Best Audience Favorite At 2010 PAFF Soul Diaspora tells the compelling story of seven characters living in Los Angeles, trying to find a sense of belonging, identity and connection. The $20,000 debut film of the now 25-year old Nigerian filmmaker Odera Ozoka is a beautifully crafted, socially relevant, dark art-house tragedy. The journey of an [...]
P R O G R A M Tuesday, April 20, 2010 OPENING NIGHT GALA Egyptian Theater, 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 6:00 PM – Reception (Catering by Turek; bar by Krol Vodka & Mascarade) 8:00 PM – Opening of the Festival – Zbigniew Banas (MC) Presentation of Awards Screening of THE CHILDREN OF IRENA [...]
 PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER SILVER SCREEN THEATER 8687 MELROSE AVENUE. WEST HOLLYWOOD. CA. 90069 SATURDAY, MARCH 27TH / 2010 SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCE BY AWARD WINNING - NABTRY INTL CULTURAL DANCERS Special guest Comedian host WAMILELE  EVENT STARTS 6PM PROMPT Tickets -$20 Movie Screening + comedy + Nabtry Intl. cultural dance performance – http://www.myspace.com/nabtriculturaldancers  [...]
18th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival Opens With World Premiere Of ‘Blood Done Sign My Name’ LOS ANGELES, CA – The Pan African Film and Arts Festival (PAFF), America’s largest and most prestigious Black film and arts festival, hosted the world premiere of Blood Done Sign My Name as their Opening Night feature [...]
America’s Largest and Most Prestigious Black Film Festival to Kick Off February 10 LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Pan African Film and Arts Festival (PAFF), America’s largest and most prestigious Black film and arts festival, has announced CCH Pounder as its 2010 Celebrity Host. Taking place February 10-17 in Los Angeles at the Culver Plaza [...]
IJE the Journey is a Nigerian film starring Genevieve Nnaji and Omotola Jalade Ekeinde. Chineze Anyaene is the director and producer of IJE. The young Nigerian filmmaker is determined to change the face of Nollywood. For the past 15 years films have been made in Nigeria and according to sources familiar with their process, production [...]
Director/Screenwriter/Producer Dr. M. Fonkijom Fusi, immigrant from West Africa redefines film making in telling African stories Dr. Martin Fusi is a screenwriter, director, producer based in Los Angeles. Until June 2009, Dr. Martin F. Fusi was a Professor at the College of William and Mary (America’s second oldest University, and one of its most prestigious) [...]
We all remember that little catchy tune “Kiss the Rain” that inundated the airwaves around the world back in the late 1990s! Well, after a seven-year hiatus, the prodigiously talented British singer/songwriter BILLIE MYERS is back with her latest music gem “Tea and Sympathy” and is already making a lot of noise! Officially dropping on [...]
The breakthrough film, LIFE OUTSIDE OF PEARL tells the story of a lower middle-class Haitian-American family and their struggles to assimilate while trying to maintain their ethnic identity and culture. Written, directed and produced by independent filmmaker Desarmes, LIFE OUTSIDE OF PEARL, was a five-year labor of love for the young filmmaker. He honored his homeland by using the country’s nickname “Pearl†in the movie’s title. Because of the island’s beauty, Haiti has been called “The Pearl of the Caribbean.†“The world needs to see Haiti in new light,†says Desarmes.
Based on a true story In 21st century West Africa, a young girl Delit finds her world falling apart as she discovers that she is pregnant and forced by her boyfriend to commit abortion. An ordeal that leaves her half unconscious and lying in a pool of blood. Her boyfriend who flees the scene leaving [...]
