SFBFF XIX's Media Briefing & Film Screening at War Memorial Performing Arts Center 6-14

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San Francisco Black Film Festival XIX

Media Briefing & VIP Screening of "Mariannes Noires" Presented by Maison Noire Américaine in Association with the San Francisco Black Film Festival with The San Francisco Veterans Film Festival
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Media Briefing & VIP Screening at San Francisco's War Memorial Performing Arts Center

Who:          Kali Ray, Co-Director San Francisco Black Film Festival, Katera Crossley, Co-Director; Robin Bates Founder and Executive Director and Constance Bryan, Assistant Director of Maison Noire Américaine; Writer/Director of "Mariannes Noires," Mame-Fatou Niang; Eddie Ramirez, Founder and Executive Director of San Francisco Veterans Film Festival and OneVet One Voice; and invited guests.

What:          Media Briefing for the San Francisco Black Film Festival outlining films and filmmakers and the distribution of media credentials; VIP Reception & Film screening with sneak preview of "Mariannes Noires" by Writer/Director Mame-Fatou Niang who examines the issue of racial identity of Black Women in France.

Where:          War Memorial Performing Arts Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue,

San Francisco, CA, 2^nd Floor, Room 210

When:          Wednesday, June 14, 2016, 5:30 p.m.-6:00 Media Briefing: Open to All Media.  No reservation required for the media briefing.

6:00 p.m. -9:00 VIP Reception & Film Screening: Open to Media with reservations and invited guests.  Email media reservations for VIP Reception & Film Screening to jackiewright@wrightnow.biz by June 13 COB.  Subject line: VIP Reception.

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. Visit www.sfbff.org for more details.

Venues to date for San Francisco Black Film Festival XIX:

The Fillmore Heritage Center,  The African American Arts and Cultural Complex, DeYoung Museum, SPUR, The Marines' Memorial Club and Hotel, The San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, and  The Potrero Stage.  The San Francisco Black Film Festival venues give its audience a "Tour of San Francisco."

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Editors & Reporters: RSVP to jackiewright@wrightnow.biz by COB June 13, 2017, if you will attend the VIP Reception and Film Screening.  Pre and post interviews are available with all participants. There are evergreen story possibilities beyond the events of the festival.

Related Article:

San Francisco Black Film Festival XIX Will Continue Memorial Day Tribute with a Veterans and Father's Day Salute, June 18.

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