KWANZAA FILM FESTIVAL UNITY AWARD CEREMONY

Harlem Renaissance themed Award Ceremony at the Shrine Music Venue with films, networking and DJ'd Entertainment

Kwanzaa Film Festival 2022 is hosting an Unity Award fundraiser event at the Shrine Music 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd Harlem New York on December 26, 2022, at 6pm.

We will be honoring Cynthia Horner (Writer, Magazine Editor), Russ Smith (Entrepreneur, Filmmaker), Edney Hendrickson (Founder Showcatcher Agency/Toronto), Tracy Twinkie Byrd (Casting Director), Bobby Digi Olisa (Entrepreneur, Producer, Gallery owner), Alysia Joy Powell (Actress and Writer) others TBA.

Hosted by Freedom Williams of the famed C+C Music Factory.

Sophia Loren, Coffee & Company will provide music from the Harlem Renaissance Era. We will enjoy the end of the night with dancing and networking after we light the Kwanzaa Candles and in the spirit of unity have a solidarity circle with other film festival founders. The films shown will be

•Rock Bottom

•Jac on The Come Up

•Ethan Art Venture

•In Between The Devil

•The Rainy Day.

The next day December 27th, Youth for Global Health and Social Justice will host films on environmental justice from 4pm to 6pm. The next block is Black Women directors featuring a spotlight on Sonia Machado-Hines with three powerful films followed by a cocktail hour. Day 3 December 28th we will feature the documentaries:

•The Sun Rises In the East

•It Takes A Village

•The Nine O'clock Whistle

followed by discussions on How to use collective work and responsibility to build a sustainable institution or not for profit. Thursday and Friday we will be hosting a Kwanzaa Film Festival Market sponsored with Dame Dash Studio.

We will also be giving Actors and Actress opportunity to audition for Dame Dash Studio at a venue to be announce upon inquiry.

Host or Publisher Kwanzaa Film Festival 2022