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Entertainment — By Buddy Sampson on May 24, 2010 at 6:52 pm“Blood Done Sign My Name”
Opens 18th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival
By Kim Webster
- Nate Parker performs an outstanding portrayal of Ben Chavis
The Screen Actors Guild in Hollywood premiered the film “Blood Done Sign My Name,” based on the novel written by Tim Tyson (played by Gattlin Griffith in the film). It chronicles social injustice, focusing on the crime of murder and the acquittal of a white businessman and his son. Unarmed victim Henry Morrow, a veteran of Vietnam, was murdered in Oxford, North Carolina during the early 1970’s. Based on a novel by Tim Tyson, a young Ben Chavis (activist, former Executive Director of the NAACP, and organizer of the Hip Hop Network) lived in Oxford when his cousin Henry was murdered. Emotionally upset by the outcome of the trial, Black men take to the streets in protest, eventually marching on the state capitol. Nate Parker performs an outstanding portrayal of Ben Chavis in the movie which will open nationwide February 19. Written, directed, and produced by Jeb Stuart, this film also brings insight to the tobacco industry and social attitudes of the era. The Pan African Film & Arts Festival film portion was held at Culver Plaza Theatre 9919 Washington Blvd., Los Angeles CA February 10 – 17, 2010; the art show was presented at the Westfield Culver City (formerly Fox Hills Mall) 6000 Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles. For festival hi-lites please go to info@paff.org.
- (L to R) Actor Nate Parker (portrays Ben Chavis), CCH Pounder, Lela Rochon (Roseanna Allen), Ben Chavis.
- (L to R) Elisabeth and Afemo Omilami (plays Golden Finks), and sister Dr. Barbara Williams-Emerson. The women are the daughters of Civil Rights Activist Hosea Williams.
All photos by Kim Webster. See her column, Kim’s Kronicles.
- Comedienne Jo Anne Worley was one of the many celebrities that attended the 1st Annual Burbank International Film Festival. The festival, held at Woodbury College in Burbank, spotlighted high achievement in independent film. More on the event soon. Photo by Bob Neal.
- Stunning actress and model Jenn Gotzon appears at the 1st Annual LABRIFF, a Brazilian Film Festival, in West Los Angeles. Photo by Paul Batson.
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