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2017 Award Winners<\/h1>\r\n
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\r\n\"Eden\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Grand Jury Award Best Director<\/h2>\r\n

presented by Cadillac (Prize: $25,000)<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

Eden Marryshow<\/strong> – “Bruce”<\/h3>\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<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n\"Ambition's\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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2017 Grand Jury Award Best Narrative Feature<\/h2>\r\n

presented by Prudential (Prize: $5,000)<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

“Ambition’s Debt”<\/strong> – directed by Devin E. Haqq<\/h3>\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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\r\n\"Amelia's\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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2017 HBO Short Film Award<\/h2>\r\n

presented by HBO (Prize: $10,000)<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

\u201cAmelia\u2019s Closet\u201d<\/strong> – written and directed by Halima Lucas<\/h3>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tWriter and Director:<\/span> Halima Lucas\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n\"Duain\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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2017 Star Project Winner<\/h2>\r\n

presented by NBCUniversal<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

Duain Richmond<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n\"Tim\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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2017 TV One Screenplay Competition Winner<\/h2>\r\n

presented by TV One (Prize: $5,000 and a production deal)<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

\u201cDown for Whatever\u201d<\/strong> – a drama written by Tim Folsome<\/h3>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n\"Darrin\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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2017 Turner TV Writing Contest Winners<\/h2>\r\n

presented by Turner<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

Darrin Dortch \u201cShort Changed\u201d (Comedy)<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

Derege Harding \u201cFulfillment\u201d (Drama)<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\"Brooklyn.Blue.Sky\"\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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2017 Best Web Original<\/h2>\r\n

presented by Xfinity (Prize: $2,500)<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

Brooklyn.Blue.Sky<\/strong> – created by Rhavynn Drummer and Dui Jarrod<\/h3>\r\n\r\n

\r\n\tCreators:<\/span> Rhavynn Drummer, Dui Jarrod \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tWriters:<\/span> Rhavynn Drummer, Dui Jarrod \r\n\t|<\/span> \r\n\tDirectors:<\/span> Rhavynn Drummer, Dui Jarrod \r\n\t|<\/span>\r\n\tProducers:<\/span> Rhavynn Drummer , Dui Jarrod, Antwan Jones, Patrick Ryan Morris \r\n\t|<\/span>\r\n\tPrinciple Cast:<\/span> Jenelle Simone Valle, Michael Oloyede, LA Rivers, Roland Lane, Maggie Bell Caplis, Adiagha Faizah, Nicollete Ellis, Shannon Wallace, Ahni Bright, Donovan Christie Jr., Briana Swann-Christie \r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n\"TuRae\"\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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2017 Comedy Wings Winner<\/h2>\r\n

presented by HBO<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

TuRae<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\"Andrea\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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NBC TV Hosting Workshop Winners<\/h2>\r\n

presented by NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

Andrea Laing & Megan Thomas<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2017 Award Winners","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"parent":4693,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-9376","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9376","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=9376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9742,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9376\/revisions\/9742"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}