NEW YORK, NEW YORK (December 15, 2016)<\/em> – The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) announced today that actress Regina Hall<\/strong> has been selected as its 2017 celebrity ambassador. The ABFF will celebrate its 21st year with an exciting lineup of film screenings and expanded schedule of networking opportunities and events June 14-18, 2017, in Miami, FL. The highly anticipated festival is the nation\u2019s largest gathering of Black film and television enthusiasts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Regina Hall has emerged as one of Hollywood\u2019s most sought after comedic actresses. Her career started in the late 1990s while she was earning a master\u2019s degree from New York University. Recently, Hall was seen on the big screen in Sony Screen Gems\u2019 When the Bough Breaks<\/em> with Morris Chestnut. She also appeared in Warner Bros\u2019 Barber Shop 3<\/em> with Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Common, Eve and Nicki Minaj, Universal Pictures\u2019 comedy The Best Man Holiday<\/em>, the sequel to the hilarious The Best Man<\/em> opposite Terrence Howard, Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan, and is well known for her roles in Think Like A Man, Think Like A Man Too<\/em> and Scary Movie<\/em>. Hall will next be seen in Girl Trip<\/em>, co-starring alongside Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith and Tiffany Haddish. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee and produced by Will Packer, the film is scheduled for release by Universal Pictures in the summer of 2017.<\/p>\r\n\r\n \u201cI am so excited to be an ambassador at this year\u2019s ABFF. This festival represents art, entertainment, commerce and people of color, and I\u2019m honored to be a part of it,\u201d says Regina Hall.<\/p>\r\n\r\n “We are delighted to welcome Regina Hall to the ABFF family. She is a true artist and one of the most talented and versatile actors in the business. We feel very fortunate to have her as our 2017 ambassador and thank her for supporting the festival and its mission,” said Jeff Friday, ABFF founder.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Sponsors of the 2017 American Black Film Festival to date are: HBO (Founding\/Presenting); the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) (Host\/Presenting); TV One, Cadillac (Presenting); and American Airlines, Verizon (Official).<\/p>\r\n\r\n Follow us on our Social Media Platforms:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n For festival registration, passes, partner hotel and film submission information, visit www.ABFF.com<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n ABOUT ABFF:<\/strong> CONTACT:<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":7879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[125,195,36,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases-2016","category-abff-2017-news","category-press-releases","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=7876"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7878,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7876\/revisions\/7878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abff.com\/archive\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\r\nThe American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is an annual event dedicated to showcasing quality film and television content by and about people of African descent. Founded by Jeff Friday, who is committed to the belief that Black artists deserve the same opportunities as their mainstream counterparts, supports emerging artists to foster a wider range of images, stories and storytellers represented in the entertainment industry. Recognized as the preeminent pipeline to new Black talent both in front of and behind\r\nthe camera, the ABFF is regarded as one of the leading film festivals in the world. Annually held during the month of June, the festival is comprised of five action-packed days of films, engaging panels, networking events and more…from the star-studded opening night screening to the inspirational closing filmmaker ceremony. The ABFF is produced by ABFF Ventures, a partnership between Film Life Inc. and Black Enterprise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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