
Tickets: $12 || SECTION B – Oct. 21, 2017 • 2:05 pm-3:15 pm BUY TICKETS Inspired by Nina Simone’s song, “Four Women,” this narrative explores the inner lives of Aunt Sarah; bound and burdened by duty, Saffronia; who is searching for identity, Sweet Thing; who looks to reconcile sex with love and Peaches; who seeks...
Quest
Tickets: $12 || SECTION C – SUN., Oct. 22, 2017 • 2:55 pm-4:50 pm BUY TICKETS QUEST Beginning at the dawn of the Obama presidency, QUEST chronicles the life of a North Philadelphia family for almost a decade. Parents Christopher “Quest” Rainey, and his wife, Christine’a “Ma Quest” Rainey devote themselves to their children, while...
Louisiana 1961
Tickets: $12 || SECTION E – Oct. 21, 2017 • 5:33 pm-6:14 pm BUY TICKETS A rousing love story set against a backwoods honky tonk blues performance. Starring Bryan Earl and Ashley John as Louis and Nora. We follow a simple boy meets girl story with intense intercut passionate scenes. BIO Bobby Huntley is an...
Awards Presenter Kasi Lemmons
AWARD PRESENTERS Kasi Lemmons A proven talent as an actress, director and writer, KASI LEMMONS, continues to creatively tantalize with her thought provoking body of work. Lemmons’ work as an actress includes roles in Jonathan Demme’s “Silence of the Lambs” opposite Jodie Foster, John Woo’s first American film, “Hard Target,” Rusty Cundieff’s parody of the...
Performers at Awards Ceremony
Performances & Special Screening Derick Cross (aka D. Cross) is a multidimensional visual and performance artist who creates imagery in order to reach deep inside the viewer of his artwork. His work is part of the collections of Erykah Badu (Grammy Award-winning Singer-Songwriter), Ed Lewis (Founder of Essence Communications), Ruby Dee (legendary actress), Judith Jamaison...
Mistress of Ceremonies – Toni Yates
Toni Yates was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, where she graduated from Bishop Kenny High School. She is a proud Seminole, having graduated from Florida State University with a major in Communications. Toni started her career in Savannah, Georgia, first as a reporter at WTOC, then with WSAV as weekend co-anchor. She has twice...
