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2020 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS WITH CELEBRATION OF WINNING FILMS AND FILMMAKERS VIA ‘THE BEST OF THE ABFF AWARDS’

August 31, 2020

STACEY ABRAMS, KENYA BARRIS, MARY J. BLIGE, CURTIS ’50 CENT’ JACKSON, BARRY JENKINS, GABRIELLE UNION, LENA WAITHE AND MORE TOPLINE PROGRAMMING SLATE FOR 2020 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

August 6, 2020

AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FILM SLATE FOR 2020 VIRTUAL FESTIVAL

July 23, 2020

AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL GOES VIRTUAL

June 11, 2020

AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL POSTPONED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

March 24, 2020

MARY J. BLIGE TO SERVE AS 2020 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL AMBASSADOR

March 3, 2020

SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR 2020 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL’S HBO SHORT FILM COMPETITION

December 12, 2019

ACTOR AND COMEDIAN DEON COLE TO HOST THE 2020 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL HONORS ON FEBRUARY 23 IN LOS ANGELES

November 19, 2019

SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE ACQUIRES OBJECTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS FROM THE AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

October 10, 2019

FIRST AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL GLOBAL FILM SERIES EVENT IN LONDON IS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS

October 2, 2019

THE AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2020 DATES AND CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS

September 27, 2019

ACADEMY AWARD® AND BAFTA NOMINATED NAOMIE HARRIS SET TO OPEN THE AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL’S FIRST EVER GLOBAL FILM SERIES

September 25, 2019

THE AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT, LAUNCHES ABFF GLOBAL FILM SERIES IN LONDON

August 28, 2019

SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS WITH THE AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL ON ITS “ABFF 365” DIVERSITY INITIATIVE

August 26, 2019

THE 2019 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS WITH DIVERSE SLATE OF WINNING FILMS CONTENT CREATORS AND HISTORIC MOMENTS

June 17, 2019

THE GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU (GMCVB) AND THE AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL PARTNER FOR ANNUAL COMMUNITY DAY SHOWCASE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 16

June 6, 2019

THE AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THE 2019 EMERGING DIRECTORS AND MUSIC IN MOTION SHOWCASE SELECTIONS

May 20, 2019

THE SLATE OF FILMS IN COMPETITION ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2019 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

May 10, 2019

THE 2019 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS LINEUP OF PANELS, CONVERSATIONS AND SPOTLIGHT SCREENINGS

May 8, 2019

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 7TH ANNUAL ABFF COMEDY WINGS COMPETITION

April 17, 2019

THE ‘ABOUT WOMEN’ GLOBAL INITIATIVE LAUNCHES AS A PANEL AT THE 2019 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

March 20, 2019

THE SOCIAL IMPACT SHOWCASE, A SECTION DEDICATED TO SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS FILMS, LAUNCHES AT THE 2019 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

February 13, 2019

NEW LINE CINEMA’S “SHAFT” SELECTED AS THE OPENING NIGHT FILM AT THE 2019 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

February 5, 2019

ACTRESS/PRODUCER LA LA ANTHONY WILL SERVE AS THE 2019 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL AMBASSADOR

January 25, 2019

FILM SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR THE 2019 AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

January 24, 2019