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TuRae Gordon returns to host 3rd Annual PHILADELPHIA INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS
This year, PIFA received 115 submissions from more than 16 countries including: Canada, India, Italy, Morocco, the Philippines, Sweden, and Taiwan. Films are nominated for the following categories (click links to see nominees in each category and trailers):
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Philly Spotlight: Entrepreneur Works – TASTE OF SUCCESS
Ibrahim Suma-Keita of Suma Home Care, Inc. and Latasha Sampson of Chocolate City Hair Studio & Day Spa. The respective start up phases of both businesses, were greatly benefited by EW in the form of small business training, loans and guidance...
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Writer/Director Maris Curran in Philly: FIVE NIGHTS IN MAINE
Sherwin arrives at Lucinda's large farmhouse and is met by her nurse, Ann (Rosie Perez). He's told Lucinda isn't feeling well and will see him at dinner, which is a palpably uncomfortable meal. There's no anger or blatant hostility, but here's two people with only one thing in common, they loved the same person, a person who they're both still in the throes of grief over, yet grieving very differently...
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4th Annual BLACK STAR FILM FESTIVAL 2015 Round Up
This panel featured Indie Filmmakers/Producers/Media Consultants who are all women of color. These females represent storytellers and bridge-builders in the industry. They spoke on how their identity has impacted their work; why they think it’s important to claim space in film, and what fears they still hold as they continue to make strides in a still primarily white industry...
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Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival Gets FOODIE (Nov 13 – 22, 2014)
I’m still finished publishing my Part 2 & 3 of the Philadelphia Film Festival Recap, but I’m still gonna try to catch some of the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival running November 12 -22, 2014 which is about celebrating and elevating the Asian American experience. Since 2008 PAAFF is proud to have presented dozens of culturally relevant films and exciting programming to broad and diverse audiences from Chinatown to Center City to University City. I’m particularly interested in their Foodie Film Series PAAFF EATS: Thurs 11/13 6:30pm – Documentary Program FAMILY INGREDIENTS – Join host Chef Ed Kenney as he travels the path of ancestors, from Hawaii to the homeland in…
