• The 2nd annual Greater Cleveland Urban Festival is the entertainment industry’s networking event of the year! The red carpet rolls out April 18-21, 2013 at Shaker Square Cinema and will once again showcase feature films, shorts, documentaries, celebrity guests and more. Read More +
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  • The 2nd annual Greater Cleveland Urban Festival is the entertainment industry’s networking event of the year! The red carpet rolls out April 18-21, 2013 at Shaker Square Cinema and will once again showcase feature films, shorts, documentaries, celebrity guests and more. Read More +
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Elza Awarded Paul Robeson Award

Feature film Elza awarded the Paul Robeson Award for Best Film of the Diaspora at FESPACO 2013
Filmmaker Mariette Monpierre's touching feature film Elza was awarded the Paul Robeson Award for Best Film of the Diaspora at the largest film festival in Africa ...

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  • Soul Food Junkies

    By Byron Hurt
    Acclaimed filmmaker Byron Hurt asks whether Soul Food is nurturing or destroying the African American community.
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  • Things Never Said

    By Charles Murray
    Haunted by dreams deferred and a dangerous marriage, this Los Angelean yearns of bringing her poetry to New York.
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  • Elza

    By Mariette Monpierre
    A touching story of Elza who runs away to her native Guadeloupe in search of a distant childhood memory
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  • You Laugh But It's True

    By David Paul Meyer
    In the world of stand-up comedy in South Africa, comedian Trevor Noah creates material from his experiences during apartheid as he prepares for the biggest show of his life
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  • Against the Grain

    By Elias Mael
    Isaiah Johnson, an inner-city kid from Oakland, California, has an opportunity to attend anElite University. In his first year of college, he struggles to maintain his grades, attempts to remain loyal to his troubled childhood friends
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  • Trial of Ben Barry

    By Shea E. Butler
    The Trial of Ben Barry explores the reunion of an estranged father and son after twenty years. The son, in and out of prison his whole life but now a changed man, returns home to help his elderly
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  • Still Time

    By Joanna Sokolowski
    California houses one of the largest female prison populations in the country. As the number of inmates continues to grow, previously incarcerated women must transition back into society
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  • Nostalgia

    By Johnnie Hobbs, III
    Nostalgia”, tells the story of, Mr. Gabe Robinson, a living legend that struggles to hold onto his music and his muse, wife, Helen Robinson, despite the fervent opposition and resentment of his son
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  • The Bluest Note

    By Marques Green
    Before losing his singing voice, Tony Mann was a well-respected recording artist. While hopeful for a change in his condition, he is silently slipping into a state of depression.
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  • Secrets

    By Mike Berry
    Four friends reunite after ten years. The plan...drinks, poker, and catching up on old times. But old wounds are soon re-opened, and secrets of the past are revealed, setting the stage for lies...betrayal...and murder. Secrets...can you keep one?
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  • A Gracious Tip

    By Stephon J. Davis
    A middle aged African-American couple goes out to a restaurant to celebrate success and enjoy each others company when they encounter a rude waiter that judges them on the color of their skin as oppose to the content
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  • Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote

    By David C. Snyder
    On the eve of graduating top of her class in high school, Chariote Lowe witnesses the unthinkable: the cold blooded murder of her best friend Shannon. The shock of this horrible event splits her psyche ...
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