{"id":63984,"date":"2012-09-21T12:24:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T12:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2012\/09\/21\/urbanworld-2012-opening-night-pics-being-mary-jane\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T10:28:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T10:28:51","slug":"urbanworld-2012-opening-night-pics-being-mary-jane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/urbanworld-2012-opening-night-pics-being-mary-jane\/","title":{"rendered":"Urbanworld 2012 Opening Night Pics &#8211; Being Mary Jane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Urbanworld 2012 Opening Night Pics &#8211; Being Mary Jane<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>September 21, 2012<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Urbanworld-banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-29314\" title=\"Urbanworld banner\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 580 191'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Urbanworld-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night, <strong>Blackfilm.com<\/strong> attended the opening night for the <strong>16th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival,<\/strong> held at the AMC 34th theater in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/BETNETWORKSLOGO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-full wp-image-29315\" title=\"BET NETWORKS LOGO\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 144 72'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/BETNETWORKSLOGO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Opening Night film for the festival was the BET Premiere Cinema film<strong> &#8216;Being Mary Jane,&#8217; <\/strong>which was created and written by <strong>Mara Brock Akil<\/strong> and directed by <strong>Salim Akil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the Akils, in attendance was the star of the film, <strong>Gabrielle Union<\/strong>, along with her co-stars <strong>Richard Brooks<\/strong> and <strong>Tika Sumpter<\/strong>, and casting director <strong>Tracy &#8216;Twinkie&#8217; Byrd<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Being-Mary-Jane-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-28649\" title=\"Being Mary Jane 2\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 199'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Being-Mary-Jane-2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mary Jane Paul happens to be part of a growing American statistic \u2013 the single, black female. 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