{"id":6428,"date":"2016-06-04T12:20:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T16:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abff.com\/?page_id=6428"},"modified":"2018-05-16T16:01:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T20:01:40","slug":"web-originals-showcase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/2016-film-screenings\/web-originals-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Web Originals"},"content":{"rendered":"

2016 Web Originals Showcase<\/h1>\r\n

Friday, June 17, 11:00 am |<\/span> COLONY THEATRE<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

In competition for the Best Web Original Award, presented by Comcast Xfinity. <\/p>\r\n

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2 SELF HELP BOOKS AWAY FROM BEING PERFECT<\/h1>\r\n

FRI, 6\/17 | 11:00 AM | COLONY THEATRE<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"2\r\n\r\n

“2 Self Help Books Away From Being Perfect” is a female driven romantic comedy about a bright-eyed Brooklynite who naively uses self help principles to find love.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Director:<\/span> Lopez Williams |<\/span> Writer\/Creator:<\/span> Kimberly Young |<\/span> Producers: <\/span> Lopez Williams, Kimberly Young, Morris Young, Richard Monroe, Lori Stewart Tannis, Sam Baumel |<\/span> Cast: <\/span> Kimberly Young, DJ Cipha Sounds, Nate Gill, Carmen Lynch, Sharron Paul, Jourdan Guyton, Jared Prudoff-Smith, Lauren Besser, Gibran Saleem, Godfrey Taylor, Jr., Sue Berch<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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BLACK ACTRESS<\/h1>\r\n

FRI, 6\/17 | 11:00 AM | COLONY THEATRE<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"BLACK\r\n\r\n

\u201cBlack Actress\u201d is a scripted meets documentary style series. Every episode opens with the testimony of a celebrity Black actress, while viewers get to follow the life of Kori Bailey (Andrea Lewis), a struggling Black actress living in New York City, who desperately needs to get out of her own way.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Director:<\/span> William Alexander Runnels |<\/span> Writers:<\/span> Andrea Lewis, Austin Hall |<\/span> Producers:<\/span> Andrea Lewis, Brian Walker, Essence Atkins, Tatyana Ali |<\/span> Cast:<\/span> Andrea Lewis, Allison Edwards Crewe, Rob Vincent, Tristan Wilds<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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FIRST DATES<\/h1>\r\n

FRI, 6\/17 | 11:00 AM | COLONY THEATRE<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"FIRST\r\n\r\n

Samantha, a newly divorced political consultant, tries to get her love life back in order, only to find men, friends and her career getting in the way of finding true love.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Director:<\/span> Talibah Newman |<\/span> Writers:<\/span> Talibah Newman, Uzo Ometu |<\/span> Producers: <\/span> Talibah Newman, Uzo Ometu |<\/span> Cast: <\/span> Angela Wildflower, Justin Sams, Shana Solomon, Laci Mosley, Andre Columbus<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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GET YOUR LIFE<\/h1>\r\n

FRI, 6\/17 | 11:00 AM | COLONY THEATRE<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"GET\r\n\r\n

\u201cGet Your Life\u201d is an edgy scripted comedy about the very non-scripted life of comedian\/actress Amanda Seales and her continuing effort to keep it real and find the funny amidst dating cornballs, Hollywood BS and being a new New Yorker to Los Angeles.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Directors:<\/span> Amanda Seales, James Bland |<\/span> Writers:<\/span> Amanda Seales, Steven Chew |<\/span> Producers:<\/span> Amanda Seales, Issa Rae, Benoni Tagoe, Quan Lateef-Hill, Marshon Thomas |<\/span> Cast: <\/span> Amanda Seales, Lil Rel, Godfrey, Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, BT Kingsley, Tehran<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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KINGMAKERS OF OAKLAND<\/h1>\r\n

FRI, 6\/17 | 11:00 AM | COLONY THEATRE<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"KINGMAKERS\r\n\r\n

\u201cKingmakers of Oakland\u201d follows the teachers and students of OUSD during the 2015-16 school year as they overcome obstacles both at school and home, and redefine what it means to be a \u201cking.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Director:<\/span> Cheo Tyehimba Taylor |<\/span> Writer:<\/span> Cheo Tyehimba Taylor |<\/span> Producers: <\/span> Christopher Chatmon, Judd Flemming, Shaka Jamal |<\/span> Cast: <\/span> Christopher Chatmon, Jerome Gourdine, Baayan Bakari, Jahi, AAMA students<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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THE MOVEMENT<\/h1>\r\n

FRI, 6\/17 | 11:00 AM | COLONY THEATRE<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"THE\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe Movement\u201d is an original docuseries that explores the work of individuals fighting to reclaim and recover marginalized communities and spaces across America.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Directors:<\/span> Christian Mazza, Jimmy Shelton, Justine Bo |<\/span> Writers:<\/span> Antonia Hylton, Darnell Moore, Jimmy Shelton |<\/span> Producers: <\/span> Antonia Hylton, Regina Delea, John Lagomarsino<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2016 Web Originals Showcase Friday, June 17, 11:00 am | COLONY THEATRE In competition for the Best Web Original Award, presented by Comcast Xfinity.","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"parent":6390,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6428","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6428","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=6428"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11523,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6428\/revisions\/11523"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}