WELCOME to the 2013 Hollywood Black Film Festival!
HBFF 2013 will be screening an Official Selection of 73 films at the Ricardo Montalban Theater, located at 1615 N. Vine St, Hollywood CA 90028.
HBFF 2013’s INFOTAINMENT CONFERENCE takes place at the W Hotel Hollywood, 6250 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood CA 90028 and features a wealth of informational panels and workshops covering a wide variety of topics which include: film production, distribution and marketing, pitching, writing for television and film, in addition to specific programs designed to inform and educate actors.
CLICK on titles of films or panels to get more information or to BUY TICKETS. CLICK on the category name on the right side of the page to sort by category.
Individual Panel Tickets (W Hotel Hollywood) - $30, plus fee
Individual Screening Tickets (Ricardo Montalban Theater) - $15, including fee
Schedule Subject to Change
Program Screening Ticket $15, fees included
Ogondah (12:00)
Suni Man (19:00)
Unspoken (10:00)
Adopted ID (61:00)
Program Screening Ticket $15, fees included
NHAMO (12:00)
Touch (14:00)
Midnight Scorpion (22:00)
Sodiq (44:00)
Program Screening Tickets $15, fees included
A Profile in Courage: Linda L. Smith (25:00)
Prison Body Freedom Soul: The Saga Of Robert Coney (34:00)
Program Screening Ticket $15, fees included
Finding My Obama (9:00)
Jump (15:00)
Life Coach Chronicles (8:00)
Hub-City (16:00)
Mommy Uncensored: Confessions of A Real Mom (7:00)
Southern Hospitality (14:00)
Program Screening Ticket $15, fees included
Beyond the Echo of the Drum (20:00)
Tin (7:00)
Death of a Wizard (16:00)
Dust (9:00)
Nigga…Nigga…NIGGA!* (17:00) (Adult Language or Situations)
Program Screening Ticket $15, fees included
Fall Beats (10:00)
Secrets for Strangers (7:00)
Girls Like Us! Part 1* (76:00) (Adult Language or Situations)
Program Screening Ticket $15, fees included
One Night a Stranger (13:00)
Nameless (15:00)
00:03:00 Thriller (6:00)
Used to BE (19:00)
Troubled Man (5:00)
The Coffers (23:00)
Program Screening Ticket $15, fees included
The Bully directed by Frederick Fields (4:00)
Living & Loving in the Moment (20:00)
The Bully directed by Jamie Burton-Oare (9:00)
Sunday’s at Noon (12:00)
Colored My Mind (19:00)
Clean Teeth Wednesdays (8:00)
Program Screening Ticket $15, fees included
Soul Mates (27:00)
Prima Facie (9:00)
The Companion (15:00)
Descent of a Superstar (30:00)
Silhouettes (30:00)
Program Screening Ticket $15, fees included
Lunch With Jeremiah* (11:00) (Adult Language or Situations)
The Watch (25:00)
Five Dollars (6:00)
Victim of Circumstance (20:00)
Solace (10:00)
String of Light (15:00)
Program Screening Ticket $15, fees included
Anger Mis Management (17:00)
Lil Tokyo Reporter (30:00)
The Truth (15:00)
Ying and Yang* (12:00) (Adult Language or Situations)
Free Lunch (14:00)
Program Screening Tickets $15, fees included
The Vacancy (18:00)
Finding Our Voice (24:00)
Charity Case (13:00)
Lou’s Prey (12:00)
If I Were a Bell (20:00)
Ritechus Cry (23:00)
Program Screening Ticket $15, fees included
Bored of the Rings (21:00)
The Silent Treatment (9:00)
Undefiled (22:00)
Faux Pas (21:00)
Perfect Day (17:00)
"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete" will close out the 13th annual edition of HBFF on Sunday, October 6, 7pm at the Montalban Theater, 1615 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA. HBFF 2013 runs October 2 -6, and features an inspiring line up of films, panels, panelists, and special events.
Directed by George Tillman, Jr. and written by Michael Starrbury, Codeblack Films' "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete" stars Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Jennifer Hudson(Dreamgirls), Golden Globe and EMMY® Award winner Jeffrey Wright (Boardwalk Empire, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Quantum of Solace), Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, American Idol winner Jordin Sparks(Sparkle), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje(Thor: The Dark World) and Anthony Mackie(Runner Runner, Pain & Gain). Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen and Bob Teitel produced the film with Alicia Keys, Susan Lewis, Clay Floren, Aimee Shieh, Julio Depietro, Keith Kjarval, Mary Vernieu, and Amy Nauiokas executive producing. The film also features new music by Grammy® Award-winning multiplatinum recording artist Alicia Keys.
"The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete" is a beautifully observed and tremendously moving film about salvation through friendship and the way transformation sometimes can happen just by holding on long enough. During a sweltering summer in New York City, 13-year-old Mister's (Skylan Brooks) hard-living mother (Jennifer Hudson) is apprehended by the police, leaving the boy and nine-year-old Pete (Ethan Dizon) alone to forage for food while dodging child protective services and the destructive scenarios of the Brooklyn projects. Faced with more than any child can be expected to bear, the resourceful Mister nevertheless feels he is an unstoppable force against seemingly unmovable obstacles. But what really keeps the pair in the survival game is much more Mister's vulnerability than his larger-than-life attitude.
Codeblack Films, a Lionsgate company, will release the film in select theaters on October 11. Visit www.MisterandPeteMovie.com for film information & updates. Follow the social conversation at #MisterAndPete.
The festival after-party will be held immediately following the screening at Station Hollywood, The W Hotel, 6250 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA.
