2024 American Black Film Festival guide
by IMDb-Editors | created - 1 week ago | updated - 1 week ago | PublicHere are the selections for the 2024 American Black Film Festival in the Narrative Features (U.S. & International) and Documentary Feature categories.
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1. Albany Road (2024)
135 min | Drama, Romance
On her way to the most important meeting of her career, severe weather forces a New York executive to share a rental car with her former nemesis, her ex-fiancé's mother, only to discover ... See full summary »
Director: Christine Swanson | Stars: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lynn Whitfield, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Lisa Arrindell
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
2. Black Heat (2024)
93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller | Completed
One night, two parents, out of options, infiltrate a top level drug dealer/pimp's apartment complex to rescue their teenage daughter.
Director: Wes Miller | Stars: Johnny Messner, Jason Mitchell, Han Soto, Shiobann Amisial
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
3. Body of Water (2024)
90 min | Completed
After Austin, a young police officer is acquitted of all charges he goes back to work. He meets Kevin a man battling with life ever since an incident with the police turns his life upside ... See full summary »
Director: Terrisha Kearse | Stars: Dallas Schaefer, David Wendell Boykins, Kiya Roberts, Derek S. Orr
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
4. Drip Like Coffee (2024)
86 min | Drama | Completed
As an unexpected romance evolves between two Brooklyn baristas, Kali and Mel must confront their true desire to be together.
Director: Anaiis Cisco | Stars: Iman Artwell-Freeman, Kashanie Lagrotta, Ralphy Lopez, Deborah Singletary
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
5. Freedom Hair (2024)
99 min | Drama | Completed
When a determined mother decides to start a natural hair braiding business to achieve financial independence, she must overcome unexpected obstacles imposed by a powerful cosmetology cartel and the state of Mississippi.
Director: Dianne Houston | Stars: Sophia Bush, Erica Tazel, Catherine Dyer, Simona Brown
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
6. He Looked like a Postcard (2024)
97 min | Drama | Completed
A poet balancing single motherhood returns to her hometown to rebuild her life and finds love and so much more after receiving a magical postcard under her door.
Director: Qasim Basir | Stars: Tobias Truvillion, Donnell Rawlings, Nicci Gilbert, Carollette Phillips
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
7. Peripheral (2024)
88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi | Completed
A woman's husband goes missing soon after moving into their new home. But strange paranormal events start to occur upon his return.
Director: Sulayman Tahir | Stars: Patrick Walker, Tom Jenkins, D'Kia Anderson, Christian Seavey
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
8. Swoon (2024)
83 min | Romance, Thriller | Completed
A woman wakes tied to a bed, and her captor tries to manipulate her into beliving they are a couple.
Director: Byron Manuel | Stars: Kassandra Lee Diaz, DeRon Cash, Rich Morrow, Efrangeliz Medina
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
9. The Final Play (2024)
108 min | Drama | Completed
A retired basketball player seeks true love and a new beginning, but past traumas threaten his happiness, delivering a take on beloved Black romantic comedies, infused with nostalgia and relatable romance, perfect for today's dating scene.
Director: Tailiah Breon | Stars: Jerod Haynes, Navv Greene, Hazel Renee, Vanessa D. Fant
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
10. The Lost Holliday (2024)
96 min | Drama | Completed
When Cassandra Marshall learns that her estranged son, Damien Holliday has died, she heads to L.A. to handle his arrangements. She arrives to find that they're being handled by her sons husband, Jason Holliday, who she knows nothing about.
Director: Jussie Smollett | Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Jussie Smollett, Jabari Redd, Marquise Vilson
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
11. The Odds (2024)
93 min | Drama | Completed
A young man stumbles into good fortune but it attracts the wrong attention.
Director: Kewa Oni | Stars: Osita Iheme, Kelechi Udegbe, Gbemi Akinlade, Molawa Davis
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
12. The Waterboyz (2024)
89 min | Crime, Drama | Completed
In the streets of ATL, two young men cross paths. One trying to make a legit living, one trying to create mayhem and rule the streets.
Director: Coke Daniels | Stars: Rockmond Dunbar, La La Anthony, Omar J. Dorsey, Quavo
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
13. Young King (2024)
94 min | Drama | Completed
Diondre tries to re-adjust to civilian life after he returns home from Iraq during the height of the Iraq war in 2005. As he copes with the scars of war, he increasingly becomes a threat to those he cares about the most - his family.
Director: Bryant Terrell Griffin | Stars: Kirby Griffin, Ben Goldman, Vincent Washington, Stephanie S. Lindsay
Category: Narrative Features (U.S. & International)
14. A Time to Yell: More Than a Statue (2024)
63 min | Documentary | Completed
Former Charlottesville city council member Dr. Wes Bellamy's impassioned activism reveals the journey for racial justice sparked by the controversial removal of Confederate statues and leading to one of modern America's conflicts.
Directors: Daniel B. Levin, Eric Newman | Stars: Wes Bellamy, Kristin Szakos, Eze Amos, Courtney Commander
Category: Documentary Features
15. Family Tree (2024)
93 min | Documentary
In FAMILY TREE, Black land ownership and sustainable forestry are one and the same, and two North Carolina families take on the challenge of building intergenerational wealth while raising ... See full summary »
Director: Jennifer MacArthur | Stars: Sam Cook, Mavis Gragg, Jennifer 'Nikki' Jefferies, Natalie Jefferies
Category: Documentary Features
16. It Takes a Village: An East Van Story (2024)
79 min | Documentary | Completed
The journey of two Ugandan brothers unfolds in East Vancouver highlighting the impact of community in empowering at-risk youth to triumph over adversity.
Director: Christopher Cho | Stars: Jonathan Mubanda, Theresa Campbell, David Mubanda
Category: Documentary Features
17. King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones (2022)
99 min | Documentary
A European filmmaker searches for the truth about her grandfather, the most famous Policy Kings of all times, who rose to the heights of financial and political prominence in Chicago in the 30s, despite discrimination.
Director: Harriet Marin | Stars: Timuel Black, Danaé Capdevielle, Harriet Jones, Quincy Jones
Votes: 8
Category: Documentary Features
18. Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
101 min | Documentary
Chronicles the life of an iconic musical performer, from childhood musical talent to worldwide fame. Explores his collaborations, influences, character and relationships with family, friends and fans.
Director: Dawn Porter | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Mariah Carey, Richard Marx, Dionne Warwick
Votes: 33
Category: Documentary Features
19. Train: The Dick 'Night Train' Lane Story (2024)
133 min | Documentary | Completed
Trace the remarkable rise of Dick Night Train Lane, from the concrete fields of the 1920s to Madden Football stardom, as he transforms from being discarded in a trash can to earning a place in the Football Hall of Fame.
Director: Eric 'Ptah' Herbert | Stars: Fred Williamson, Dick Butkus, Guy Torry, Warren Moon
Category: Documentary Features
20. Who in the Hell Is Regina Jones? (2024)
99 min | Documentary | Completed
Before Rolling Stone, there was Soul Newspaper. Behind Soul, there was Regina Jones. Against all odds, Regina blazed her own path, and at 80 has found herself again.
Directors: Billy Miossi, Soraya Sélène | Stars: Matt Jones, Regina Jones
Category: Documentary Features
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