The lineup for the 23rd annual Urbanworld Film Festival was announced Friday, with Tony-award winning broadway actor Cynthia Erivo and Emmy award-winning director Roger Ross Williams making appearances at the event, which is geared towards representing and celebrating diverse, international voices in film, music videos, television, screenplays and shorts.
Director and co-writer Kasi Lemmons will open the festival Sept 18 with her Focus Features biopic “Harriet,” following the influential life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman who led slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Following the screening, star Erivo, Lemmons and executive producers Debra Martin Chase and Daniela Taplin Lundberg will discuss the film with CBS This Morning Saturday’s Michelle Miller moderating. Lemmons is this year’s festival ambassador.
Other notable films include HBO’s documentary “The Apollo,” which features archival footage to chronicle the history of Harlem’s landmark venue the Apollo Theater. A Q&a with director Williams and...
Director and co-writer Kasi Lemmons will open the festival Sept 18 with her Focus Features biopic “Harriet,” following the influential life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman who led slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Following the screening, star Erivo, Lemmons and executive producers Debra Martin Chase and Daniela Taplin Lundberg will discuss the film with CBS This Morning Saturday’s Michelle Miller moderating. Lemmons is this year’s festival ambassador.
Other notable films include HBO’s documentary “The Apollo,” which features archival footage to chronicle the history of Harlem’s landmark venue the Apollo Theater. A Q&a with director Williams and...
- 8/30/2019
- by Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
Scheme is sponsored by Disney.
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has announced the six participants for the 2019 edition of its Diverse Directors Workshop, sponsored by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK.
The six participants are:
Abena Taylor-Smith Amelia Hashemi Chloe Pope John Ogunmuyiwa Nichola Wong Olivia Hetreed
The programme aims to increase the number of women, people from Bame backgrounds and people with disabilities working in screen directing.
All the participants are working professionally in screen directing. They will take part in a two-day introductory session on January 12 and 13, following by training in narrative filmmaking in...
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has announced the six participants for the 2019 edition of its Diverse Directors Workshop, sponsored by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK.
The six participants are:
Abena Taylor-Smith Amelia Hashemi Chloe Pope John Ogunmuyiwa Nichola Wong Olivia Hetreed
The programme aims to increase the number of women, people from Bame backgrounds and people with disabilities working in screen directing.
All the participants are working professionally in screen directing. They will take part in a two-day introductory session on January 12 and 13, following by training in narrative filmmaking in...
- 1/11/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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