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The 2022 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) today announced the Best of the ABFF Award winners. The presentation hosted by three-time Emmy-nominated actor and author Dondré Whitfield was an on-point wrap to the  five-day festival with producer/director/actress Issa Rae acting as the Festival Ambassador. The 26th…

Jeff Friday Media, the company that organizes the American Black Film Festival, has struck a first-look deal with WarnerMedia. The two-year exclusive arrangement will give networks including HBO, HBO Max, TBS, TNT, TruTV and CNN access to unscripted content ranging from documentaries, docuseries, and specials to…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is changing the game with its latest venture. The studio has revealed that they have inked a unique first-look deal with Jeff Friday Media (JFM), the newly-formed production house launched by the company CEO Jeff Friday, founder of the annual American Black Film Festival…

American Black Film Festival (ABFF) wrapped its 24th annual celebration with The Best Of The ABFF Awards. Taking place virtually and via the newly launched ABFF PLAY platform, the award ceremony was hosted by Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker with a simulcast on IMDb. Presenters included Oscar nominated director Lee…

As the world perspective shifts and a reckoning continues to pulsate through the country when it comes to the social and economic issues facing Black and Brown communities, American Black Film Festival creators Jeff and Nicole Friday are launching the very first Social Justice Now Film Festival through their…

EXCLUSIVE: American Black Film Festival creators/producers Jeff and Nicole Friday have launched ABFF Play, streaming service and digital movie theater platform to showcase Black and Brown content, culture and creativity. The service, which hails from the Friday’s newly formed company Streamland USA LLC, will also host…

The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) has set its lineup for the 2020 virtual edition of the fest which runs August 21-30. In addition, IMDb will simulcast The Best of the ABFF Awards Ceremony on its homepage on closing night. The online fest will bring the energy and magic of the live fest as it spotlights the…

Anna Schafer (Elizabeth Blue) has been tapped to star in Whose Child, a socially conscious film about undetected domestic child abuse from director Roxy Shih and producer Autumn Federici. The pic, which is slated to shoot in Los Angeles this fall with plans for a theatrical release, follows a woman (Schafer) working…

After postponing its original date from July to October in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic the 24th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) will now take place online August 21-30 on abff.com. ABFF Ventures LLC. announced today that ABFF Online Edition will continue the tradition of the live festival…

EXCLUSIVE: Trailblazing rapper MC Lyte is collaborating with Bentley Kyle Evans, executive producer of such popular comedies as Martin and The Jamie Foxx Show, for a new UMC scripted series titled Partners in Rhyme. The new half-hour sitcom is the latest original production from AMC Networks’ streaming service. Partner…

The 24th annual American Black Film Festival has been pushed back due to the current coronavirus pandemic and will now take place from October 21-25 in Miami. The festival was originally slated to run June 17-21. ABFF Ventures LLC announced Tuesday that the decision was made based on guidance from the CDC, National…

EXCLUSIVE: Grammy-winning recording artist and Oscar-nominated actress Mary J. Blige has been named the ambassador for this year’s American Black Film Festival (ABFF), which will go down in Miami Beach from June 17 – 21. Under the title, Blige will help bring media awareness to the ABFF's mission and its 24-year…