San Francisco - June 15, 2013 - Veteran actress Peggy Blow and genealogist Henriette Cain, actual "
Brown Babies" themselves will be at the
5:00 Screening of made for German Public TV film "
Brown Babies:
Germany's Lost Children
by Michaela Kirst at the San Francisco School for Digital Filmmaking,
925 Mission Street (Next Door to the San Francisco Chronicle). The
screening is free
with first come first served limited seating.
Highlights on the festival on
today include a
3:00 p.m. appearance by Actor, Director, Producer, Choreographer and Author Derrin Henson ( of Showtime's "Soul Food" series fame) along
with the screening of his film "Hotel!" Henson will also sign his book, "Intimate Thoughts."
Father's Day, June 16 is the perfect day for the encore of "#10-
DeSean
Jackson: The Making of a Father's Dream. The film by Jackson's
brother, Byron Jackson, himself an accomplished athlete who played
football for San Jose State University and by Hollywood Director, Kern
Konwiser received raved reviews at the news conference and VIP screening
at Dolby Laboratories on Thursday (Thank you very much Team Dolby!)
Although the film focus' greatly on Bill Jackson, Byron in his opening
comments gave great kudos to Gayle Jackson who was in attendance,
DeSean's
mother for her role in helping the family achieve it's dreams. (
Spoiler Alert: Bring the hankies... the film made grown men cry for
joy!) Gary Cablayan,
DeSean's Track and Endurance Coach and SportsRhythms Academic Director Karlos Carter gave great insight to
DeSean's
development and the next steps toward using the documentary film as an
inspirational educational tool, respectively. More to come as reports
roll out including a video of the press conference by Ken Johnson and
others.
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Jackie Wright, Wright
Enterprises and Jacquie Taliaferro, LaHitz Media present a Certificate
of Honor to San Francisco Black Film Festival Co-Director Katera
Crossley on behalf of Supervisors London Breed and Malia Cohen at Dolby
Laboratories Thursday news conference and VIP screening of "#10 DeSean Jackson: The Making of a Father's Dream." Photo by businessman and philanthropist Henry Chu via I-phone.
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San
Francisco Black Film Festival Father's Day Celebration at the
California College of the Arts, 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco 94107,
in the Potrero Hill Neighborhood. Special Thanks to Supervisor Malia
Cohen for her assistance
with securing the site.
Program:2:00 p.m. Brown Babies: Germany's Lost Children2:30 p.m. "#10 DeSean Jackson: The Making of a Father's Dream"4:00 p.m. Q & AScreening is Free-- Limited Seating--First come-first served. Treat your Dad to a Great Day!
The
winner of "My Dad is My Hero Contest will be announced. Thanks to
InterContinental San Francisco for the top prize of a weekend stay for
two at the hotel where President Barack Obama recently stayed. This is the second consecutive year the InterContinental has supported the San Francisco Black Film Festival. We thank you!
San Francisco Black Film Festival Salutes Juneteenth going on now through
7:00 p.m.
Kudos to the Juneteenth Committee for keeping the festival going and
reclaiming musical Jazz roots in the Fillmore, Baby! Come on out and
Dance to the Music!
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| Click image to read about community campaign to save Marcus Bookstore, the oldest Black owned Bookstore in the U.S.A. |
OTHER COMMUNITY NEWS Executive Director of the Bay View YMCA, Gina Fromer joins forces
with
Chef Faz, Faz Poursohi of FAZ Restaurants for a delightful and
delicious grand opening for the YMCA's state of the art demo kitchen
that will be cooking up some great things for the community. You're
invited for the
June 28th grand opening.
