aGLIFF’s Queer Black Voices Fund Committee will host a special evening in the Draylen Mason Music Studio at KMFA on Thursday, August 24, 2023, awarding grants to the three filmmakers at PRISM 36, celebrating their work, and raising money for future queer black creatives. Guests will have an opportunity to meet the filmmakers, view their short films, and hear from each on the inspiration behind their films and creative process.
5:30pm – 7pm: Red Carpet & Cocktail Reception
7pm: Dinner, ... view more »
aGLIFF’s Queer Black Voices Fund Committee will host a special evening in the Draylen Mason Music Studio at KMFA on Thursday, August 24, 2023, awarding grants to the three filmmakers at PRISM 36, celebrating their work, and raising money for future queer black creatives. Guests will have an opportunity to meet the filmmakers, view their short films, and hear from each on the inspiration behind their films and creative process.
5:30pm – 7pm: Red Carpet & Cocktail Reception
7pm: Dinner, Screenings & Live Filmmaker Discussions
The evening includes Red Carpet arrivals and a cocktail reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. A buffet-style dinner will be served by Mashae’s Catering followed by the awards presentations and screenings.
The 2023 recipients are I Identify As Me writers/directors Tina Colleen and Monick Monell, Collective Resistance director Isak Vaillancourt, and And They Were Loved writer/director Malik Shamar Julien. Special guest Nneka Onuorah, director of the documentary Truth Be Told will act as a mentor to the 2023 inductees. Truth Be Told will screen as the Documentary Centerpiece film on Friday, August 25 at 7pm at the Galaxy Theatres.
Each year aGLIFF selects a mentor to spend time with the award recipients to coach them and consider one another’s creative process. This year’s QBV mentor is Emmy(r)-Award winning director Nneka Onuorah, whose new documentary Truth Be Told explores the often-conflicted relationship LGBTQ+ Black individuals have with the Black church. The film will be featured as the Centerpiece Documentary at PRISM 36. Onuorah is the program’s first female mentor since its inception in 2020.
Hollywood Insider and Executive Producer members get two complimentary tickets. All other members and badge holders are elegible for a discounted $85.00 ticket. General admission tickets are $100 each. Purchase a table of 8 for $1000, which includes a donation to the Queer Black Voices Fund. All tickets can be purchased at agliff.org/qbv.
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