San Diego Black Film Festival

The San Diego Black Film Festival was established in 2002 by the Black Historical Society of San Diego, and is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of African American and African Diaspora cinema as well as the education of media arts.

Held each year in late January, the San Diego Black Film Festival is one of the largest black film festivals in the country.

As the San Diego Black Film Festival enters its 11th year, we're more excited than ever. The event continues to experience tremendous growth and is now one of the largest black film festivals in the country and second largest on the west coast. Our motto is "Spotlight on African American and African Diaspora Cinema." We screen over 100 films each year: Comedy, Drama, Documentaries, Animation, GLBT, Horror, Religious, Foreign/African Diaspora, Shorts, Feature Films and music videos.

The San Diego Black Film Festival also includes many special events and functions (check website for special events and times)

Admission/Cost: $10 - $75

Day 4 Screenings (check event website for start times):

• Challenges Documentary, Feature, 125 mins., USA, 2012; Dirs. C.J. Johnson, Michael Longs. Four women strive to overcome adversities and personal tragedies.
  
  with:
  Stepping (Beyond the Line) Documentary, Feature, 47 mins., USA, 2012; Dir. Dee Garceau. Dancers stomp out rhythms of their struggles, hopes and dreams.
  
  
• Atalaku Documentary (English subtitled), Feature, 60 mins., France, 2013; Dir. Dieudo Hamadi. An inside look at the Congo?s 2011 presidential elections.
  
  with:
  Handing Down Time (Cameroon) Documentary, Feature, 60 mins., Cameroon/UK. 2102; Dir. Florence Ayisi. A portrait of Cameroon's diverse cultural heritage celebrated through the living traditions of dance, music and art.
  
  
• Imbabazi (The Pardon) Drama, Feature, 75 mins., Rwanda/Uganda; Dir. Joel Karekezi. After imprisonment, a man returns to his village to face the consequences of his crime.
  
  
• Black Brits featuring:
  Eva's Diamond Drama, Feature, 139 mins., UK, 2012; Dir. Ice Neal. A mother embarks on a quest to clear her son's name and finds herself entangled in a chain of events linked to a man who terrified her years earlier.
  
  with:
  4-1-9 Drama, Short, 14 mins., USA, 2012; Dir. Alexander Etseyatse. A British brother contemplates ending ties to his Nigerian family business and fleeing to America.
  
  
• Garifuna in Peril Docu-drama, (partial English subtitle) Feature, 100 mins., Honduras/USA, 2012: Dir. Ali Allie, Ruben Reyes. A Garifuna language teacher from a coastal village in Honduras, struggles to preserve the Garifuna culture.
  
  
• Red, White, Black & Blue Documentary, Feature, 81 mins., New Zealand/USA, 2012; Dir. James Brown. Students from South Los Angeles fly to New Zealand to learn and play the sport of Rugby.
  
  
• Noah Drama, (World Premiere) Feature, 105 mins., USA, 2011; Dir. by Anthony Deveney. The film imagines a present day America where slavery was never abolished.
  
  with:
  Lies of Blue Drama, Short, 17 mins., USA, 2013; Dir. Rose Clarke. A prison guard becomes as corrupt as the inmates she?s watching.
  
  
• Mugabe (Villain or Hero) Documentary, Feature, 116 Mins., UK, 2012; Dir. Roy Agyemang. A look at Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe and the West's perspective of this African leader.
  
  
• Generation Me Comedy, Feature, 129 mins., USA, 2012; Dir. Ericka Marsalis-LaManna. A pop singer's online relationship is made worse when she receives advice from friends.
  
  with:
  Imperfect Drama, Short, 24 mins., USA, 2012; Dir. Michael Tucker. When a fashion model is found murdered on his set, the photographer begins to suspect his new muse.
  

Location:
Reading Cinemas
Gaslamp Quarter
701 5th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
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Sunday, February 3 - All Day

For more information, please visit: www.sdbff.com