Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 20, 2009 under Chicago International Film Festival | 
Mississippi Damned
Tina Mabry’s drama Mississippi Damned was awarded the top prize at the Chicago International Film Festival winning the CIFF Gold Plaque for Best Picture, in addition to Best Screenplay for director Tina Mabry and Best Supporting Actress for Jossie Harris. Based on a true story, Mississippi Damned is the brutally honest tale of what happens when a family’s haven is also its prison - a vicious cycle of abuse, addiction, and lies.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 10, 2009 under Queer Black International Film Festival (Harlem) |
Mississippi Damned
The Maysles Institute, founded by celebrated filmmaker, Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens, Gimme Shelter, Salesman) will be sponsoring a weekend festival of queers films. The films are made by queers, star queers, and are for a large engaged community that is interested in films about contemporary social issues. The films have been curated by Angel L. Brown. The eight films will be shown on October 17 and October 18 and conclude with an awards ceremony. For information about the films, one can visit www.queerblackcinema.org
In addition to the films, the LGBT gospel choir will be perform outside out of the Maysles Cinema Saturday night as part of a tribute to slain LGBT youth and hate crime victims. The tribute will also include words from the parents of some of the victims.
Following is a list of scheduled list of films:
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