Two weeks ago, they challenged your hunger for change, asking if you were enough of a black indie film rebel, all in an effort to encourage you to join the AFFRM campaign (the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement and its subsidiary Array Releasing), which required you to first watch a rather no-frills, though effective video presentation, and then sign up for a membership.
Today, that effort continues, with the announcement that, tomorrow, Friday, December 20, 2013, AFFRM will host what the team dubs a “9 hour Rebel-a-thon” on Twitter, exalting Black Cinema!
In short, celebrated filmmakers you’ll surely recognize like Julie Dash, Ava DuVernay, Ryan Coogler, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Victoria Mahoney, Justin Simien, Patrik-Ian Polk and more, will be taking over the AFFRM Twitter account (@AFFRM), one at a time, in 15-minute to hour-long blocks, for 9 straight hours, to converse about and champion black cinema.
The 9-hour Rebel-a-thon begins at 8AM PST (11AM EST), with Julie Dash on the virtual microphone, who I’m sure will drop a few nuggets on film artistry, and film industry, before eventually dropping said virtual mic, which will then be picked up by Patrik-Ian Polk at 8:15AM PST (11:15AM EST)… and so on, and so forth.
Check out the full Rebel-a-thon schedule below, and *tune in* to any, all, or your favorite filmmaker voices during their assigned time-slots as outlined below:
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PST
Julie Dash
Writer/Director
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST
8:15AM – 8:45AM PST
Patrik-Ian Polk
Writer/Director
THE SKINNY, “Noah’s Arc”
8:45AM – 9:15AM PST
Paul Garnes
Producer
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, “The Game,” “Being Mary Jane”
9:15AM – 9:45AM PST
Pete Chatmon
Writer/Director
PREMIUM
9:45AM – 10:15AM PST
Lena Waithe
Producer
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE
10:15AM – 10:45AM PST
Aisha Coley
Casting Director
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, 25TH HOUR, HE GOT GAME, BAMBOOZLED
10:45AM – 11:15AM PST
Storm Saulter
Writer/Director
BETTER MUS’ COME
11:15AM – 11:45AM PST
Morgan Rhodes
Music Supervisor
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
11:45AM – 12Noon PST
Neil Drumming
Writer/Director
BIG WORDS
12:00PM – 1:00PM PST
Ava DuVernay
Writer Director
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, I WILL FOLLOW
1:00PM – 1:30PM PST
Victoria Mahoney
Writer/Director
YELLING TO THE SKY
1:30PM – 2:00PM PST
Shaka King
Writer/Director
NEWLYWEEDS
2:00PM – 2:15PM PST
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writer/Director
LOVE & BASKETBALL
2:15PM – 2:45PM PST
Justin Simien
Writer/Director
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE
2:45PM – 3:15PM PST
Charles Murray
Writer/Director
THINGS NEVER SAID
3:15PM – 3:45PM PST
Emayatzy Corinealdi
Actress
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
3:45PM – 4:15 PM PST
Matthew Cherry
Writer/Director
THE LAST FALL
4:15PM – 4:30PM PST
Ryan Coogler
Writer/Director
FRUITVALE STATION
4:30 PM – 5:00PM PST
Tilane Jones
Co-Producer
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, I WILL FOLLOW