The Black Women Film Summit kicked off last night with the opening of Centric’s Single Ladies at the Spelman College’s Cosby Auditorium. Hosted by Stacii Jae and Lamman Rucker, along with Black Women Film Network chairman and Attorney Donald Woodard, the three went on to welcome the festival attendees.
Additional attendees at the event were VH1’s Sorority Sisters’ stars Adrene Ashford, April McRae, Priyanka Banks, Metoya Monroe, Beautii Joseph, WE TV’s Cutting It In The ATL star Maja Sly, and actress Judi Blair.
The film summit continues today with the “Untold Stories Luncheon,” which is a waster class by actress Charity Jordan.
Check out more photos and The Black Women Film Summit’s full itinerary below:
FRI 3/6
8:00AM – 12:00PM- Registration: Atlanta Marriott Marquis – 265 Peachtree Center Ave, Atlanta GA 30303
9:00AM – 10:00AM – Master Class presented by Charity Jordan (Selma)
10:30AM – 2:00PM “Untold Stories” Luncheon – Honoring Will Packer, Robi Reed, Lamman Rucker, Logan Browning, Shante Bacon, Tia Powell, Tomika DePriest, Georgia Production Partnership
Hosted by comedian Jonathan Slocumb
Red Carpet – 10:30AM – 11:30AM
Luncheon – 11:30AM – 2:00PM
3:00PM – 4:15PM – REEL Sista Talk |Moderator: Denise Hendricks
· Traci Blackwell (SVP, Current Programming, The CW Network)
· Connie Orlando (SVP Specials, Music and News, BET Networks)
· Shante Bacon (Founder, 135th Street Agency)
· Robi Reed (VP, Talent & Casting, BET Networks)
4:30PM – 5:15PM – The New Deal |Moderator: Jasmin Goodman
· Angela Northington (SVP, Urban Movie Channel)
· Alonzo Llorens (Attorney, Gordon & Rees)
· Bernard Coleman (Attorney, The Coleman Law Firm)
SAT 3/7
8:00AM – 10:00AM – Registration: Camille Cosby Auditorium at Spelman College
10:00AM – 11:00PM – “The YBF” (Young, Black & Filming) |Moderator: Alexa Harris
· Nneka Onurah (Director, The Same Difference)
· Judi Blair (Actress, Magic Mike XXL)
· Emcee N.I.C.E (Creator, Da Jammies)
· Gabrielle Fulton (Director, Ir/Reconcilable)
12:00PM – 2:00PM – “Black Women Book Festival” – featuring NAACP Image Award-Winning author Pamela Samuels Young | Spelman College
12:00PM – 6:00PM – Multiple Film Screenings | Spelman College
· 12pm – 12:50pm – Rapunzel Jackson (42 mins) – Camille Hanks Cosby Auditorium w/Film maker Q&A
· 1pm – 1:45pm – New Heights (38 mins) episodic web series – Camille Hanks Cosby Auditorium
· 1:55 pm – 2:15 pm – Grey (8 mins) – Camille Hanks Cosby Aud. w/Filmmaker Q&A
· 2:10pm – 2:50pm (LLC) – Untold (17 mins) w/Filmmaker Q & A – Lower Level Cosby
· 2:25pm – 2:45pm – In the Last Days (3 mins) – Camille Hanks Cosby Aud. w/Filmmaker Q&A (BWFN Founder Sheryl Gripper’s choreopoem)
· 2:55pm -3:30pm – Hands to the Sky (16 mins) – Camille Hanks Cosby Auditorium
· 3pm – 3:35pm (LLC) – Bristol Place (10 mins) w/Filmmaker Q & A – Lower Level Cosby
· 3:45pm – 4pm – Your Love (7 mins) – w/Filmmaker Q&A Camille Hanks Cosby Auditorium
· 4pm – 6pm (LLC) – The Productive Lie (1:44 mins) w/Filmmaker Q&A – Lower Level Cosby
· 4:15pm – 5:15pm (Student Films) – Black Girl in Paris (20 mins) and Q.U.E.E.N. (16 mins) – Camille Hanks Cosby Auditorium w/Student Filmmaker Q&A
7:00PM – 10:00PM – Closing Night – Honoring 40th Anniversary of MAHOGANY | Performance by V. Bozeman
TIME Restaurant & Lounge – 793 Juniper St, Atlanta GA 30308
For more info, visit www.blackfilmsummit.org.
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