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ABFF Announces 2015 Dates & Host City
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17th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Culminates with the Announcement of the 2013 Award Winners
Highlights Included the HBO® Short Film Competition Winner, "A Different Tree, " and Second-Time ABFF Winner Stephen Lloyd Jackson's Latest Film "Sable Fable" which took High Honors for Best Director and Best Narrative Feature presented by Cadillac Nia Long, Nick...
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World Premiere of Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain to Close 17th Annual American Black Film Festival as Part of Festival’s Overall Official Line-up
"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete," Co-Executive Produced by GRAMMY® Award-Winner Alicia Keys, to Open the Festival and Ryan Coogler's Award-Winning "Fruitvale Station" to Serve as the Festival's Alumni Spotlight Screening NEW YORK, NY, June 4, 2013 - Today...
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Film Life’s 17th Annual American Black Film Festival Announces “A Conversation With” The Talented And Dynamic Regina King
NEW YORK, NY, May 1, 2013 - Film Life, Inc. today announced actress Regina King as the featured guest for "A Conversation With" at the 17th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF). This event, presented by American Airlines, is an...
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The 17th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Announces Finalists in The Comedy Wings Competition
FOUR EMERGING COMEDIANS WILL COMPETE FOR TOP SPOT AT ABFF IN JUNE NEW YORK, NY, April 22, 2013 - Film Life, Inc., producers of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), announced today the selection of the four finalists who competed...
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GMC TV Seeks Screenwriters for the Third Annual GMC Faith and Family Screenplay Competition at the American Black Film Festival
THREE FINALISTS WILL BE CHOSEN TO COMPETE FOR $5,000 GRAND PRIZE ATLANTA, March 25, 2013 - GMC TV, America's favorite channel for uplifting family entertainment, announced today that it is partnering with the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) on the...
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Concert Flick ‘Kevin Hart: LET ME EXPLAIN’ Will Make its National Premiere at the 17th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) as the Closing Night Film
NEW YORK, NY, March 8 2013 - Quickly establishing himself as the pulse of comedic entertainment, funny man Kevin Hart, will bring his threshold of jokes and laughter to the 17th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF). Film Life, Inc....
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The 17th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Partners With AMC Theatres® To Feature Distribution Deal For Narrative Feature Winner
NEW YORK, NY, March 4, 2013 - Film Life, Inc., the unyielding force behind the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), the premiere film festival for celebrating diversity in cinema, is excited to partner with AMC Theatres® to raise the stakes...
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