From the COVID-19 crisis to the Black Lives Matter movement, the events of 2020 are having a tremendous impact on filmmakers, filmmaking, and the future. So, what’s next?
Join NYFA’s Film Festival Club President Jumanah el Shabazz and African Black American Film Society (ABA) President LaDerrian Meredith for a conversation with diversity specialists, festival directors, and film programmers about how young Black filmmakers and film festivals are shaping this time in US history and the future of film.
Panelists include: CR Capers - Founder & Director, Hip Hop Film Festival Amber Espinosa-Jones - Manager, Outreach & Inclusion Department, Sundance Institute Yolonda Brinkley - Creator, Diversity in Cannes Kimberly SIngleton - Curator and Advisory Board Member, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival
Moderated by: Jumanah el Shabazz - MFA Filmmaking Candidate, President of Film Festival Club LaDerrian Meredith - MFA Filmmaking Candidate, President of the African Black American Film Society
Presented by: Crickett Rumley - Director, Film Festival Department Terah Jackson and Kimberly Ogletree - Faculty Advisors, African Black American Film Society
