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Pic unspooled at the Mann Culver Plaza Theaters with an after-party at Glantz Auditorium in Culver City. Lemmons hoped pic would get as good a reception at the Black Film Fest as it did at its Sundance opener. "We had a great audience who was receptive and open-minded," she said.
Pic's star Tamara Tunie agreed with Lemmons, saying the reaction at the Sundance screening was phenomenal. "If the audience likes it, it's the creme," she said.
"In our three years, we established ourselves as the premiere showcase for black films and filmmakers," said Tanya Kersey-Henley, founder and executive director of the fest. She hopes to expand the festival in the future.
Adjunct with the festival is the Infotainment Conference, sponsored by Black Talent News, which included seminars with writer-producer Tina Andrews and filmmaker George Tillman Jr.
Fest featured more than 50 feature, short, student and documentary films.
Among those who attended Wednesday evening's event hosted by Reggie Bythewood and wife Gina Prince-Bythewood were d.p. Amy Vincent, the film's editor Teri Shropshire; Clifton Powell and Richard T. Jones, stars of Sunday's closing night pic "Lockdown"; and Dorian Gregory and Tangi Miller.
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