Nicole Friday, founder Jeff Friday and ABFF ambassador Tracee Ellis Ross
Posted by | Cyrena Rose
Each summer more than 2500 film fans, celebrities and Hollywood insiders gather on SouthBeach for movies, networking, seminars and panel discussions with some of the industries finest. Since 1997, the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) has provided a cinematic platform for filmmakers of color.
This year ‘Black Cinema’s Annual Retreat’ celebrates 16 years and is still going strong. The four day festival (June 20-23) presented an array of short films, music videos, documentaries, feature length films and more hard work of emerging talent that can be seen through a series of screenings.
Check out pics of some of this year’s attendees: 
Producer Mara Brock and Director Salim Akil, The Game
Rainforest Films producers Will Packer and Rob Hardy, Think Like A Man
Laz Alonso
Rockmond Dunbar and Vanessa Williams
Malinda Williams and Mekhi Phifer
Actor/Comedian Eddie Griffith
Jeff Friday, Lucinda Martinez, Robert Townsend
Bill Duke, Chris Spencer, Malinda Williams, CodeBlack’s Jeff Clanagan
Boris Kodjoe
For more photos and information, click here!
