{"id":8760,"date":"2017-05-12T09:41:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T13:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abff.com\/?page_id=8760"},"modified":"2018-05-16T15:31:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T19:31:24","slug":"narrative-features","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/2017-film-screenings\/narrative-features\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Narrative Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017 Narrative Features *in competition<\/h1>\r\n

The American Black Film Festival continues to provide a platform for aspiring creatives in film. The competitors in this category will compete for the Grand Jury Awards for Best Director, sponsored by Cadillac (Prize: $25,000) and Best Narrative Feature, sponsored by Prudential Financial (Prize: $5,000).<\/p>\r\n

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BRUCE!!!<\/h1>\r\n

102 min World Premiere<\/span><\/h6>\r\n

THU 6\/15 | 9:40 PM | LOEWS HOTEL<\/h3>\r\n

SAT 6\/17 | 4:00 PM | LOEWS HOTEL<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

Bruce is an asshole. He\u2019s shitty to everyone, until he falls hopelessly in love and is forced to grow the fuck up…in his thirties.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirector:<\/span> Eden Marryshow \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWriter:<\/span> Eden Marryshow, Jesse Marryshow \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tExec Producer:<\/span> Gene Pope, Sasha Lewis, and Eden Marryshow \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProducer:<\/span> Sasha Lewis, Cesa Pledger, and Eden Marryshow \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tCast:<\/span> Eden Marryshow, Jason Tottenham, Mlè Chester, Cesa Pledger\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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AMBITION’S DEBT<\/h1>\r\n

100 min World Premiere<\/span><\/h6>\r\n

FRI 6\/16 | 6:00 PM | LOEWS HOTEL<\/h3>\r\n

SAT 6\/17 | 7:00 PM | LOEWS HOTEL<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

Set against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic world, the story follows the downfall of Rome\u2019s most honored citizen, Marcus Brutus, as he conspires to assassinate Julius Caesar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirector:<\/span> Devin E. Haqq \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWriter:<\/span> William Shakespeare (adapted by Devin E. Haqq) \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProducer:<\/span> Josh Wick, Devin E. Haqq, Brandt Adams, George Lyon, Tony Grocki\r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tCast:<\/span> Nathan Darrow, Peter McRobbie, Kathleen Chalfant, Billy Eugene Jones, Carra Patterson, Pernell Walker\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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A HUNDRED BLOCKS<\/h1>\r\n

86 min <\/span><\/h6>\r\n

THU 6\/15 | 1:15 PM | LOEWS HOTEL<\/h3>\r\n

SAT 6\/17 | 1:00 PM | LOEWS HOTEL<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

Jaleel finally has enough cash saved up to leave Oakland and avoid the violent fate of his father, along with so many of his peers. When a friend promises to triple those savings, Jaleel goes against his better judgment and says yes. The added money will let Jaleel realize his goal of opening a gym in the new town\u2014a dream inspired by his father.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirector:<\/span> Diaunte Thompson \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWriter:<\/span> Arthur Walls \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tExec Producer:<\/span> Marshawn Lynch \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProducer:<\/span> Arthur Walls, Michael Revolvalcke, Diaunte Thompson, Arthur Walls, Lathan Hodge \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tCast:<\/span> David A. Green, Robert D. Jordan, JaMaurae Birden, Tina Gilton \r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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EXECUTOR<\/h1>\r\n

96 min World Premiere<\/span><\/h6>\r\n

THU 6\/15 | 6:45 PM | LOEWS HOTEL<\/h3>\r\n

SAT 6\/17 | 10:00 PM | LOEWS HOTEL<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\"movie\r\n\r\n

Ruthless assassin Kyle (Markiss McFadden) was raised by corrupt priest, (Paul Sorvino) who trained him to murder under the guise of executing God\u2019s justice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tDirector:<\/span> Moziko Wind \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWriter:<\/span> Michael Marcelin screenplay adapted by Moziko Wind \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tProducer:<\/span> Markiss McFadden \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tCast:<\/span> Markiss McFadden, Paul Sorvino, Mischa Barton, Robert Miano \r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2017 Narrative Features *in competition The American Black Film Festival continues to provide a platform for aspiring creatives in film. The competitors in this category will compete for the Grand Jury Awards for Best Director, sponsored by Cadillac (Prize: $25,000) and Best Narrative Feature, sponsored by Prudential Financial (Prize: $5,000).","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"parent":8764,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8760","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8760","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=8760"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11507,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8760\/revisions\/11507"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}