San Francisco Black Film Festival XXV,25 YEARS OF RESILIENCE & EMPOWERMENT In Celebration of Black Music Month, Juneteenth & Father’s Day

MEDIA BRIEFING & VIP RECEPTION
ON JUNE 14TH 

“BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER STAR
LETITIA WRIGHT’S NEW RELEASE AMONG FILMS
To Be Screened June 15-18, 2023

Who: Cree Ray,  Festival Director of the San Francisco Black Film Festival;  Filmmakers; Friends, Volunteers and Sponsors.  Sponsors include: Surrounded; African American Arts & Culture Complex (AAACC);  San Francisco Housing Development Corporation (SFHDC); SF GIANTS; Hylife-Ocity Productions; African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC); Honey Art Studio; AMC Kabuki 8; Durban International Film Festival; NOSACONN Inc. Visit www.sfbff.org for a complete list of sponsors to date.
 
What: MEDIA BRIEFING & VIP RECEPTION for San Francisco Black Film Festival, XXV with Films from across the nation and world will be screened at the San Francisco Black Film Festival, founded by late Arts Impresario Ave Montague.  News of Films; Photographer’s Call to Action; Special filming of filmmakers on Saturday, June 17th at AAACC will be presented.

Where: Ericka Scott’s HONEY ART STUDIO,  1981 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA 94115

When: Wednesday, June 14, 2023. 4-6 p.m.
 
Why: With 25 years of “Resilience and Empowerment”, The San Francisco Black Film Festival continues to affirm its founding philosophy of “Healing the World One Film at a time.  The need to utilize the art of film to change hearts and minds to heal as a means to foster understanding and appreciation of all people is evident by today’s headlines.  
 
The Mission of the San Francisco Black Film Festival is to celebrate African American cinema and the African Cultural Diaspora and to showcase a diverse collection of films – from emerging and established filmmakers. This is accomplished by presenting Black films, which reinforce positive images and dispel negative stereotypes, and providing film artists from the Bay Area in particular and around the world in general, a forum for their work to be viewed and discussed.  The San Francisco Black Film Festival believes film can lead to a better understanding of and communication between peoples of diverse cultures, races, and lifestyles, while simultaneously serving as a vehicle to initiate dialogue on the important issues of our times.   

Visit www.sfbff.org for more festival details.

Films: https://www.sfbff.org/films

Photos & Video Clips from Last Night's Hylife OCity Yoshi's Kickoff Salute of the San Francisco Black Film Festival:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/xs3k20fgldmdkzs35qlc0/h?dl=0&rlkey=sjwfv8by1utjl0nnefrrgqwys

Background: 

5/31/23 Congratulations! San Francisco Black Film Festival Kicks Off Juneteenth Week in Oakland During Black Music Month
https://tinyurl.com/Hylife-Ocity-Salutes-SFBFF
https://on.soundcloud.com/NSVHD