Fundraising Campaign Launched for the ST. LOUIS BLACK FILM FESTIVAL ‘Salute to Classic Black Actresses’

The St. Louis Classic Black Film Festival is seeking funds to pay for rental of theater space and for licensing of the classic movies that will be shown at their upcoming Salute to Classic Black Actresses which will be held in St. Louis September 3-6 2015. The 4-day film fest will feature the films of black stars Cicely Tyson, Ruby Dee, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Pam Grier, Eartha Kitt, Diahann Carroll and Juanita Moore. The group is seeking funds to pay for rental of theater space and for licensing of the classic movies that will be shown and have set up a GoFundMe page which can be found HERE

http://www.gofundme.com/9s4vv6mmg

The St. Louis Classic Black Film Festival was initially established as a vehicle for exposing Black cinema. The annual St. Louis Black Film Festival was green-lighted after recognition that though St. Louis is the largest city in Missouri, it did not have a viable Black film festival. Independent filmmakers with films featuring a Black, African American, African, or African Diaspora subject matter or that feature a Black, African, or African-American as a central or starring character find that SLTBFF offers an outstanding opportunity to present their film before sophisticated and eager audiences. The St. Louis Black Film Festival provides the Midwest with a forum for African American independent film and video, and also serves as an advocate for African American film and video production in the state of Missouri. The Festival seeks to introduce the best films and videos from the surrounding area to its culturally diverse, film-loving audiences.

The St. Louis Classic Black Film Festival audiences are a mix of African-American, culturally diverse, sophisticated, film loving and eager community. St. Louis was in need of cultural event to bring this group together.

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