{"id":11638,"date":"2018-05-23T14:03:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T18:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abff.com\/?page_id=11638"},"modified":"2018-06-12T12:11:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:11:01","slug":"emerging-directors-showcase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/film-screenings\/emerging-directors-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Emerging Directors Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to the overwhelming response to this year’s line-up, individual screening tickets are not available for purchase. Please visit the festival registration center located at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Americana 4 to purchase a Film Screenings Wait Line Wristband. This wristband will give you access to the wait line for all film screenings taking place at the Regal Cinema and Colony Theater on June 14, 15 and 16. The film screenings wait line will start 45 mins prior to the start time of the screening. Entry to screenings will be at the discretion of the ABFF Staff and will be based on the seating availability. If seats are available wait line participants will receive entry to the screening within the first 10 minutes of the film’s start time. If the screening reaches the seating capacity prior to the first 10 minutes of the film, wait line participants will not gain access to the screening. If the screening reaches capacity we encourage wait line participants to attend the next screening.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Emerging Directors Showcase 1<\/h1>\r\n

Friday, June 15 | 1:25 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 18<\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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UP NORTH<\/h1>\r\n

USA 52 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

FRI 6\/15 | 1:25 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 18<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

When it comes to the prison system, it’s just as hard getting out as going in. Mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, predators and prey fight to survive on the streets of Harlem and in the prisons of New York. Up North, an independent original series for TV, explores systems of incarceration, and systems of marginalization in modern day America.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> Emil Pinnock, Damaine Radcliff \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Emil Pinnock, Damaine Radcliff, Chiké Okonkwo, Ian Robertson\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Emil Pinnock, Ian Robertson\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Eugene Clark, Ian Duff, Gabriel Ellis, Kris Lofton, Emil Pinnock, Damaine Radcliff\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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SEARCHING FOR ISABELLE<\/h1>\r\n

USA 15 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

FRI 6\/15 | 1:25 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 18<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

While being held captive, Isabelle discovers a mysterious ability to project herself to the outside world. When she appears to her friends in a desperate appeal for help, they work together to try and find her – but time is running out. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> Stephanie Jeter\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Stephanie Jeter, Marianne Greco, Derek McPhatter\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Stephanie Jeter\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Charlee Marie Cotton, Stephanie Stockstill, Aida Delaz, Gage Wallace, Joshua J. Volkers\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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LALO’S HOUSE<\/h1>\r\n

USA & HAITI 25 MINS <\/h6>\r\n

FRI 6\/15 | 1:25 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 18<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

Inspired by true events, two young sisters must escape a child sex trafficking ring disguised as a Catholic orphanage after being taken from their home in Haiti. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> Kelley Kali\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Victor Pourcel, Kelley Kali, Garcelle Beauvais, Lisa L. Wilson\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Kelley Kali and Yasemin Yilmaz\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Garcelle Beauvais, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Jasmin Jean-Louis, Kyra Rose\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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MOTHERS<\/h1>\r\n

USA 15 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

FRI 6\/15 | 1:25 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 18<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

When the teenage son of Denise Matthews is murdered, she struggles not to surrender to her grief. Despite her husbands’ concerns, Denise is determined to confront the accused killer in court. The morning of the arraignment she finds support in a chance encounter with an unlikely stranger. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> Aurora Ferlin\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Frances S. Deloach\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Aurora Ferlin\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Mickaëlle X. Bizet, Marta Cross, Mark Anthony Williams, Victor Rodriguez, Keena Ferguson\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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THE LION’S CRUMBS<\/h1>\r\n

USA 18 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

FRI 6\/15 | 1:25 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 18<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

The Lion\u2019s Crumbs is a comedic short film exploring the ever-debatable topic of marriage roles. Our married couple, Luke and Laura, portrayed by real life couple Terri J. Vaughn and Karon Joseph Riley, debate over gender roles, expectations and ‘man of the house’ obligations. In the end Laura realizes that accepting her family\u2019s flaws and cleaning up their crumbs is just one way to show her love. Luke insists that he would do anything for Laura, but a little \u2018puff-puff-pass-pass\u2019 is the best way for any husband to have a peaceful marriage. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> Terri J. Vaughn\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tExecutive Produced by:<\/span> Lamar West, Terri J. Vaughn, Karon Joseph Riley, Cas Sigers-Beedles\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tCo-Executive Producer:<\/span> Victor V. Hogan II\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Nina Holiday Entertainment\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Terri J. Vaughn and Karon Joseph Riley\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Terri J. Vaughn, Karon Joseph Riley, Rod Minger, Avery Sunshine, Denise Armstrong\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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Emerging Directors Showcase 2<\/h1>\r\n

Friday, June 15 | 8:00 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17<\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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PAS HONTEUX<\/h1>\r\n

USA 45 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

FRI 6\/15 | 8:00 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

The story of a young African American slacker that wakes up one day speaking French. The film brings to light the fact that we not only judge people by their looks but also by the way they speak. So, what if a young urban African American suddenly speaks French? <\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> John D. Tucker\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Andrew Toscano, Letitia Guillory, Tracey Hicks, LaMonde Howard, John Tucker\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Marcus J. Guillory\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Travis LaBranch, Leon Lamar, Javicia Leslie, LaToya Edwards\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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FRENCH FRIES<\/h1>\r\n

USA 14 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

FRI 6\/15 | 8:00 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

A young, hip African-American foodie couple fights to resolve communication problems in a modern marriage of six years, four months and three and a half days. Sydney comes home to find her husband, Jason, having an impromptu guys’ night. She winds up escaping to a hotel to work in silence, though that is not how the night unfolds. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> Janine Sherman Barrois\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Khaliah Neal, Amy Emmerich, Stone Roberts, Shannon Gibson\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Janine Sherman Barrois\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Rebecca Naomi Jones, Carl McDowell\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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TRAPEZE, U.S.A.<\/h1>\r\n

USA 34 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

FRI 6\/15 | 8:00 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

Oren got the email of his dreams—an invitation to a meeting with his company’s CEO, that is if he can actually make it to the meeting. As he navigates through New York City’s decrepit public transportation, women who are out of his league, and a right-winged pedi-cab driver, he’s faced with an even bigger obstacle: political correctness.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> Mark Anthony Green\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Jordan Abrams, Adam McFarland, Warren Chancellor, Ahmed Ahmed\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Mark Anthony Green\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Rance Nix, Otmara Marrero, Kitty Cash, Sinead Bovell, David Deblinger\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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JITTERS<\/h1>\r\n

USA 14 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

FRI 6\/15 | 8:00 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

Minutes before nuptials, a neurotic young man locks himself away in the back room of a church with the best man he knows.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> Otoja Abit\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Otoja Abit, Ian Phillips, Joe Scarborough, Chris Noth\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Otoja Abit\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Otoja Abit, Jason Patric, Walker Hare\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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Emerging Directors Showcase 3<\/h1>\r\n

Saturday, June 16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17<\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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A CRAFTSMAN<\/h1>\r\n

USA 13 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

SAT 6\/16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

Overcome with grief, as his late wife\u2019s presence permeates the space they once shared, a rural woodworker builds a coffin to be his final resting place. Until a neighbor visits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> Sanford Jenkins Jr.\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Elise Brown, Cydney Fisher\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Joel David Santner \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Marvin Gay, Shirley Jordan, Leonard R. Garner Jr.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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A FATHER’S LOVE<\/h1>\r\n

USA 19 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

SAT 6\/16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

The telling of a teenage love story with an unusual twist.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> RonReaco Lee\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Allen Maldonado, Jessie T. Usher, Kellon Akeem\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Allen Maldonado & Jessie T. Usher\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Terayle Hill, Adriyan Rae, Tichina Arnold, E Roger Mitchell\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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BODEGA<\/h1>\r\n

USA 19 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

SAT 6\/16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

In a community facing rapid gentrification, Bodega takes an intimate, yet comedic and dramatic, look at what can happen when people are made to feel like strangers in a city they helped build. When a middle class family moves into Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, an elder in the family says something inappropriate, causing the local African American community to take extreme measures in order to receive an apology. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> Donna Augustin-Quinn and Talibah L. Newman\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Beth Rudin DeWoody, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Anna Orlova, Donna Augustin-Quinn\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Donna Augustin-Quinn & Talibah L. Newman\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Aleksandr Krasnopolskiy, Anna Orlova, Eric Jennings, Hadiyah Robinson, Asha Winter, Eden Marryshow, Layla Silvestre, Sawandi Wilson, William Perry\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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FEVAH<\/h1>\r\n

USA 12 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

SAT 6\/16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

Indira holds onto her heartbreak like a lost treasure. It’s hers and no one is going to tell her what to do with it. Her one-and-only love disappeared 18 months ago leaving her alone to take care of their son. Finally back on her feet with a new place and a new man, she’s ready for the next chapter when her child’s father shows up\u2014making her question the very nature of the treasure she’s been holding onto for so long.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> Randall Dottin\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Nikhil Melnechuk, Kelly Wydryk, Jacques Thelemaque, Melissa Jackson\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Randall Dottin\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Russell Hornsby, LaRoyce Hawkins, and Melissa Jackson\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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PROTOTYPE<\/h1>\r\n

USA 18 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

SAT 6\/16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

An Afrofuturist, sci-fi film about a mother and daughter living in isolation on a remote science compound who work to quickly patent the most human-like artificial intelligence on Earth. As prototype after prototype fail, Sol, who conducts empathy tests on her mother’s android creations, is pressured by her mom, Annette, to deliver a passing test or continue to be confined to the limits of the property. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> Christopher Ortega\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Mark R. Wright, Martina Lee, Christopher Ortega\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Christopher Ortega\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Adrian Snow, Milena Phillips, Preston Butler, III, Kali Raquel\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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WHERE THE WATER RUNS<\/h1>\r\n

USA 24 MINS<\/h6>\r\n

SAT 6\/16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

Set during the worst drought in LA history a water transporter uncovers a plot to privatize South Central’s dwindling water supply.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirected by:<\/span> DuBois Ashong\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProduced by:<\/span> Sam Robertson\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWritten by:<\/span> Randy McKinnon\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tStarring:<\/span> Darryl Dunning II, Bria Wade, Kyra Locke, Joseph Callari\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nVIEW TRAILER<\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Due to the overwhelming response to this year’s line-up, individual screening tickets are not available for purchase. Please visit the festival registration center located at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Americana 4 to purchase a Film Screenings Wait Line Wristband. This wristband will give you access to the wait line for all film screenings […]","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"parent":11252,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-11638","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11638","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=11638"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12109,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11638\/revisions\/12109"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}