{"id":34901,"date":"2025-02-18T16:56:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T21:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/?p=34901"},"modified":"2025-02-19T17:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T22:03:26","slug":"photos-from-the-7th-american-black-film-festival-honors-abff-honors-at-the-sls-hotel-beverly-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/photos-from-the-7th-american-black-film-festival-honors-abff-honors-at-the-sls-hotel-beverly-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos from the 7th American Black Film Festival Honors (ABFF Honors) at the SLS Hotel, Beverly Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-size: 20px; line-height:30px; text-align:center;\">Photos from the 7th American Black Film Festival Honors (ABFF Honors) at the SLS Hotel, Beverly Hills; Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Aaron Pierre, Giancarlo Esposito, Marla Gibbs, Anthony Mackie, Regina King, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Ava DuVernay, Aloe Blacc, Teyana Taylor &#038; More<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 20px; line-height:30px; text-align:center;\">DOWNLOAD PHOTOS <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/10Rh28q9GPQkxUbzTXutmFd035v1JAxnt?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>HERE<\/u><\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"col-md-10 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 center-col\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo-collage-top-2-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"L to R: Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Giancarlo Esposito\" width=\"900\" height=\"447\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo-collage-top-2-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo-collage-top-2-768x381.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo-collage-top-2-120x60.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo-collage-top-2-81x40.jpg 81w, https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo-collage-top-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo-collage-bottom-2-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"MIDDLE: Giancarlo Esposito, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jeff Friday, Marla Gibbs, Nicole Friday; BOTTOM L to R: Aaron Pierre, Teyana Taylor &amp; Aaron Pierre, Marla Gibbs &amp; Angela Gibbs\" width=\"900\" height=\"446\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo-collage-bottom-2-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo-collage-bottom-2-768x381.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo-collage-bottom-2-120x59.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo-collage-bottom-2-81x40.jpg 81w, https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo-collage-bottom-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12px; line-height:17px; padding:1px 10px 10px 10px; margin-bottom:20px; text-align:center;\">(TOP L to R: Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Giancarlo Esposito; <br \/>MIDDLE: Giancarlo Esposito, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jeff Friday, Marla Gibbs, Nicole Friday; <br \/>BOTTOM L to R: Aaron Pierre, Teyana Taylor &#038; Aaron Pierre, Marla Gibbs &#038; Angela Gibbs)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>WHEN:<br \/>\nMonday, February 17, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE:<br \/>\nSLS Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Beverly Hills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>WHO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><u>2025 ABFF Honors Honorees:<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Excellence in the Arts Award (Female)<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom:7px;\">\n<li>Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Excellence in the Arts Award (Male)<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom:7px;\">\n<li>Giancarlo Esposito<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Renaissance Award<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom:7px;\">\n<li>Keke Palmer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hollywood Legacy Award<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom:7px;\">\n<li>Marla Gibbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rising Star Award<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Aaron Pierre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><u>2025 ABFF Honors Presenters:<\/u><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Ava DuVernay (Presented to Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor)<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Mackie (Presented to Giancarlo Esposito)<\/li>\n<li>Boots Riley (Presented to Keke Palmer)<\/li>\n<li>Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Presented to Aaron Pierre)<\/li>\n<li>Regina King (Presented to Marla Gibbs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><u>Hosted By:<\/u><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Actress and comedian, Zainab Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><u>ABFF Honors Executive Producers:<\/u><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Jeff Friday, Founder and CEO, NICE CROWD<\/li>\n<li>Nicole Friday, President, NICE CROWD<\/li>\n<li>Suzanne de Passe, Co Chairman, de Passe Jones Entertainment Group<\/li>\n<li>Rikki Hughes, Executive Producer, Magic Lemonade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><u>ABFF Honors Guests:<\/u><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Aloe Blacc<\/li>\n<li>Boots Riley<\/li>\n<li>Brandon T. Jackson<\/li>\n<li>Charles D. King<\/li>\n<li>Cory Hardrict<\/li>\n<li>Dondr\u00e9 Whitfield<\/li>\n<li>Elise Neal<\/li>\n<li>Lance Gross<\/li>\n<li>Larenz Tate<\/li>\n<li>LisaRaye McCoy<\/li>\n<li>Loretta Devine<\/li>\n<li>Michael Jai White<\/li>\n<li>Salli Richardson Whitfield<\/li>\n<li>Teyana Taylor<\/li>\n<li>Tika Sumpter<\/li>\n<li>Vanessa Bell Calloway<\/li>\n<li>Yvette Nicole Brown<\/li>\n<li>Yvonne Orji<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ceremony also included a special tribute to the <strong>Altadena Black community<\/strong>, honoring its legacy, resilience, and rich cultural heritage with a special performance from Altadena supporter <strong>Aloe Blacc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABFF Honors<\/strong> is the American Black Film Festival\u2019s annual awards season gala dedicated to recognizing excellence in the motion picture and television industry. Founded in 2016, the ceremony pays tribute to Black artists who have made significant contributions to American entertainment through their work as well as those who champion diversity and inclusion in Hollywood. <\/p>\n<p>ABFF Honors stems from the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), founded by Jeff Friday in 1997, the leading festival of its kind showcasing Black storytelling. Since its inception, the ABFF has been dedicated to supporting Friday\u2019s conviction that Black artists deserve the same opportunities as their mainstream counterparts. Having premiered the work and encouraged the careers of many of today\u2019s most successful filmmakers and actors, the ABFF has become the standard-bearer of excellence for Black American creativity. <\/p>\n<p>ABFF Honors is executive produced by <strong>Nicole and Jeff Friday<\/strong> (NICE CROWD) in association with <strong>dePasse Jones Entertainment<\/strong> and <strong>Rikki Hughes<\/strong> (Magic Lemonade). Sponsors for the event include: <strong>Cadillac, Ally<\/strong> (Presenting), and <strong>Sony Pictures Entertainment, Fulton Films GA, Amazon MGM | Orion<\/strong> (Supporting), and <strong>SLS Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Beverly Hills<\/strong> (Industry) and <strong>California Film Commission <\/strong>(Contributing).<\/p>\n<p>For more information about ABFF Honors visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abffhonors.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.abffhonors.com<\/a>. Follow @AmericanBlackFilmFestival on Instagram and Facebook, and @ABFF on X.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>About NICE CROWD<\/strong><br \/>\nNICE CROWD is a Los Angeles-based live events company that develops and produces properties that showcase BIPOC culture and talent. The company&#8217;s flagship event is the American Black Film Festival, founded in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about NICE CROWD events, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicecrowd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.nicecrowd.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Media Contact:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:abff@ledecompany.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">abff@ledecompany.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"soliloquy-excerpt\">\n<div class=\"soliloquy-fc-date\">February 18, 2025<\/div>\n<div class=\"soliloquy-fc-teaser\">\n<p>Photos from the 7th American Black Film Festival Honors (ABFF Honors) at the SLS Hotel, Beverly Hills&#8230;..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":34904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[353],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34901"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34908,"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34901\/revisions\/34908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}