2015 ST. LOUIS BLACK FILM FESTIVAL Starts Friday at Harris Stowe University

The Third Annual St. Louis Black Film Festival will be October 2^nd– 4^th 2015 at Harris Stowe State University (3026 Laclede Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103) in  Saint Louis. All the films screened will be new movies and not only will the fest feature feature-length films but short films, and documentaries as well.

The St. Louis Black Film Festival provides the American 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 STLBFF was initially established as a vehicle for exposing Black cinema. The event 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 AfricanAmerican as a central or starring character will find that SLTBFF offers an outstanding opportunity to present their film before sophisticated and eager audiences.

For more info and ticket prices, go to www.facebook. com/st.louisblackfilmfestival or email jamesthemovieman@gmail.com.

HERE IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THE 2015 ST. LOUIS BLACK FILM FESTIVAL:

Friday October 2-

Bino and Fino -6:00pm – Animated short  A new African children’s cartoon called Bino & Fino. It’s made for children between the ages of 3-5. The upcoming miniseries will be fun and educational. This cartoon is being made to address the severe lack of children’s content out there showing positive images of the African continent.

Where Hearts Lie – (short) 6:15pm

Saturday October 3rd-

Brooklyn United -1:00pm – Ty Brown is Executive Director of Brooklyn United, a Brooklyn, NY, marching band. BU keeps young people off the streets, from gangs and worse. We experience Ty’s fall from grace due to alleged sexual misconduct with an underage, female band-member. The man, father and band director turn his life around.

Rise up -1:30pm –  A Young African American Male travels back in time to 1964 to address social issues effecting Black America to Malcolm X & Dr. King

Manipura -1:35pm – Blain insults the wrong person one sunny morning and his life spirals to a point of no return.

At Midnight -1:55pm

Non Critical – 2:20pm NonCritical is a 20-minute short documentary about the lack of media representation and law enforcement support in finding America’s black and missing adults.

The Helen Lindsey Story -2:45pm – The inspiring journey of a woman named Helen Lindsey

In His Own Home – 3:35pm – Heavily armed officers of the University of Florida police department in Gainesville, FL, responding to a 911 call from a neighbor who heard screams, break into the campus apartment of Ghanaian graduate student, Kofi Adu-Brempong. Clad in SWAT gear and ready to attack, they see the disabled doctoral student, sitting with a metal table leg in his hand and within a minute of entry, shoot the unarmed man in the face.

Divided Time – 4:20pm

The Exchange – 5:30p

Eva (feature length film) 6:40pm

Hogtown – 8:15p

Sunday October 4th

Little Man – 1pm

All For Love: The Dance  -1:10pm

Righteous – 1:23pm

Down & Out – 1:30p

Courting Lewis Baker – 1:50p

Debt to Society -2:10p

Janet: A Silent Ballet -2:35pm

Lift Every Voice  -3pm

Blackout – 3:26pm

Busted – 4pm

Journey Home 4:40pm

The Proposal – 5:20

Love Him Or Leave Him (feature length film) – 6:20p