BronzeLens Film Festival (BronzeLens) continues to expand its programmatic offerings to include a series of events throughout the year. Festival producers will kick off 2013 as a part of a simultaneous multi-city one night only screening event for the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement’s (AFFRM) New Multi-platform label ARRAY release Better Mus’ Come March 13, 2013, 7:00 p.m. at the Georgia Pacific Center Auditorium. “We are planning for an extraordinary festival for 2013. Through our relationship with AFFRM we are in position to offer even more films year round”, said Deidre McDonald, BronzeLens Artistic Director.
The debut feature from writer/director Storm Saulter, Better Mus’ Come is winner of Best Feature Awards at Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival and Bahamas Intl Film Festival, Best Director Award at Pan-African Film Festival and Best Actor Award at American Black Film Festival, the film has screened at Toronto International Film Festival, Film Society of Lincoln Center and British Film Institute.
“AFFRM’s new label ARRAY is built to serve the tremendous burst of cinematic talent across the globe, filmmakers who are embracing new technologies to tell their stories by any means necessary. The goal is to expand the brand cultivated over our first four theatrical releases by reaching new audiences via both digital and traditional platforms,” explained AFFRM founder Ava DuVernay. “Storm’s work on Better Mus’ Come as director, writer and cinematographer is wildly impressive, incredibly important and deserves to be seen by as many film lovers as possible. We’re proud that his gem will launch ARRAY.” The cities of Philadelphia, Washington DC, Seattle and Houston have also been selected to participate as hosts of the one-night only engagements.
Founded in 2011, AFFRM is the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement, a distribution collective of black film organizations dedicated to quality black independent films. AFFRM’s founding organizations include BronzeLens (Atlanta), Urbanworld (NYC), Imagenation (NYC), Reelblack (Philadelphia), Langston Hughes Film Festival (Seattle) and DVA (Los Angeles). AFFRM’s theatrical releases to date include: 2012 Sundance Best Director Award Winner MIDDLE OF NOWHERE; 2011 Sundance World Cinema Audience Award Winner KINYARWANDA, 2011 Sundance Film Festival Official “Next” Selection RESTLESS CITY; and 2011 NAACP Image Award nominee for Best Independent Picture, I WILL FOLLOW.
BronzeLens tickets are $10 and available at http://blffbettermuscome.eventbrite.com.
About BronzeLens Film Festival
The fourth BronzeLens Film Festival takes place November 7-10, 2013 and is set to provide attendees with expert panels, workshops, master classes, domestic and international film screenings, pre-festival events and unique southern hospitality. Founded in 2009, BronzeLens Film Festival of Atlanta, Georgia is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing national and worldwide attention to Atlanta as a center for film and film production for people of color.
Visit www.bronzelensfilmfestival.com for more information regarding BronzeLens Film Festival and for registration information
