NIGGER OR NOT?
A penetrating documentary exploring the origins, modern contexts and differing opinions regarding black (and white) Americans’ use of the word “nigger” (Runtime: 26 mins). Check out the intro.
AWARDS & HONORS (partial list)
Documentary Competition Winner – Athens International Film & Video Festival
Best Independent Documentary – Canadian International Annual Film Festival
Ramona Broomer Award for Creativity – Temple University
1st Place (Advanced Level Documentary) – Spindletop Film Festival
1st Place – Chattahoochee Film & Video Competition
3rd Place Documentary – San Francisco Black Film Festival
Director’s Citation – Syracuse International Film & Video Festival
Outstanding Cinematic Achievement – Boston International Film Festival
Honorable Mention – Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
Honorable Mention – Eye of the Beholder Film Festival
Honorable Mention Faculty Category – George Lindsey Univ. of N. Alabama Film Festival
MFA Completion Funds Award – Temple University
Motion Picture Association of America Scholarship
SCREENINGS & BROADCASTS (partial list)
Africa in the Picture Film Festival; Amsterdam, Netherlands
African American Advocacy, Support-Services & Survival Institute; Harlem, NY
Antelope Valley Independent Film Festival; Lancaster, CA
Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film & Video; Victoria, BC; Canada
Athens International Film & Video Festival; Athens, OH
Augusta State University, Augusta, GA
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame; Oakland, CA
Black Student Film Collective Film Festival; Temple University; Philadelphia, PA
Boston International Film Festival; Boston, MA
C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University; Brookville, NY
Canadian Intl. Annual Film Festival; Toronto, ON, Canada
Chattahoochee Film & Video Competition; Columbus, GA
Cine Noir: A Festival of Black Film; Wilmington, NC
Cinematexas International Short Film Festival; Austin, TX
Community Wide Dialogue to End Racism – Inter-Religious Council; Syracuse, NY
Da Vinci Film & Video Festival; Corvallis, OR
DC Independent Film Festival; Washington, DC
East Carolina University; Greenville, NC
East Lansing Film Festival; East Lansing, MI
Eye of the Beholder Film Festival; Asheville, NC
Film Fest New Haven; New Haven, CT
Freeport HS; Freeport, NY
George Lindsey International Univ. of North Alabama Film Festival; Florence, AL
Hamden HS; Hamden, CT
Hofstra University; Hempstead, NY
Imagenation Film Festival; New York, NY
International House; Philadelphia, PA
Juneteenth Film Festival; Dallas, TX
Lansing Community College TV, Lansing MI
Norris S. Barrett MS; Philadelphia, PA
Nottingham HS; Syracuse, NY
Philadelphia HS for Creative & Performing Arts; Philadelphia, PA
Prince Music Theater; Philadelphia, PA
Race in Digital Space Conference at MIT; Cambridge, MA
Race in Digital Space Conference at USC; Los Angeles, CA
RCTV; Rochester, NY
River Run International Film Festival; Winston-Salem, NC
Rochester/Finger Lakes Film & Video Office Festival; Rochester, NY
Roxbury Film Festival, Boston; MA
San Antonio Underground Film Festival; San Antonio, TX
San Francisco Black Film Festival; San Francisco, CA
Schuylkill Falls & Abbottsford Homes Public Housing Communities; Philadelphia, PA
Southern Connecticut State University; New Haven, CT
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art; Atlanta, GA
Spindletop Film Festival; Beaumont, TX
Suffolk County Community College; Long Island, NY
Syracuse International Film & Video Festival; Syracuse, NY
Tambay Film and Video Festival; Tampa, FL
Temple University; Philadelphia, PA
The Studio Museum; Harlem, NY
University Film & Video Association Conference; Ithaca, NY
University of New Orleans; New Orleans, LA
University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA
Unquote TV; National Broadcast
WCAT-TV; Waterbury, CT
WHYY-TV; Philadelphia, PA
WTTW-TV; Chicago, IL
WYBE-TV; Philadelphia, PA