{"id":80346,"date":"2017-08-07T14:14:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T14:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/08\/07\/15th-annual-marthas-vineyard-african-american-film-festival-mvaaff-begins-today-august-7-12\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:23:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:23:52","slug":"15th-annual-marthas-vineyard-african-american-film-festival-mvaaff-begins-today-august-7-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/15th-annual-marthas-vineyard-african-american-film-festival-mvaaff-begins-today-august-7-12\/","title":{"rendered":"15th Annual Martha\u2019s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) Begins Today, August 7 \u2013 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

15th Annual Martha\u2019s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) Begins Today, August 7 \u2013 12<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

August 7, 2017<\/p>\n

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The 15th Annual Martha\u2019s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF),<\/strong> presented by Run&Shoot Filmworks, will be held on the beautiful beach island of Martha\u2019s Vineyard from August 7 \u2013 12, 2017.<\/p>\n

In celebration of 15 years, the MVAAFF will unveil an unmatched program of over 50 original features, documentaries and short films from a collective of filmmakers from across the globe. This year\u2019s festival will be inclusive of poignant panel discussions and conversations, along with highly exclusive events. Registration opens on Monday, August 7, at the Martha\u2019s Vineyard Performing Arts Center (MVPAC), 100 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, Oak Bluffs, MA, from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m.
\n\u201cAs we approach our 15th year of the \u2018Summer\u2019s Finest Film Festival\u2019 we are beyond excited to continue to applaud extremely talented filmmakers of color. We have reached a very significant benchmark with this festival and look forward to many more years on beautiful Martha\u2019s Vineyard! We are incredibly proud,\u201d<\/strong> states Floyd and Stephanie Rance, founders of the MVAAFF.<\/p>\n

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Sponsored by HBO (Major Sponsor), Netflix, Amazon Studios, American Heart Association, National Black Programming Consortium, Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University, and Saatchi & Saatchi Global Advertising, the MVAAFF is considered to be a premiere film festival and consistently maintains its mantle of celebrating and supporting artistic endeavors from people of color.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MVAAFF is one of the most unique film festivals on the circuit. One that elevates storytellers of color to the highest level and HBO is honored to have supported the festival for the last 14 years and hope to do so for many years to come,\u201d<\/strong> says Lucinda Martinez, SVP, Multicultural & International Marketing, HBO.<\/p>\n

The 2017 MVAAFF will kick-off with an extraordinary presentation by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture\u2019s Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts\u2019 department of digitization and preservation. On Monday, August 7 at 4 p.m. at the MVPAC the museum will preview, from their historical collection, home movies from Cab Calloway, Harlem\u2019s legendary crooner, the late Maurice Sorrell, the first African American member of the White House Photographers Association and civil rights photographer, and the late J. Max Bond, Jr. one of the most influential African American architects in the country.<\/p>\n

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Immediately following the museum\u2019s preview, the MVAAFF\u2019s exclusive, pre-festival Spotlight Screenings will take place at the MVPAC. From 4 p.m. \u2013 6 p.m. Annapurna Pictures will screen Detroit starring John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Anthony Mackie (Captain America: Civil War). Directed by Oscar-winning Kathryn Bigelow, Detroit encapsulates the 1967 riots, which became one of the most violent revolts in US history. Talk-back to immediately follow with Kathryn Bigelow, moderated by Khalil Muhammad, professor of History, Race and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School \u2013 Harvard University. From 8 p.m. \u2013 10 p.m. Amazon Studio\u2019s gritty crime drama, Crown Heights will screen starring Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out, \u201cAtlanta\u201d) as a Brooklyn man who is wrongfully convicted of murder. The film also stars Nnamdi Asomugha (former NFL cornerback) as his friend and only hope at freedom, who fights for more than 20 years to reverse the verdict.<\/p>\n

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Serving as the festival\u2019s official Opening Night Film will be a special advanced screening of Reginald Hudlin\u2019s (\u201c88th Annual Academy Awards,\u201d Django Unchained) Marshall, presented by Open Road Films, on Tuesday, August 8 at 7 p.m. at the MVPAC. The film, a biographical thriller, stars Chadwick Boseman (Captain America: Civil War, 42) as a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases. The MVAAFF\u2019s signature moderated event: \u201cThe Color of Conversation\u201d will immediately follow with Reginald Hudlin.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, August 9 at 4:30 p.m. the American Heart Association will present, \u201cTake Me Home.\u201d Directed by Crystal King and Lauren Gray, \u201cTake Me Home\u201d is a series of 12 minute mini-documentaries that feature multicultural influencers who take us back to the neighborhoods where they were raised to explore effects of the social determinants of health on the African American community.<\/p>\n

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At 7 p.m. at MVPAC, the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University will present a screening of the NAACP Image Award-nominated \u201cLittle Ballers\u201d with talk-back to immediately follow with Crystal McCrary, producer, Kym Hampton, former professional basketball player and Dr. Scott Brooks, professor, Arizona State University.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, August 10 at 7 p.m. at MVPAC, the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University and Spike Lee will present, the Netflix acquired, Rodney King starring Roger Guenveur Smith (Dope, A Huey P. Newton Story, Do The Right Thing). The performance documentary is the most recent manifestation of Lee and Guenveur Smith\u2019s 30-year creative collaboration. Under Lee\u2019s direction, Guenveur Smith\u2019s one-man demonstration deeply explores and hauntingly appraises the man (and his journey) who was famously caught on tape being beaten by the LAPD on March 3, 1991.<\/p>\n

Following the screening, one of the MVAAFF\u2019s most anticipated events, the \u201cSummer White Party\u201d will be held from 10 p.m. \u2013 1 a.m. at Lola\u2019s Restaurant, 15 Island Inn Road, Oak Bluffs, MA.<\/p>\n

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The short film competition, sponsored by HBO (Major Sponsor) and Saatchi & Saatchi Global Advertising, will be held Friday, August 11 from 3 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m. at the MVPAC. Immediately following, at 5 p.m., HBO will showcase an episode of the network\u2019s inventive and wildly popular series, Issa Rae\u2019s \u201cInsecure\u201d with talk-back featuring Jay Ellis (\u201cThe Game,\u201d \u201cMasters of Sex\u201d) and Yvonne Orji (\u201cJane the Virgin\u201d) moderated by, Isoul Harris, author and journalist.\u00a0 At 7 p.m. HBO\u2019s new four-part documentary series, \u201cThe Defiant Ones,\u201d executive produced by Allen Hughes, will screen. Centered on the relationship between Hip Hop mogul Dr. Dre and resident music industry titan Jimmy Iovine, the documentary focuses on the education of the music business following Apple\u2019s $3 billion acquisition of Beats in 2014. The series features commentary from Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Nicks. Moderated talk-back to immediately follow with Allen Hughes, director, writer, and executive producer and Dr. Henry Louis \u201cSkip\u201d Gates, Jr., director, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University.<\/p>\n

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At 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 12 at MVPAC, Yance Ford will bring his film, a probing account of a young African-American man\u2019s murder, Strong Island to the MVAAFF. The film, a personal memoir, tells the story of the killing of Ford\u2019s brother and the aftermath with which the entire family had to courageously confront.<\/p>\n

Spike Lee will present a preview the Original Netflix series \u201cShe\u2019s Gotta Have It\u201d on Saturday, August 12 at 7 p.m. at MVPAC. Based on Lee\u2019s first film, this Spike Lee Joint is a modernized version which explores the journey of the young, adventurous, uninhibited \u201cNola Darling,\u201d a Brooklynite who casually dates three radically different men. \u201cThe Color of Conversation\u201d will immediately follow with Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, executive producers, who will be joined by DeWanda Wise (\u201cShots Fired,\u201d \u201cUnderground\u201d) and other cast members.<\/p>\n

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All daily screenings and evening events will take place at Martha\u2019s Vineyard Performing Arts Center (MVPAC) unless otherwise noted. Please be advised that all screening and events are subject to change without notice.<\/p>\n

For more information on the MVAAFF and for a complete schedule of daytime and evening screenings and special events, please visit www.mvaaff.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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