AFFRM Coordinates 40+ Black Filmmakers To Taking Over Twitter TomorrowPosted by Wilson Morales
May 26, 2015
Tomorrow and for the second consecutive year, African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (AFFRM) will unite 40+ black feature filmmakers to interact with film lovers and raise awareness for AFFRM’s 2015 Rebel membership drive called Array Releasing. AFFRM + ARRAY’s amplifies varied voice and visions in film and is currently in the middle of a member drive at www.arrayaction.com.
Utilizing the #ARRAY hashtag, filmmakers will tweet in a 12-hour long conversation to further and foster varied voices and visions in cinema. Filmmakers from far and wide are standing with AFFRM + ARRAY from hot festival favorites like Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station) and Rick Famiyuwa (Dope) to studio stalwarts like Tyler Perry (For Colored Girls), Gina Prince-Bythewood (Beyond The Lights) and Malcolm Lee (The Best Man) to filmmaking legends like Euzhan Palcy (A Dry White Season), Haile Gerima (Sankofa) and Julie Dash (Daughters of Dust).
This Twitter takeover will be hosted by AFFRM founder and SELMA director Ava DuVernay. Each filmmaker will take questions from fans on Twitter to shed light on their talent of filmmakers of color and the need for diversity in cinema.
This unprecedented online gathering of filmmakers of color on Twitter will be hosted by AFFRM Founder and filmmaker Ava DuVernay (SELMA):
Anthony Hemingway (RED TAILS)
Ayoka Chenzira (ALMA’S RAINBOW)
Barry Jenkins (MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY)
Charles Murray (THINGS NEVER SAID)
Christine Swanson (ALL ABOUT US)
Dawn Porter (GIDEON’S ARMY)
Debbie Allen (STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY)
DeMane Davis (LIFT)
Euzhan Palcy (DRY WHITE SEASON)
George Tillman, Jr. (SOUL FOOD)
Gina Prince-Bythewood (BEYOND THE LIGHTS)
Haile Gerima (SANKOFA)
John Singleton (BOYZ N THE HOOD)
Julie Dash (DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST)
Justin Simien (DEAR WHITE PEOPLE)
Kasi Lemmons (EVE’S BAYOU)
Kent Faulcon (SISTER’S KEEPER)
Marta Cunningham (VALENTINE ROAD)
Malcolm D. Lee (THE BEST MAN)
Matthew Cherry (THE LAST FALL)
Nailah Jefferson (VANISHING PEARLS)
Neema Barnette (WOMEN THOU ART LOOSED)
Patrik-Ian Polk (PUNKS)
Pete Chatmon (PREMIUM)
Rashaad Ernesto Green (GUN HILL ROAD)
Reggie Bythewood (BIKER BOYZ)
Rick Famuyiwa (DOPE)
Roger Ross Williams (GOD LOVES UGANDA)
Russ Parr (35 AND TICKING)
Ryan Coogler (FRUITVALE STATION)
Salim Akil (SPARKLE)
Shaka King (NEWLYWEEDS)
Sheldon Candis (LUV)
Storm Saulter (BETTER MUS’ COME)
Tanya Hamilton (NIGHT CATCHES US)
Terrence Nance (OVERSIMPLIFICATION/BEAUTY)
Tim Story (FANTASTIC FOUR)
Tina Mabry (MISSISSIPPI DAMNED)
Tyler Perry (FOR COLORED GIRLS)
Victoria Mahoney (YELLING TO THE SKY)
Since 2011, AFFRM’s Array Releasing has distributed eight feature films by underrepresented filmmakers in theaters and on digital platforms. The membership drive to help sustain those efforts began May 4 and will continue through June 5th. The announcement was made by AFFRM Founder Ava DuVernay.
