American Black Film Festival 2010

The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) took place this past weekend and I had the pleasure of attending. The festival is dedicated to strengthening the Black filmmaking community through resource sharing, education, artistic collaboration and career development. The festival offered me the chance to network with those of similar interest and passion for the art of film making. It also served as motivation after watching the HBO Short Film Competition. If you get a chance to check out the shorts make sure you don’t miss out on the opportunity. The titles for the shorts are:

If I Leap
Moth
Say Grace Before Drowning
Stag and Doe
The Cycle

I also got to watch the movie “Takers” which is a must see. The cast includes Chris Brown, T.I, Idris Elba, and others. Make sure you look out for Spike Lee follow up to When The Levees Broke which airs on HBO in August

HBO Short Film Competition

Silent Auction For Miami Heart Gallery

Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the silent auction for the Miami Heart Gallery. The Heart Gallery is a series of traveling photographic and multimedia exhibits created to find forever families for children in foster care. The Heart Gallery of America is a collaborative project of over 120 Heart Galleries across the United States (and growing) designed to increase the number of adoptive families for children needing homes in our community. The Heart Gallery model is being replicated in many communities across the country.

A friend of mine (Leonette) reached out to me asking I would like to participate by donating one of my photographs for the auction. I agreed and donated my photographed titled “Change.” Change was captured back in 2008 at one of Barack Obama rallies that I attended. I’m not sure who the final bid went to but I do hope they enjoy the image as much as I do. Change will be a limited edition print. If you would like a print for your own personal collection feel free to contact me.

A change we can believe in.

You too can volunteer or donate by visiting there website at http://www.miamiheartgallery.org