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AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

      • FESTIVAL CENTRALABFF
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    Best Director

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        Voodoo Macbeth

      6.0 (153)
      Hannah Bang
      Christopher Beaton
      Agazi Desta
      Tiffany K. Guillen
      Zoe Salnave
      Ernesto Sandoval
      Sabina Vajraca

    HBO Short Film Award

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    HBO Short Film Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        When the Sun Sets

      7.2 (105)
      Phumi Morare
    • [object Object]

        Mass Ave

      6.2 (107)
      Omar S. Kamara
    • [object Object]

        Cracked

      8.1 (88)
      Lin Que Ayoung
    • [object Object]

        Pure

      7.0 (107)
      Natalie Jasmine Harris
    • [object Object]

        The Snakes

      5.7 (55)
      Michelle Beck
    • [object Object]

        When the Sun Sets

      7.2 (105)
      Phumi Morare

    ABFF Jury Award

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    Best Director

    • Alanna Brown
      Winner
      • Alanna Brown
      • Trees of Peace
    • DeShon Hardy
      • DeShon Hardy
      • A Message from Brianna
    • Jussie Smollett
      • Jussie Smollett
      • B-Boy Blues
      • Malik Isasis
      • Bitter Sugar
    • Jeferson De
      • Jeferson De
      • Dr. Gama
    • Victor Alonso-Berbel
      Dagmawi Abebe
      Roy Arwas
      • Victor Alonso-Berbel
      • Dagmawi Abebe
      • Roy Arwas
      • Voodoo Macbeth
    • Variety Creative Impact Awards & 10 Directors To Watch, 34th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival
      • Kelley Kali
      • Angelique Molina
      • I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking)
    • Harold Jackson III
      • Harold Jackson III
      • Liam White: The Forgettable Life of Liam White
      • Thabo Khambule
      • Margarine
    • On set of "Homegoing"
      • Nicole Sylvester
      • Maya and Her Lover
      • Delmar Washington
      • Outsiders
    • Jessica Rae
      • Jessica Rae
      • Raise Your Hand
      • Lisbon Okafor
      • Ten-Cent Daisy

    Best Narrative Feature

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      Winner

        Trees of Peace

      6.6 (2.1K)
      Alanna Brown(producer)
      Ron Ray(produced by) (p.g.a.)
      Mike Bundlie(produced by)
      Barry Levine(produced by) (p.g.a.)
      Vicky Petela(producer) (p.g.a.)
      Brian Baniqued(producer)
      Jeffrey Spiegel(producer)
      RR Film Production
      Abstract Entertainment
      ABrownGirl Films
    • [object Object]

        A Message from Brianna

      3.3 (188)
    • [object Object]

        B-Boy Blues

      4.8 (834)
    • [object Object]

        Bitter Sugar

      8.4 (14)
    • [object Object]

        Dr. Gama

      7.2 (359)
      Jeferson De
    • [object Object]

        I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking)

      6.3 (383)
      Kelley Kali
      Angelique Molina
    • [object Object]

        Liam White: The Forgettable Life of Liam White

      7.8 (56)
    • [object Object]

        Margarine

      5.4 (140)
    • [object Object]

        Maya and Her Lover

      5.0 (156)
    • [object Object]

        Outsiders

      3.9 (458)
    • [object Object]

        Raise Your Hand

      7.7 (37)
    • [object Object]

        Ten-Cent Daisy

      6.4 (34)
    • [object Object]

        Voodoo Macbeth

      6.0 (153)

    Best Web Series

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      Winner

        True Story

      8.8 (21)
    • [object Object]

        Walking Forward

      8.8 (8)
      Tim Huebschle
      Collective Productions Namibia
    • [object Object]

        Art Broken

    • [object Object]

        Bald

    • [object Object]

        Click Next to Continue

      7.1 (10)
    • [object Object]

        Fade

    • [object Object]

        Indemnity

      7.2 (24)
    • [object Object]

        Last Bodega in Brooklyn

    • [object Object]

        Kontaxt

    • [object Object]

        Looking for Me

      7.4 (9)
    • [object Object]

        Maternally Yours

    • [object Object]

        Ms/Manage

      8.7 (12)
    • [object Object]

        No Church in the Wild: Act 1

    • [object Object]

        Owners

    • [object Object]

        Perfect

    • [object Object]

        QuaranDream!

    • [object Object]

        Second Hand

    • [object Object]

        Talia Versus

    • [object Object]

        Sidetracked

      4.9 (28)
    • [object Object]

        The Electrics

    • [object Object]

        The Hero of a Thousand Faces

    • [object Object]

        The Investment

    • [object Object]

        Witchsters

    • [object Object]

        The Secret Life of Muni Long

    • [object Object]

        Therapy

      7.9 (14)

    Documentary Features

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Neutral Ground

      7.9 (150)
      CJ Hunt
    • [object Object]

        Subjects of Desire

      6.6 (149)
      Jennifer Holness
      Hungry Eyes Film & Television
    • [object Object]

        100 Years from Mississippi

      8.1 (50)
      Tarabu Betserai Kirkland
    • [object Object]

        Anatomy of Wings

      8.1 (19)
      Kirsten D'Andrea Hollander
      Nikiea Redmond
    • [object Object]

        Big Chief, Black Hawk

      7.3 (17)
      Jonathan Isaac Jackson
    • [object Object]

        Little Satchmo

      7.5 (47)
      John Alexander
    • [object Object]

        Unzipped: An Autopsy of American Inequality

      6.9 (25)
      Colin K. Gray
    • [object Object]

        Why Is We Americans?

      7.0 (18)
      Udi Aloni
      Ayana Stafford-Morris

    John Singleton Award

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    Best First Feature

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      Winner

        Trees of Peace

      6.6 (2.1K)
      Alanna Brown

    Fan Favorite Movie

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      Winner

        Coffee

      Jordan Pitt
      Lee Mj Daley
      Nii Odartei Evans
      One Umbrella Productions
    • [object Object]

        Intolerance: No More

      4.2 (112)
      Sergio Guerrero(director)
      Yeniffer Behrens(producer)
      DeWayne Cox(producer)
      Veronica De Gregorio(producer)
      Leonardo Granados(producer)
      Xavier Grobet(producer)
      Felipe Kobeh(producer)
      Mauricio Mendoza(producer)
      Rolando Nichols(producer)
      Paulette Patterson(producer)
      IndiEye Productions
      True Form Films

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    Academy Awards, USAActor AwardsBAFTA AwardsBerlin International Film FestivalBFI London Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalCritics Choice AwardsDirectors Guild of America, USAFilm Independent Spirit AwardsGolden Globes, USAGrammy AwardsMumbai Film FestivalPGA AwardsPrimetime Emmy AwardsSundance Film FestivalSXSW Film FestivalToronto International Film FestivalTribeca Film FestivalVenice Film FestivalWriters Guild of America, USA

    Event location

    Los Angeles, California, USA

    Event links

    • http://www.abff.com/
    • http://www.heineken.com/usa/cc/mm/film/redstar_2008.html

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