FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Corey "CJ" Jennings
(202) 409-7240
Urban Film Series
P.O. Box 6885, Alexandria, VA 22306
Press@UrbanFilmSeries.com, Click for UrbanFilmSeries.com
FIRST ANNUAL MALE EXHALE HITS NATION'S CAPITAL
AND BALTIMORE ON FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND
(Washington, DC -- May 29, 2008) Urban Film Series announced today that the nation's First Annual Father's Day Weekend Male Exhale will be held on June 13th, at Baltimore's Lyric Opera House and on June 15th at D.C.'s historic Lincoln Theatre. The event includes a panel discussion, the African-American Film Critics Association's Top Two Independent Films, Tim Alexander's Diary of A Tired Black Man (top independent) and Janks Morton's What Black Men Think (top documentary), and a special guest appearance by Celebrity author Jewel Woods (Don't Blame It On Rio: The Real Deal Why Men Go To Brazil for S-e-x) which was recently featured in Essence and Ebony magazines. Tickets range from $18.50 to $27.50, and are available at theatre box offices, TicketMaster.com, and all local TicketMaster locations. Proceeds of the event will be used to fund Next Generation Awareness Foundation's ("NGAF") "Generation Next" children's film and education festival and NGAF's Health and Wellness Film Festival.
Filmmakers Tim Alexander and Janks Morton and author Jewel Woods are available for interviews and will be on-hand at the event to sign copies of their works. Members of the press should contact Urban Film Series at Press (at) UrbanFilmseries.com or (202) 409-7240 with any press requests.
About The Urban Film Series
The Urban Film Series is a programmatic arm of NGAF, a 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is connect urban communities with history and progressive cinema, and provide exposure of the arts and the motion picture industry to many communities across the United States. The Urban Film Series also produces the annual Black Docs Film Series, Urban Film Series Tour, and Black History Month Film & Discussion Series, and has received well over 700 films from across the world for its various film-related programs.
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Who: Urban Film Series
What: First Annual Male Exhale featuring - What Black Men Think (30 minute version)
- Panel Discussion, Q&A and Presentation by filmmakers Tim Alexander, Janks Morton, and Celebrity Author and Gender Analyst, Jewel Woods (30 minutes)
- Diary of A Tired Black Man (feature length)
- Book-Signing and Films Available Throughout
Where/When: June 13th, 7pm start, Lyric Opera House, 140 West Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Where/When: June 15th, 5pm start, Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U Street, NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20009
Tickets: $18.50 to $27.50, and are available at theatre box offices, TicketMaster.com, and all local TicketMaster locations.
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 About DIARY OF A TIRED BLACK MAN
Diary of A Tired Black Man, features Jimmy Jean-Louis (NBC's Heroes, Mo'Nique's Phat Girlz), Natasha M. Dixon, Shavsha Israel & Little Cierra Lockett, is a simple story about the complex relationships between black men and black women. It follows the life and relationships of a successful black man as he tries to find a happy place to rest his heart. He is constantly challenged by the anger he finds in the women he dates, including his wife, from whom he divorces, and the other women he tries to date after her. Drama! Drama! Drama!
Nearly a year ago the top-rated trailer to the film hit the internet and was viewed by millions of viewers, all of whom have waited with high anticipation to see the film that would follow. For more information, visit CastleStudio.net/tbm
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 About What Black Men Think
Filmmaker Janks Morton, recently featured on C-SPAN, Michael Baisden, Russ Parr, and Tony Brown's Journal, takes an in-depth view of how myths, stereotypes and misrepresentations render black men non-necessities in their communities and families. Proclaimed as the most provocative Black film since "ROOTS", Morton examines the role that myths, stereotypes and misperceptions have played in Black relationships, and how misinformation is perpetuated and further marginalizes the role of Black men in society. Click here or visit WhatBlackMenThink.com for more on Morton and his work.
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About Jewel Woods
Author and gender analyst, Jewel Woods is America's top new black author. Recently featured in Essence and on the May 2008 cover of Ebony magazine, Woods, makes a Special Guest Appearance to take questions, present and SIGN his new book that blew the top off America's best kept secret. Click here or visit JewelWoods.com to learn more about Woods and his Renassaince Male Project, a midWest multi-cultural & multi-issue progressive men's organization. |
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