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For Immediate Release

Contact:
Mitzi A. Dorbu
617-541-3900 ext 223

Roxbury Film Festival, the largest festival in New England dedicated to the work of filmmakers and film industry professionals of color

August 2, 2004 -- Ernest Hudson, known for his roles in the HBO Series Oz, Ghostbusters I and II, and Roots; actress, producer, and entrepreneur Daphne Maxwell Reid; producer and director Topper Carew (a Roxbury, MA. native), Sam Greenlee, author of The Spook Who Sat by the Door, and actor Hill Harper (invited), starring in CSI: New York this fall, will make guest appearances at the sixth annual Roxbury Film Festival (RFF-6). Hosted by ACT Roxbury and The Color of Film Collaborative, RFF-6 showcases some 51 films by Filmmakers of Color (many from New England) to be screened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Blackman Auditorium and Behrakis Health Science Center, both located at Northeastern University and Massachusetts College of Art’s Tower Auditorium, August 18-22.

The cinematic lineup spans a gamut of feature-length films, documentaries and short films about romance, race relations, comedy, the Harlem Renaissance and many other topics making this an event in which you are sure to see a movie that moves you! There will be lots of opportunities for interaction with filmmakers during panel discussions by industry professionals, Q & As with filmmakers after most screenings, networking opportunities for filmmakers and an Actor’s Workshop conducted by Ernest Hudson. In addition to films there will be three panels: Music for Movies: Scoring Your Film; Animated Conversation about Animation; and From Production to PBS.

The celebration will begin with a classic retrospective screening of The Spook Who Sat by the Door, a politically charged movie, based on the fictional tale of an urban war for African American liberation. The film, though highly popular when originally released, was mysteriously taken out of distribution and now returns to the screen still brimming with relevant social commentary. Love, Sex & Eating the Bones (starring Hill Harper), named Best Feature Film by the Pan African Film Festival is next on the platter screening after the opening reception on August 19th. We will also show Everything's Jake (starring Ernest Hudson), Brother to Brother (an exciting film about the gay presence in the Harlem Renaissance), and an important documentary about the late comic Robin Harris (We Don't Die, We Multiply!).

For more information, please visit www.roxburyfilmfestival.org, www.actroxbury.org or call the info line at (617) 541-3900, ext. 223. Tickets are on sale at Northeastern University’s Blackman Auditorium (617-373-2247) and A Nubian Notion in Roxbury (617-442-4425).

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