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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 best of independent Black cinema, studio premieres, conversations and panels, along with virtual networking events. ABFF will also introduce the inaugural John Singleton Award for Best First Feature for a director of African descent.

Of the 90 films featured in this year’s fest, 90% of the submissions are from Black filmmakers, 70% are first time filmmakers and approximately 40% are women.

“The more than 90 films in this year’s festival are the work of a group of powerful and passionate storytellers who reflect the diversity of voices in our industry,” said Jeff Friday, founder and CEO ABFF Ventures.

Network: Netflix. Episodes: 10 (hour). Seasons: One. TV show dates: February 23, 2018 — April 19, 2018. Series status: Cancelled. Performers include: Regina King, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Russell Hornsby, Beau Knapp, Michael Mosley, David Lyons, Raúl Castillo, Zackary Momoh, Patrick Murney, Michelle Veintimilla, Nadia Alexander, Adriana DeMeo, and Coley Mustafa Speaks. TV show description: From creator Veena Sud, the Seven Seconds TV show is a crime anthology based on the Russian film, The Major, by writer and director Yuri Bykov. The first season unfolds in Jersey City, after a white police officer accidentally hits and critically injures Brenton Butler -- an African-American teenager. The ensuing cover-up only serves to ignite racially fueled community tensions. Read More…...

Vulture Watch Is this series' time up? Has the Seven Seconds TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Netflix? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Seven Seconds, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About? A Netflix crime anthology series, the first season of Seven Seconds stars Regina King, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Russell Hornsby, Beau Knapp, Michael Mosley, David Lyons, Raúl Castillo, Zackary Momoh, Patrick Murney, Michelle Veintimilla, Nadia Alexander, Adriana DeMeo, and Coley Mustafa Speaks. The drama unfolds in Jersey City, when a white police officer accidentally hits and critically injures Brenton Butler — an African-American teenager. After the young man dies, the...

Time flies. Netflix has cancelled its Seven Seconds TV show after just one season. Reportedly, since there will be no season two of the once potential anthology series, the streaming service is likely to submit Seven Seconds for Emmy consideration as Limited Series: Drama. The Seven Seconds cancellation comes in just shy of two months after the Netflix TV series premiered, on February 23rd. A Netflix crime drama, Seven Seconds stars Regina King, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Russell Hornsby, Beau Knapp, Michael Mosley, David Lyons, Raúl Castillo, Zackary Momoh, Patrick Murney, Michelle Veintimilla, Nadia Alexander, Adriana DeMeo, and Coley Mustafa Speaks. The story unfolds in Jersey City, when a white police officer accidentally hits and critically injures African-American teen Brenton Butler. After the young man dies, the ensuing cover-up ignites racially fueled community tensions. Read More…...

What do you think of Kj Harper's investigation during the first season of the Seven Seconds TV show on Netflix? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether TV shows are cancelled or renewed. Netflix and other streaming platforms, however, collect their own data. If you've been watching this TV series, we'd love to know how you feel about the Seven Seconds season one episodes. We invite you to rate them for us, below. A Netflix crime anthology series, Seven Seconds stars Regina King, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Russell Hornsby, Beau Knapp, Michael Mosley, David Lyons, Raúl Castillo, Zackary Momoh, Patrick Murney, Michelle Veintimilla, Nadia Alexander, Adriana DeMeo, and Coley Mustafa Speaks. The drama unfolds in Jersey City, when a white police officer accidentally hits and critically injures Brenton Butler — an...

Recently, CBS dropped the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Blue Bloods" episode 15 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "Fresh Start," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting and dramatic stuff take place as a cop that's gone Awol, becomes the main focus for Baez and Danny. Then we'll also see Erin suffering from a major case of guilt after she lets a guy go that is accused of killing a cop, and more! In the new, 15th episode press release: Erin Is Overwhelmed With Guilt When A Man She Recently Set Free Is Accused Of Killing A Cop, On "Blue Bloods," Friday, Feb. 19. Press release number 2: Erin will end up getting overwhelmed with guilt after a man she set free is accused of killing a cop. Also, Frank and Mayor Poole are going to continue their game of political chicken over Frank's reappointment as commissioner,...