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Dallas Black Film Festival
2009
2009 Theme: Honoring the Influences of Black Filmmakers
Date
Time
Event
Friday, July 24, 2009
8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Venue: The Magnolia Lounge @ Fair Park
Saturday, July 25, 2009
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Venue: The Magnolia Lounge @ Fair Park
Saturday, July 25, 2009
1:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Venue: The Magnolia Lounge @ Fair Park
Saturday, July 25, 2009
6:30 - 11:00 p.m.
Venue: The Magnolia Lounge @ Fair Park
Directed By Johnathan Williams
Running Time: 5:36
Starring: Craig Cole, Eric Window, Shirley Shedwick, Jamie Reedy
Short Film: Narrative Drama
Synopsis:
Tariq is determined to make a legit living. When his mother is unable to provide, Tariq is left to take over the responsibility. All awhile, he pushes toward a future of his own, but with the with pressures of his past and financial responsibilty, the future he yearns for seems unlikely.
Director: Daphne S. Valerius
Featuring: Regina King & Jada Pinkett-Smith
Running Time: 52 minutes
Synopsis:
A provocative new documentary that questions whether or not women of color are suffering from a self-image disorder as a result of media images.
(Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Stand Up and Vote
Director:
Running Time: 9 minutes
Synopsis:
A journey of common people who reveal what the historical presidential election of November 2008 promises. (san Antonio, TX)
Director: Maurice Dunham
Running Time: 37 minutes
Synopsis:
A look at rape and how it affect's women (a growing problem in American society). (Arlington, TX)
Director: Hotep
Running Time:75 minutes
Synopsis:
a first of it's kind,multi-media exhibit series displaying voluptuous"full figured "women with amazing adornments.The exhibit series was created to provide a contemporary vision of a forgotten historical figure known as The Hottentot Venus. (Atlanta, GA.)
Vufu or Die
Director: Gerald Jordan Running Time: 17 minutes
Synopsis: An urban film that focuses on the growing gun problem in Philadelphia. (Philadelphia, P.A.)
The Zeitegeist
Synopsis: An independent wake-up film designed for the strongminded. A controversial look at life in America from another perspective.
FAT MaMa
Director: Baba Magana
Running Time: 8 minutes
Synopsis: A comedy by a former DBFF Winner!
Winner announced at 10:30p.m.
Director: Arthur Muhammad
Running Time: 94 minutes
Synopsis: A Teriah Bennet & Kelly Gray film that tell the story of four women who run a child support clinic by day, but at night they become child support collectors, collectors that use seduction as a method to get father's to pay.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
12:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Venue: The Magnolia Lounge @ Fair Park
Contest Categories:
Celebrating 7 years of Excellent Films by Independent Filmmakers all over the world!
Proudly presented by People With a Message Production, Filmworks, etc.
