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| PBI Film Festival Presents First Urban Day |
provider writes, "The Palm Beach International Film Festival announced today as part of their 2006 lineup a special Urban Day on Friday, April 21. The Fest is a day long presentation of documentaries and feature films paying tribute to African American filmmakers and films.
Films will begin at 1 pm at Muvico Parisian 20 at CityPlace and continue through the last presentation at 10 pm. Red carpet celebrity arrivals will be throughout the day. Celebrities and filmmakers attending the Mini-Fest will be announced in the coming weeks. Admission to each film is regular theater admission. Local sponsors for Urban Day are B106.3 and X 103.1."
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Urban Day Schedule of Films:
Arthur Ashe! A Celebration of Life: This documentary film takes you through the life of tennis great, humanitarian, activist, the incomparable Arthur Ashe. From his bouts with racism as a child, this fight against apartheid and his battle with AIDS.
Crossover: Since the 1992 Olympic Dream Team, basketball has delivered American music and fashion around the world. The film blends spoken poetry, world music and stunning imagery to reveal a unique perspective on how sports can unify humankind. Narrated by hip-hop pioneer Chuck D, executive producers are Magic Johnson and Penny Marshall in association with Nike.
Music Is My Life; Politics My Mistress: A documentary on the life of Oscar Brown, Jr., an American icon, whose many accomplishments as a musician, writer, playwright, and civil and social activist have the power to change a generation. This film on Mr. Brown will document his tremendous, yet largely recognized contributions to not only the black community, but to our society at large.
The Pact: The Pact is a powerful, feature-length documentary on the lives of three African-American men from inner-city Newark, New Jersey, who vowed to become doctors and against all odds succeeded. The movie chronicles the three doctors as they fight to spread the word to inspire other inner-city children to stay out of gangs and use education to escape from their urban nightmare.
Trials of Darryl Hunt, The: North Carolina, 1984. A brutal murder leaves a white woman dead, and a young black man accused. This exclusive portrait of a harrowing wrongful conviction offers a provocative and haunting examination of a community- and a criminal justice system- subject to racial bias and tainted by fear.
Turntable: Turntable is about DJ Spyder, a lonely, moody DJ hiding out at the local nightclub. What no one knows is that Spyder's brothers are back in town and about to botch a deal their locked up father set up.
Unseen, The: An African-American man returns home and must confront a secret he shares with his former best friend, a white confederate-raised man.
The 11th annual Palm Beach International Film Festival will be held April 20-28 at various venues throughout Palm Beach County. PBIFF is a not for profit 501(3)(c) charity dedicated to improving educational programs in Palm Beach County high schools, community colleges and universities. Proceeds raised each year go to Palm Beach County schools to provide new technologies for optimal learning in the forms of grants and scholarships. For more information, visit www.pbifilmfest.org or call 561.362.0003.
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Posted on Mar 24, 2006 10:52am.
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