Festival au Desert - The Last Song Before the War Trailer

San Francisco Black Film Festival XVI

Celebrates Juneteenth, Father's Day & Independent Films

As it Salutes the "California Music Industry Summit," "The Maison Revolution"

& Flipsyde's "The Piper's" "Cops and Robbers" E. P.

Wright Enterprises & LaHitz Media Moderate the Festival Media Briefing &

Maison Revolution's VIP Presentation of

 "The Last Song Before The War.

Who:            

Beautiful San Francisco Couple, Katera Crossley and Kali O'Ray, SF Black Film Festival Co-Directors pause from the Red Carpet at Jazz Heritage Center for a sweet moment.  Keep up the good work guys!  We love you!

Kali Ray, Co Director San Francisco Black Film Festival, Katera Crossley, Co-Director; Tracy L. Reed, Founder, California Music Industry Summit; Larry Batiste, Grammy Nominated Artist and Musical Director for the Grammy Awards Pre-Show, Jinho "The Piper" Ferreira of internationally known band, "Flipsyde," Rap Artist, Alameda County Sheriff Officer, Playwright, Writer, Award-winning Screenwriter; Robin Bates and Constance Bryan, founders of the Maison Revolution (Maisoncna.org), Jacquie Taliaferro, Filmmaker, Director of LaHitz Media,  Jackie Wright, President, Wright Enterprises, Award-winning Journalist, Producer and Publicist. 

What:

Media Briefing for the San Francisco Film Festival and screening of "The Last Song Before The War." Special Guests:  Tracy L. Reed, Founder, California Music Industry Summit, June 13-15 at the Kaiser Center Oakland. Larry Batiste, Grammy Awards Pre Show Music Director, Grammy nominated artist, and Associate Producer, California Music Industry Summit.  Music and film go hand in hand; CMIS is a platform for emerging musicians as the San Francisco Black Film Festival (http://www.sfbff.org) is one for emerging filmmakers. Both connect emerging artists and industry experts. 

(http://www.cmisummit.com)

Jinho "The Piper" Ferreira of internationally known band "Flipsyde," whose recently launched  "Cops and Robbers"-"Three Strikes" against human-trafficking and violence in the form of a C.D., E.P. and book, "Cops and Robbers- Past, Present and Future, " co-authored with his wife, educator, Dr. Dawn Williams, will be featured at both the San Francisco Black Film Festival and The California Music Industry Summit.  "Believe" from the E.P. will be highlighted. 

 The Maison Revolution...Robin Bates, Founder of Maison de La Culture Noire Americaine and Associate Director, Constance Bryan,  just off a successful Alliance Francaise launch of their organization that provides cultural and educational tours to Paris and their websitemaisonnca.org, the portal between San Francisco and Paris and the French speaking African Diaspora.  "The Maison Revolution" presents a special offering at the San Francisco Black Film Festival: "The Last Song Before The War," a documentary by Director/Producer Kiley Kraskouskas, Editor/ Producer Leola Calzolai-Stewart, and ProducerAndrea Papitto about the music festival that had been held for years in the Mali desert near Timbuktu (French is the official language of Mali). 

When: 

Thursday, June 12, 2014, 5:00 p.m. Media Briefing; 6:00 p.m. screenings of "The Last Song Before The War" (TRT: 90). 

Where: 

Dolby Laboratories, 100 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103

Why:

The San Francisco Black Film Festival, founded by the late San Francisco Arts Impresario, Ave Montague, is a growing brand that increasingly gives a platform for emerging multicultural filmmakers and established Hollywood filmmakers to display work reflecting the African Diaspora and to interact with each other as the festival stimulates tourism.  SFBFF goes beyond entertainment. The evolving brand as it increases tourism will ultimately become an economic engine for workforce development to train and employ youth and transitioning workforce adults. 

Editors: RSVP to jackiewright@wrightnow.biz by 12 noon, June 12, 2014 (helpful for planning but not mandatory).  Pre and post interviews are available with all participants.  The ongoing work of these organizations is worthy of coverage.   There are evergreen story possibilities for each group beyond the events being held this week.

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Related Background News:

San Francisco Black Film Festival news release- http://www.prlog.org/12331488 

California Music Industry Summit news release- http://www.prlog.org/12323146 

Maison Revolution launch event-http://tinyurl.com/lex8ccf

The Piper's "Cops and Robbers" news release- http://www.prlog.org/12325353

"John Brown's Body" at San Quentin Prison

Academy Award winning filmmaker, Joe De Francesco, who edited "Double Victory" Lucas Film's documentary about the Tuskegee Airmen, displays the power of redemption through an almost forgotten masterful literary piece, "John Brown's Body" by Stephen Vincent Benet. 

at 3:15 following De Francesco's film 

Desean Jackson, # 10, The Making of a Father's Dream

followed by All Sports Discussion:

"Don Sterling, Forgets the Billions, but Who Remember's the Players"

What are some underlying factors to consider as Youth are Prepped for Professional Sports?

Moderated by San Francisco Filmmaker Jacquie Taliaferro

Former NFL Player and Filmmaker & Editor Byron Jackson's film about his little brother, is the perfect food for thought in light of the "Sterling Words" and the recent experience Jackson has had as described in the media. The life story of former Philadelphia Eagles and now Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson is a roadmap of the making of an elite athlete, from Pop Warner to the Pro Bowl. Dad's will love this film. Mom's you'll cry about your babies! Brothers and Sisters, whether you play sports or not, there are some life lessons you don't want to miss.  It's film for the entire family.  Although fantastic, it's not just for sports fans! 

https://johnbrownplussportsbonussfblackfilmfest.eventbrite.com