The Urbanworld Movie Pageant and Innovation Summit will current the highly effective documentary The Honorable Shyne because the spotlight and finale of the annual occasion.
The movie captures the extraordinary, uncommon transformation of Moses “Shyne” Barrow, the Grammy Award-winning artist who from rap star to a revered politician. Barrow’s story might be advised in an unique Q&A following the screening.
The competition returns to New York Metropolis from November 13-17 and can proceed a practice of celebrating various voices and distinctive narratives. HBO may even rejoice 28 years as a founding companion.
Regal Union Sq. will host screenings from worldwide filmmakers, whereas the Urbanworld Innovation Summit will kick off the competition on opening day at Lincoln Heart’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Movie Heart.
The summit gives an area for creators to discover the altering panorama of digital content material supply, narrative artwork, and rising expertise.
“We’re honored to current movies and tasks from over 15 international locations, reflecting the range and depth of human expertise,” Karen McMullen, Urbanworld Movie Pageant director, mentioned.
Further highlights embody the screenings of Albany Street, starring Lynn Whitfield and Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Model New, Denzel Whitaker’s directorial debut with co-director Yuki Maekawa-Ledbetter. Administrators Coodie and Chike may even lead a “Clips and Dialog” session, providing insights into their cultural affect as filmmakers.
The five-day competition affords screenings, discussions, and even dwell performances. ESPN Movies will current a breaking showcase.
For extra, go to UrbanWorld: urbanworld.org
Beneath is the complete slate of UrbanWorld 2024:
CONFIRMED PARTNERS:
Founding Accomplice: HBO
Status Accomplice: Warner Bros. Discovery
Supporting: Comcast NBCUniversal, MoviePass, The New York State Council on the Arts
Trade: Movement Image Affiliation, Roku, The Helpful Basis, Walt Disney Studios, ESPN Movies, Andscape, Hulu, Sony Photos Leisure, Amazon MGM Studios
2024 URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL SLATE:
SPOTLIGHT FEATURES:
- Unstoppable (Amazon MGM Studios) starring Jharrel Jerome, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Mykelti Williamson with Don Cheadle, and Jennifer Lopez
- It Was All a Dream, Directed by Dream Hampton, following the early days of hip-hop and that includes Biggie Smalls, Methodology Man, and Ice-T
- Breakin’ on the One (ESPN Movies)
SHORT FILM HIGHLIGHTS:
- Fannie, starring Aunjanue Ellis, re-creating Fannie Lou Hammer’s well-known speech
- Legal, Directed by Gown Imbriano, with a dwell music efficiency by the movie’s collaborators Stew & Heidi
- It Simply Occurred, starring Denzel Whitaker, a brief comedic movie
- The Brown Canine, an animated brief that includes the voice abilities of the late Michael Ok. Williams and Steve Buscemi, Directed by Nadia Hallgren and Jamie-James Medina
CLIPS AND CONVERSATION:
- Coodie & Chike, award-winning filmmakers, and administrators are recognized for his or her compelling documentaries and music movies, together with the critically acclaimed Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
US NARRATIVE FEATURES:
- Albany Street, Director, Michael Swanson
- Freight, Director, J. Alphonse Nicholson
WORLD NARRATIVE FEATURES:
- Whats up Spring (China) Director, Lanjua Ma
- The Battle (Brazil) Director, Vera Egito
- To a Land Unknown (UK), Director, Mahdi Fleifel
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES:
- Household Tree Director, Jennifer MacArthur
- Paint Me a Street Out of Right here Director, Catherine Gund
- Singing Again the Buffalo Director, Tasha Hubbard
- Songs from the Gap Director, Contessa Gayles
US SHORT NARRATIVE FILMS:
- At Night time, Director, Zoe Simone
- August & Ebony, Director, Sunyin Zhang
- Bloomed In The Water, Director, Joanne Mony Park
- Border Hopper, Director, Nico Casavechia
- Model New, Co-Administrators, Quincy Ledbetter and Denzel Whitaker
- Chimera, Director, Kryzz Gautier
- Chocolate with Sprinkles, Director, Huriyyah Muhammad
- drawn, Director, Claro de los Reyes
- Echoes of Pomegranate, Director, Alex Bijan Zandi
- Fannie, Director, Christine Swanson
- Within the Fold, Director, Manuel Del Valle
- It Simply Occurred Director, Steven Bennett
- Jamila, Director, Julia Freij
- Final Hoorah at G-Child’s, Director, DeeDee Casmir
- Depart On Excessive, Director, Javier Ortega, Andrew Slane
- Marcel’s Piñata, Director, Adrian B. Herrera
- Nwa (Black), Director, Hans Augustave
- Rites of Passage, Director, Grant Housley
- Facet Roads, Director, Alvaro Nunez Sechi
- Tender Thoughts, Anndi Jinelle Liggett
- Terminally Ailing, Director, Chris Cole
- The Adventures of Robin Hood, Director, Monica Moore-Suriyage
- Thomasville, Director, Alex Woodruff
- Trending, Director, Felix Martiz
- When Winter Comes, Director, Yuan Yuan
WORLD SHORT NARRATIVE FILMS:
- Daybreak Each Day,(Egypt) Director, Amir Youssef
- Doris, (Ghana) Director, Edem Dotse
- Ebb & Circulation, (Lebanon) Director, Nay Tabbara
- F**okay Sisterhood, (France) Director, Gael Barboza
- Future is Panorama, (Syrian Arab Republic) Director, Muschirf Shekh Zeyn
- If We Met Now, (Canada) Director, Halen King
- My Son Went Quiet, (Canada) Director, Ian Singh Bawa
- Son, (Iran) Director, Sama Hosseinpuor
- The Backway, (UK) Director, Cherno Jagne
- The Cascade, (Mexico) Director, Pablo Delgado Sanchez
SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS:
- A Household Portrait, Queens, Director, Billy Silva
- A Race within the Solar, Director, Ok. Nicole Mills
- Betye Saar: Drifting Towards Twilight, Director, Kyle Provencio Reingold
- Complexion, Director, Toko Shiki
- Legal, Director, Gown Imbriano
- El Regresso (The Return) Director, Samantha Ramirez
- Fenice, Director, Sterling Hampton IV
- Neglect-Me-Not, Director, Tamika R. Guyishard
- Simi, Director, Maria Mayo
- The Afro Mexpats, Director, Ebony Marie Bailey
- The Archive: Queer Nigerians, Director, Simisolaoluwa Akande
- The Can Mas Eshtete, Director, Laura Chechoway
- What Had been You Meant For, Director, Kevin Anthony Brooks
- When There Are No Phrases, Director, Gabriella Canal
ANIMATION:
- Baigal Nuur – Lake Baikal, Director, Alisi Telengut
- Dodo, Director, Yi Luo
- Pacemaker, Administrators, Brian Vincent Rhodes, Christopher Lennertz
- Tehran is Ours, Director, Hamideh Azimi
- The Brown Canine, Director, Nadia Hallgren, Jamie-James Median
YOUNG CREATORS:
- Ayo, Test Up! Director, Natan Xia
- Frog Leaping, Director, Ian Linn
- Goodbye Prepare Director, Chioma Ejimofo
- Moon within the Water, Director, Jingwen Fang
- Primero, Sueño Director, Andrés Lira
- Sunday in August, Director, Troy Charbonnet
SCREENPLAYS:
- En Root, author Rashmi Singh
- Fuego (2024), author Edwin FrankO
- If I Die in America, author Ward Kamel
- Kevin writers Carmus Johnson, Shannon Walsh & Jack Gorman
- Spitting Fireplace, author Angie Comer
