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AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL

      • FESTIVAL CENTRALABFF
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    Best Film

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    Best Documentary

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      Winner

      Daddy Don't Go

      7.4 (29)
      Emily Abt(director)
      Keryn Thompson(producer)
      Suzette Burton(co-producer)
      Omar Epps(executive producer)
      Malik Yoba(executive producer)

    Grand Jury Prize

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      Everything But a Man

      4.9 (294)
      Nnegest Likké
      Jimmy Jean-Louis
      Steven J. Wolfe

    Grand Jury Prize

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    Best Actor

    • No
      Winner
      • Cory Hardrict(actor)
      • Destined

    Best Director

    • "The Dutchman" Principal Photography
      Winner
      • Qasim Basir
      • Destined
    • Nnegest Likké
      • Nnegest Likké
      • Everything But a Man

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Service to Man

      6.6 (150)
      Aaron Greer(Producer)
      Seth Panitch(Producer)

    Best Screenplay

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      Winner

      How to Tell You're a Douchebag

      5.2 (198)
      Tahir Jetter(writer)
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      Everything But a Man

      4.9 (294)
      Nnegest Likké

    Short Film Award

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    Best Web Original

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      Winner

      Two Self Help Books Away from Being Perfect

      7.6 (10)
      Lopez Williams(director)
      Kimberly Young(writer)

    HBO Short Film Competition

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      Winner

      Flowers

      6.2 (34)
      Nikyatu Jusu(director)
      Yvonne Shirley(co-director)
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      Gubagude Ko

      7.2 (59)
      Philiane Phang
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      On Time

      6.1 (46)
      Xavier Burgin(director)
      University of Southern California (USC)

    Audience Award

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    The Best of Festival

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      Winner

      The Fix

      6.0 (81)
      Paris Bauldwin(director)
      Kenny Lofton(producer)
      Brenton Earley(co-producer)

    Narrative Feature

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      Halfway

      6.4 (167)
      Ben Caird(Director)
      Jonny Paterson(Producer)
      JP International Productions

    Best Documentary

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    • [object Object]

      Jim Brown's Amer-I-Can Dream

      Aurora Ferlin

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    Event location

    Los Angeles, California, USA

    Event links

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