New Black Hollywood

ABOUT THE EVENT:

Join the American Cinematheque for our upcoming edition of New Black Hollywood, a biannual cultural gathering spotlighting emerging Black filmmakers and rising Black industry leaders working across today’s entertainment landscape. Hosted at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, the evening brings together filmmakers, executives, producers, creatives, and film lovers for conversation, discovery and community.

This event is co-presented by community partners Black Film Space, Scene & Heard, Minorities in Film, Hollywood Pivot and Coffeehouse Cinema.

ABOUT THE PANELISTS: 

Stay tuned for the announced lineup of selected speakers!

ABOUT THE FILMS:

The Boys and the Bees
19 minutes – Directed by Arielle Knight
Traces a family’s journey toward freedom, nurturing their bees and their young sons amid Georgia’s shifting seasons while they learn to care for the land that sustains them.

White Agbada
11 minutes – Directed by Lande Yoosuf
A Nigerian-American woman battling depression resists the trip of a lifetime until she is faced with an unexpected supernatural visitor in her home.

Spilled Milk
12 minutes – Directed by Jared Leaf
A father’s attempt to clean up his past leads to an encounter with an enigmatic figure called The Milk Man, and things quickly go sour.

Morty 
12 minutes – Directed by Chandler Crump
After giving her little brother a stuffed animal that comes with an online counterpart, a teenage girl notices some sinister changes in his behavior.

Now, Hear Me Good
15 minutes – Directed by Dwayne LeBlanc
Booker is far from home but close to friends and mentors as he hosts an exuberant party, but when the noise of the party dies down and the last guests go home a listlessness returns to him. Only the next morning, while playing his trumpet, does he find his place in the stillness of the soft early light.