4th Annual Film & Discussion Series

Friday February 9th - Self Power and Creativity
5:30pm - 11:00pm @ Regal Cinema Gallery Place
707 7th Sreet, N.W. (Gallery Pl-Chinatown Metro Station)

Session 1: Authors Row (5:30pm - 6:50pm)

Introduction and Conversation with Author, Poet and NBA Player Etan Thomas of the Washington Wizards
Introduction and Book-Signings by Authors

Etan Thomas signing More Than an Athlete: Poems by Etan Thomas (2005)
Curtis C. Robinson signs A Pilot's Journey: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman
Hotep, a/k/a, Hustle Simmons signing The Hustler's 10 Commandments
On Behalf of the Black Arts Spoken Word Tour

Maurice Henderson signs Our Daddies Are Home, Smile on Your Brother and If He Hollers Will You Hear Him
Antonio Curtis signs On Top of The World

NOTE: Several Spoken Word Artists from Prior Evening Will Be On Hand with CDs and DVDs

Session 2: Moments with Melvin Van Peebles (7:00pm - 8:50pm)

Feature Film: How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) (2005) (New York, NY, USA) (Regional Premiere)
Melvin Van Peebles, Legendary Writer, Journalist, Director, Composer, Musician, and Producer, Credited with the Start of the Blaxploitation Era, Receives NGAF's Spiritual Legacy Award
Brief Words from Melvin Van Peebles.

Session 3: Revisiting Blaxploitation and Hippy-ism - Snoop Dogg Film Premiere (9:10pm - 11:00pm)

Feature Film: The Tenants (2005) (New York, NY, USA, featuring Snoop Dogg) (Regional Premiere)
Q&A with Director and Baltimore, MD's own, Danny Green (Feature Debut)

Saturday February 10th: Listen Up!
12:00pm - 8:00pm @ Regal Cinema Gallery Place
** All Sessions Will Begin And End Immediately **

Session 1: And A Child Shall
12:00pm - 1:45pm

Short Film: All Falls Down (2002) (New York, NY, USA)
Short Film: A Memoir to My Former Self (2004) (Miami, FL, USA)
Short Film: Antonio's Breakfast (2005) (United Kingdom) (Regional Premiere)
Short Film: Sister (2005) (United Kingdom) (Regional Premiere)
Short Film: Schooling Baltimore Street (2005) (Baltimore, MD, USA) (DC Premiere)
Short Film: Gangbreaker (2005) (United Kingdom) (Regional Premiere)
Acknowledgement of Filmmakers and Production Companies in Attendence

Session 2: The Village or The Family
1:50pm - 3:10pm

Short Film: Testify (2006) (New York, NY, USA) (Regional Premiere)

Short Film: I'd Rather Be Dancing (2005) (Los Angeles, CA, USA) (DC Premiere)

Short Film: The Meeting (2005) (New York, NY) (Regional Premiere)

Brief Q&A with Filmmakers Jeremiah Jahi and Darius Clark Monroe, and producer Tiffany Achane

Session 3: Film and Discussion
3:30pm - 6:25pm

Short Film: Remember (2003)(Los Angeles, CA, USA) (Regional Premiere)
Yvette Freeman, singer, director, and noted actress, receives NGAF's Spiritual Legacy Award
Yvette Freeman discusses her life and times
Feature Film: Independent, Doin' Major Things (2006) (Atlanta, GA, USA) (DC Premiere)
Panel: Making it In The Industry

Yvette Freeman
Hip Hop Filmmaker, Tim Greene
Hotep, a/k/a, Hustle Simmons
Dominique & Tupac a/k/a Mad Power Unit
Jeannie Jones, WKYS

Panel: Stories of the Civil Rights Movement

Black Panther Party
Original Tuskegee Airman, Curtis C. Robinson
Early Integration of Schools: The Webster Family
The Journalist Perspective: Michael Lydon, Articles and Coverage from 1964-1965
Mississippi Burning: Being White and Working for SNCC in the 1960s

Session 4: That Music
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Feature Film: Finally Sayin' What I Really Mean (2006) (Atlanta, GA, USA) (Regional Premiere)
Brief Q&A with filmmaker Monique Woods

Saturday February 10th - Closing Night After-Affair
9:00pm - Until @ Bohemian Caverns, 2001 Eleventh Street, N.W.

Celebrity DJs
Blue Light Jam Level
Jazz Jam
Late Night Brunch
Hosted by Filmmakers, Actors, Actresses, Industry Persons and the Urban Film Series Team

Sunday February 11th - Theatre Night
7:30pm - 11:00pm @ Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth Street, S.W. (Waterfront-SEU Metro Station)

August Wilson's Gem Of The Ocean
Featuring Joseph Marcel
Exclusive Urban Film Series Meet 'n' Greet with Cast
Get Your Discounted Urban Film Series Tickets from the Ticketing Page

Wednesday February 7th - The Prelude
7:00pm - 11:00pm @ Landmark E Street Cinema
555 11th Street, N.W. (Metro Center Metro Station)
** Sessions Will Begin Immediately **

Session 1: Do You Remember? (7:00pm - 8:35pm)

Welcome, Statement of Series Goals, Session Introduction - NGAF Team and Filmmakers
Short Film: The More Things Change (2005) (Bedford Hills, NY, USA)
Feature Film: July '64 (2004) (Rochester, NY, USA) (Rare Screening)
Short Film: Endangered Species (2005) (Alto Mount Springs, Florida, USA) (Regional Premiere)
Q&A with Filmmakers, Producers and Directors: Quantae Love, Carvin Eison, Christine Christopher, Matt LoGuercio, Chandan Gupta

Session 2: Only If: The Jazz Possibilities (8:45pm - 11:00pm)

Welcome Filmmakers
Feature Film: Denis A. Charles: An Interrupted Conversation (2002) (New York, NY, USA) (DC Premiere)
Feature Film: The Edification of Weldon Irvine (1979, 2003) (Metro Manila, Philippines) (Regional Premiere)

Thursday February 8th - Jazz, Poetry, Mingling and Film
6:00pm - 11:00pm @ Bohemian Caverns
2001 Eleventh Street, N.W. (U St/Afr-Am Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro Station)

Welcome Hour Networking Jam - Music, Mingling, and Welcome from Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia
Acknowledgement of Actors, Actresses and Filmmakers in Attendance: Jim McGorman (A Taste of Nate)
Roy Ayers, Legendary Jazz Musician, Receives NGAF's Spiritual Legacy Award
Roy Ayers, Special and Exclusive CD Signing
Jazz Poetry Fusion Tribute to Roy Ayers w/ National Spoken Word Artists and Celebrity Slam Poets, Including:

Etan Thomas of Harlem, NY and the NBA's Washington Wizards
Brothas Keepa of Memphis, TN
Traci Meister of Columbus, OH
Nathan James of Pittsburgh, PA
Joseph "CHURCH'daPoet" Churchwell, III of Raleigh, NC
On Behalf of the National Black Arts Spoken Word Tour
- Eric Christopher Webb of Maryland
- Dr. Maurice Henderson of Philadelphia, PA
Glynis M. Boyd of Richmond, VA
E. Joyce Moore of Indianapolis, IN
Black Knight, Spoken Word Recording Artist of "Floetry"
Cali Starks of Atlanta, GA
Seth Washington
Michelle A. "LOVE Da Poet"

Nelson

Edwin Wilson a.k.a. Future of Flint, MI; and others

Short Films Throughout the Evening:

Mandrill Live At Montreux 2002 (2006) (Los Angeles, CA, USA) (Regional Premiere)
May This Be Love (2006) (Kansas City, MO, USA) (Regional Premiere)
The Roots (2005) (New York, NY, USA) (Regional Premiere)
Bongo Barbershop (2006) (New York, NY, USA) (Regional Premiere)
A Taste of Nate (2006) (Ardmore, PA, USA) (Regional Premiere)