{"id":79815,"date":"2017-06-09T09:19:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T09:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/06\/09\/american-black-film-festival-abff-announces-partnership-lightbox\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:25:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:25:56","slug":"american-black-film-festival-abff-announces-partnership-lightbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/american-black-film-festival-abff-announces-partnership-lightbox\/","title":{"rendered":"The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Announces Partnership with Lightbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Announces Partnership with Lightbox<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>June 9, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ABFF-2017-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-99670\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ABFF-2017-pic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, <strong>The American Black Film Festival<\/strong> (ABFF) and <strong>Lightbox<\/strong>, a multi-platform media company focused on creating high quality non-fiction programming for film, television and digital platforms, announced they will collaborate on a new initiative to foster diversity in the feature documentary arena.<\/p>\n<p>This multiyear program will leverage Lightbox\u2019s success in producing award-winning and commercially successful documentaries with the ABFF\u2019s unparalleled pipeline and record of accomplishment for identifying many of the industry\u2019s most promising Black filmmakers.<\/p>\n<p>To jumpstart this initiative, ABFF and Lightbox are announcing the ABFF\u2019s inaugural Feature Documentary Competition and a national \u2018call to action\u2019 will be made the week leading up to the start of the 2017 American Black Film Festival, which runs June 14-18 in Miami Beach. The competition will be open to all African-American documentary filmmakers and any documentary filmmakers interested in exploring non-fiction stories and themes that speak directly to the African-American experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Lightbox.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-99671\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 579 219'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Lightbox.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Selected films will be developed and produced by Lightbox and the newly formed ABFF Films division and executive produced by ABFF Ventures CEO Jeff Friday and Lightbox co-founders Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn. The first of the ABFF\u2019s annual Feature Documentary Competition is being co-sponsored by National Geographic and 21st Century Fox, who will fully fund the development of the selected films.<\/p>\n<p>Based in London and Los Angeles, Lightbox has produced several acclaimed documentaries that speak directly to the experience of people of color in America, including ESPN\u2019s \u201cFantastic Lies\u201c about the 2006 Duke Lacrosse scandal; National Geographic\u2019s \u201cLA 92\u201d that marked the 25th anniversary of the civil unrest in Los Angeles following the verdicts in the Rodney King beating case; and company is currently in production on the only authorized documentary about the life and legacy of the late Whitney Houston.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Jonathan-Chinn-and-Simon-Chinn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-99672\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 169'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Jonathan-Chinn-and-Simon-Chinn-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe are honored to be partnering with the ABFF to encourage further diversity in the documentary genre.\u201d<\/strong> said Lightbox co-founders Jonathan Chinn and Simon Chinn. <strong>\u201cThe documentary community has a rich tradition of embracing creative voices from a wide array of demographics and perspectives, but there is clearly more work for us to do to support African-American and filmmakers from minority communities who want to express themselves through the powerful medium of documentary story telling.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the past 21 years, ABFF has been deemed as the nation\u2019s most prominent film festival, which recognizes and provides a platform for African American filmmakers. This collaboration will help to elevate unique perspectives and vision in the documentary space.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jeff-Friday-ABFF-Founder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-98555\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jeff-Friday-ABFF-Founder-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;re so encouraged by the public&#8217;s growing appetite for documentary films and are excited to partner with Lightbox, National Geographic and 21st Century Fox Studios to provide this unprecedented opportunity,&#8221;<\/strong> says Jeff Friday, CEO of ABFF Ventures.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the National Geographic\/ 21st Century Fox sponsored competition and submission guidelines can be found at the ABFF\u2019s website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ABFFVentures.com\/films\">www.ABFFVentures.com\/films<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the initiative will also be announced following a special screening of National Geographic and Lightbox\u2019s feature documentary \u201cLA 92\u201d in Miami as part of the American Black Film Festival. The film, directed by Daniel Lindsay and TJ Martin, will screen on Friday June 16th at 1:45pm at The Miami Beach Cinematheque.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAs we expand our push into premium programming, and especially look for new projects to present under our National Geographic Documentary Films banner, I cannot think of a better opportunity to foster new talent and discover new voices with important stories to tell,\u201d<\/strong> said Tim Pastore, President of Original Programming for National Geographic Channel. <strong>\u201cThe opportunity to join our parent company in partnering with Jonathan, Simon and the team at ABFF is incredibly exciting. I cannot wait to see what talent we discover.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Friday and Lightbox are represented by Creative Artists Agency (CAA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Announces Partnership with LightboxPosted by Wilson Morales June 9, 2017 Today, The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) and Lightbox, a multi-platform media company focused on creating high quality non-fiction programming for film, television and digital platforms, announced they will collaborate on a new initiative to foster diversity in the [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" 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