{"id":72264,"date":"2015-06-15T07:20:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T07:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2015\/06\/15\/abff-2015-winners\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:44:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:44:32","slug":"abff-2015-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/abff-2015-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 ABFF Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ABFF 2015 Winners<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>June 15, 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/abff-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-10214\" title=\"abff-1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 453 269'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/abff-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Film Life\u2019s 19th annual <strong>American Black Film Festival<\/strong> (ABFF) announced the winners of their independent film awards in the Hilton Hotel Grand Ballroom\u00a0in New York City on June 14, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by comedian <strong>Chris Spencer<\/strong>, the event started off with a performance by singer <strong>V. Bozeman<\/strong> of Fox&#8217;s Empire. Among the three songs she sang throughout the night was her signature tune, &#8220;What Is Love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1hX4xQXVe4M\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also including in the ceremony was a career achievement award, presented by Tracee Ellis Ross, to actress Jenifer Lewis for her illustrious body work on stage, TV and film. Speaking for over 15 minutes, you could hear drop as the audience listened to Lewis discuss her ups and down in the career, including being diagnosed with bipolar but never letting it deter her from being successful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ABFF-2015-Solvan-Naim-Best-Short-Film.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-68121\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 225'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ABFF-2015-Solvan-Naim-Best-Short-Film-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"ABFF 2015 Solvan Naim Best Short Film\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Muted-ABFF-2014-winner.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-54272\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Muted-ABFF-2014-winner.bmp\" alt=\"Muted - ABFF 2014 winner\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Muted-ABFF-2014-winner.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-54272\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Muted-ABFF-2014-winner.bmp\" alt=\"Muted - ABFF 2014 winner\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/a>The HBO Short Film Award was given to <strong>\u2018Stanhope,\u2019 <\/strong>which was written and directed by Solvan Naim<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and produced by <strong>Naim and\u00a0Akshay Bhansali<\/strong>. The $10,000 grand prize award was presented by <strong>Dennis Williams<\/strong>, Vice President, Cultural and Social Responsibility of HBO and Bev Smith, co-host on Bravo&#8217;s Fashion Queens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Malik Lockett, Johnnie Mae, Rob Morgan, Nedra McClyde, <\/strong>and<strong> Simeon Buresch,\u00a0Stanhope <\/strong>is a drama about a teenage inner-city kid from Brooklyn who gets caught up in a web of violence as a paid assassin.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vdcWXDvCyFA\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ABFF-2015-Asha-Kamali-Star-Project-Winner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-68124\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 225'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ABFF-2015-Asha-Kamali-Star-Project-Winner-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"ABFF 2015 Asha Kamali Star Project Winner\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s NBC Universal Star Project two grand-prize winners are <strong>Asha Kamali<\/strong>, a Howard University alumni and <b>Ramell Peebels\u00a0<\/b>from Ossining, New York. The award was presented by\u00a0<strong>Karen Horne<\/strong>, vice president, Programming Talent Development and Inclusion for NBC Entertainment and Universal Television Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Star Project is an international acting competition for emerging multicultural artists. The winners are afforded the opportunity to audition for a leading casting director and one person will be selected to participate in a walk on role on the award-winning NBC daytime drama \u2018Days of Our Lives.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ABFF-2015-Kiki-McKnight-Best-Feature-Screenplay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-68122\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 271'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ABFF-2015-Kiki-McKnight-Best-Feature-Screenplay-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"ABFF 2015 Kiki McKnight Best Feature Screenplay\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the TV One Screenplay Competition, the winner was <strong>Keronda &#8216;Kiki&#8217;\u00a0McKnight<\/strong>\u00a0of Los Angeles, California\u00a0for her feature film screenplay entitled, \u2018<strong>Deadbeat Dad Rehab<\/strong>.\u2019 The $5000 Grand Prize award was presented by <strong>Brad Siegel<\/strong>, president of\u00a0TV One and <strong>Essence Atkins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The award for best documentary was given to \u2018<strong>Althea<\/strong>,\u2019 directed by<strong> Rex Miller<\/strong>. The award was presented by a BET&#8217;s Connie Orlando and LaRissa Bates.<\/p>\n<p>The film centers on\u00a0Althea Gibson, a truant from the rough streets of Harlem, emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world of the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/American-Koko.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-68123\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 168'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/American-Koko-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"American Koko\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The winner of the ABFF Web Originals was <strong>American Koko<\/strong>, created by <strong>Diarra Kilpatrick<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Miles Orion Feld<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Employees of the \u201cEveryone\u2019s a Little Racist (EAR) Agency\u201d do their best to tackle every race problem that comes through their door, but for lead agent Akosua Miller, the biggest case of all may be her own\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MDNFYzUNhUg?feature=player_detailpage\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Presented by <strong>Jeff Friday<\/strong> and a spokesperson for\u00a0McDonald&#8217;s, the winner of the McDonald&#8217;s\u00a0Lovin&#8217; Video Competition was <strong>Richard T. Fields<\/strong> for <strong>&#8220;Puppy Love.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Audience Award, presented by VH1,\u00a0for Best Film was a tie, given to <strong>Knucklehead<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Last Night<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Knucklehead-Alfre-Woodard-Gbenga-Akinnagbe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-64696\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 164'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Knucklehead-Alfre-Woodard-Gbenga-Akinnagbe-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"Knucklehead - Alfre Woodard, Gbenga Akinnagbe\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Directed by: <strong>Ben Bowman<\/strong>, <strong>Knucklehead<\/strong> stars\u00a0<strong>Gbenga Akinnagbe, Alfre Woodard, Amari Cheatom, Justin Myrick, Nikiya Mathis<\/strong>, and <strong>Carla Duren<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When his brother is shot, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is left without a protector in Brooklyn\u2019s housing projects. Now under the control of his abusive mother (Alfre Woodard) he must take his future into his own hands. Langston strives for independence from his prior life, from his mother, and from his fractured mind.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/111376611\" width=\"580\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Last-Night.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-68125\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 200'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Last-Night-300x200.png\" alt=\"Last Night\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Written and directed by: <strong>Harold Jackson III<\/strong>, <strong>&#8216;Last Night&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0stars \u00a0<strong>Judi Blair, Danny Gavigan, Benton Greene, Nedra McClyde<\/strong>, and <strong>Nikkole Salter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The film<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is a romantic drama starring Judi Blair, Danny Gavigan, Benton Greene and Nedra McClyde. Sky\u2019s (Judi Blair) last night in Washington DC before moving to North Carolina with her boyfriend (Benton Greene) becomes a whirlwind of emotions when a chance meeting with an attractive stranger (Danny Gavigan) tests her will.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I8WOvlx9hKc\" width=\"580\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ABFF-2015-Lisa-Arrindel-Anderson-Best-Actor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-68130\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 225 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ABFF-2015-Lisa-Arrindel-Anderson-Best-Actor-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"ABFF 2015 Lisa Arrindel Anderson Best Actor\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Grand Jury Prize for Best Performance by an Actor was given to<strong> Lisa Arrindell Anderson<\/strong>\u00a0for her performance in <strong>&#8216;The &#8216;Sin Seer.&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong>The award was presented by last year&#8217;s winner <strong>Keith Robinson<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Ren\u00e9 Syler<\/strong>, co-host of Aspire&#8217;s Exhale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Sin Seer\u201d follows Rose Ricard (Anderson), a woman who has the ability to see the sin in people\u2019s souls and detect lies \u2014 a gift she uses to solve crimes. But when her latest case opens a door to her past, and that of her new partner (Washington), not even her ability can prepare her for what\u2019s ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by TimeWarner Foundation<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>director<strong> Roger Bobb,<\/strong>\u00a0the Grand Jury Award for Best Screenplay was given to <strong>Harold Jackson III for &#8216;Last Night,&#8217; <\/strong>with actress<strong> Judy Blair\u00a0<\/strong>accepting on his\u00a0behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Cadillac along with\u00a0<strong>Dondre Whitfield<\/strong> and<strong> Salli Richardson-Whitfield<\/strong>\u00a0presented the Grand Jury Prize for Best Director to <strong>Kenny Young<\/strong> for &#8216;<strong>The Night Before.&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0Young will receives film stock valued at $5000.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ABFF-2015-Kenny-Young-Best-Director.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-68132\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 225'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ABFF-2015-Kenny-Young-Best-Director-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"ABFF 2015 Kenny Young Best Director\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Young won also the\u00a0Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature, which was presented by\u00a0Prudential and actress <strong>Naturi Naughton.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starring\u00a0Colin Egglesfield, David Faustino, Fred Willard, Anna Hutchinson, Brian White, and Gary Owen, &#8216;The Night Before&#8217;\u00a0is a coming-of-age (kind of late) story about a young man in his mid to late 30s who\u2019s convinced his carefree, womanizing bachelor days will go on forever. 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