{"id":10864,"date":"2018-03-19T15:13:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T19:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abff.com\/?page_id=10864"},"modified":"2018-06-12T14:25:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T18:25:45","slug":"talent-showcases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/events\/talent-showcases\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Talent Showcases"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>TALENT SHOWCASES<\/h1>\r\n\r\n<hr>\r\n<div class=\"event-overview\">\r\n\t<div class='clearfix'>\r\n\t<div class='half'>\r\n\t<h1 class=\"film-title\">21ST ANNUAL HBO SHORT FILM COMPETITION<\/h1>\r\n\t<h4 class=\"courtesy\"><span class=\"film-spacer\"> | <\/span><\/h4>\r\n\t<h3 class=\"film-time-date\">THU 6\/14 | 6:00 PM &#8211; 8:00 PM  | NEW WORLD CENTER, PERFORMANCE HALL<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px; padding-bottom:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/events-talent-showcases-HBO.jpg\" width=\"390\" height=\"176\" \/>\r\n\r\n\t<p>An exciting night, where five short films screen in competition for the HBO Short Film Award and a $10,000 cash prize<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n\t<p>Hosted by Bevy Smith<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class='half last'>\r\n\t<h1 class=\"film-title\">CELEBRITY SCENE STEALERS<\/h1>\r\n\t<h4 class=\"courtesy\"><span>Presented by TV One<\/span><\/h4>\r\n\t<h3 class=\"film-time-date\">FRI 6\/15 | 11:00 AM &#8211; 1:00 PM | LOEWS HOTEL, AMERICANA 3<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px; padding-bottom:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/events-talent-showcases-Celebrity-Scene-Stealers.jpg\" width=\"390\" height=\"176\" \/>\r\n\r\n\t<p>Join TV One and host Dondr\u00e9 Whitfield for this dynamic event featuring popular actors and actresses performing scenes from the finalists of the annual screenplay competition. One of these talented screenwriters will win $5,000 and the opportunity to have their screenplay produced for TV One. With  LeToya Luckett, Hosea Chanchez, Bre-Z, Imani Hakim, Tristan \u201cMACK\u201d Wilds, Chaley Rose, Angelo Diaz and Chris Diaz.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<hr class=\"films\">\r\n\r\n\t<div class='clearfix'>\r\n\t<div class='half'>\r\n\t<h1 class=\"film-title\">ABFF &#8220;COMEDY WINGS&#8221; COMPETITION<\/h1>\r\n\t<h4 class=\"courtesy\"><span>Sponsored by HBO<\/span><\/h4>\r\n\t<h3 class=\"film-time-date\">FRI 6\/15 | 9:45 PM &#8211; 11:30 PM  | NEW WORLD CENTER, PERFORMANCE HALL<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px; padding-bottom:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/events-talent-showcases-Comedy-Wings-3.jpg\" width=\"390\" height=\"176\" \/>\r\n\r\n\t<p>A hilarious night of comedy. Five of the funniest new comics battle it out to take home the 2018 Comedy Wings \u201cWinner\u201d title.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n\t<p>Finalists: Kris Atkins (Houston, TX), Rita Brent (Jackson, MS), Leigh Ann Lord (New York), T Murph (Chicago, IL), Blaq Ron (Dallas, TX)<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n\t<p>Hosted by Yvonne Orji<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n\t<p>Special Appearance by Carl Payne<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class='half last'>\r\n\t<h1 class=\"film-title\">&#8220;BEST OF THE ABFF&#8221; AWARDS PRESENTATION<\/h1>\r\n\t<h4 class=\"courtesy\"><span>Sponsored by DIRECTV NOW<\/span><\/h4>\r\n\t<h3 class=\"film-time-date\">SAT 6\/16 | 8:30 PM &#8211; 10:00 PM | NEW WORLD CENTER, PERFORMANCE HALL<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px; padding-bottom:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/events-Chris-Spencer.jpg\" width=\"390\" height=\"176\" \/>\r\n\r\n\t<p>Celebrate the 2018 American Black Film Festival Official Selections as the film and talent competition winners are awarded.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n\t<p>Hosted by Chris Spencer<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALENT SHOWCASES","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"parent":10843,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-10864","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12111,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10864\/revisions\/12111"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}