Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (UMFF) 2009 : Festival Calendar

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Thursday, October 15th
7:00 AM	click to rate	UMFF "3-in-1" Tour: CNN Morning Express \| Atlanta \| Peachtree Corners 2009 \| UMFF "3-in-1" Tour \| 480 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	UMFF 2009 Happy Hour 2009 \| UMFF 2009 Happy Hour \| 120 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
Friday, October 16th
10:00 AM	click to rate	Writing and Directing Films with Award-Winning Filmmaker Ela Thier 2009 \| Workshop \| 360 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
10:00 AM	click to rate	Homecoming: "The Journey" - A Case Study Rodney T. Moore 2004 \| Comedy, Feature - Case Study \| 106 min. ** Note: Location: Peachtree Conference Room	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
11:00 AM	click to rate	FREE Independent Film Screenings Film Screenings \| 1440 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
11:00 AM	click to rate	Konigsberg Lorenzo Faccenda 2009 \| Short \| 24 min. ** Note: Location: Salon B	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
11:00 AM	click to rate	Home Brian Plow 2009 \| Documentary Feature \| 70 min. ** Note: Location: Salon C	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
11:00 AM	click to rate	Do You Believe In Magic? Daniel Roth 2007 \| Documentary Feature \| 98 min. ** Note: Location: Salon D	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
11:00 AM	click to rate	El Hilo De Oro (The Golden Thread) Diego Sanchidrian 2007 \| Short Film \| 19 min. ** Note: Location: Salon A	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
11:30 AM	click to rate	Porque Hay Cosas Que Nunca Se Olvidan Lucas Figueroa 2008 \| Short Film \| 13 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
12:00 PM	click to rate	Life, Love & Loss Todd A. Walker 2009 \| Feature \| 105 min. ** Note: Location: Salon B	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
12:00 PM	click to rate	Last of a Dying Breed Lunden De'Leon 2009 \| Short Film \| 13 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
12:30 PM	click to rate	SCISSU Tom Bewilogua 2009 \| Short, Student \| 27 min. ** Note: Location: Salon A	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
12:30 PM	click to rate	Buffalo Soldier Tribute Wayne Hubbard 2009 \| Documentary Short \| 22 min. ** Note: Location: Salon C	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
1:00 PM	click to rate	Blue Like The Morning Melanie Paizis-Jones 2009 \| Feature \| 67 min. ** Note: Location: Salon D	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
1:15 PM	click to rate	The Perfect Woman Marvel Gima 2009 \| Feature \| 99 min. ** Note: Location: Salon C	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
1:30 PM	click to rate	After the Waters Receded: Rebuilding New Orleans Public Schools Kennedi Greenwood 2009 \| Documentary Short \| 30 min. ** Note: Location: Salon A	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
2:30 PM	click to rate	Into The Zone Raphael Bondy 2009 \| Documentary Short \| 30 min. ** Note: Location: Salon A	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
2:30 PM	click to rate	My Name Ain't Eve Urica P. Floyd 2009 \| Documentary Short \| 30 min. ** Note: Location: Salon B	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
2:30 PM	click to rate	Turning a Corner Salome Chasnoff 2009 \| Documentary Feature \| 59 min. ** Note: Location: Salon D	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
3:00 PM	click to rate	"Short Films On Demand" Presented By Comcast 2009 \| Comcast Short Film On Demand \| 150 min. ** Note: Location: Salon A	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
3:15 PM	click to rate	Bullets Over Brownsville 2009 \| Feature ** Note: Location: Salon C	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
3:30 PM	click to rate	Aging Tree of Knowledge II: Command of Sankofa-Servant Leader - Dr. David Anderson Adrian M. Esposito 2009 \| Documentary Feature, Student \| 50 min. ** Note: Location: Salon B	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	Do You Gordon Williams 2008 \| Feature \| 40 min. ** Note: Location: Salon B	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	Short Film Series #1 Urban Mediamakers \| Short Film Series \| 65 min. Note: Location: Salon C screens with... Crescendo \| Didier Woldemard, Pierre Terrade 2009 Le Chat Noir \| Tristan Convert 2009 Winter \| Daniel Seeley 2009 Snowflake \| 2009 Whistle & Snap** \| 2009	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	Mother, Daughter Michael Cain 2009 \| Short, Student \| 17 min. ** Note: Location: Salon D	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
5:30 PM	click to rate	India of K-Town Beverly Price 2009 \| Documentary Feature \| 70 min. ** Note: Location: Salon D	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	UMFF 2009 Official Script Selections 2009 \| UMFF Official Script Selections \| 30 min. Note: Part of Opening Night Event screens with... Whispers \| Anthony P. Brooks Rhythm of the Night - The Rise and Fall of the DeBarge Family \| Rosetta James Observant Observed \| Anthony Stroe Dreaming in Color \| James Bland The Battle Within \| LaKeisha Fleming Spheres \| Mauro Mecca Lemon Tea: The Emancipation of Liberty \| Marcia L. Sinclair Muddy Water \| Corey Moore Russell and Bugeyes Mind Over Murder \| Karimah Boston The Ontological Argument \| Youssef Abdelwahab L'Orfeo \| Eduardo A. Garcia Sista Trouble \| Dave Seligman, Bennie Swint Double Dribble \| Winston Barber Skin \| Josephine Mackerras May Showers \| Chad Zemel Low Grade Chocolate \| Jennifer Bogush Too Fat To Fly South \| Anthony Amenta Barbed Tongues and Razor Wire \| Gina Robinson Free Skate \| Caitlin McCarthy After the Headlines \| Aaliyah Miller Miracle of Isabella Herrera \| Jomo Merritt Whatever Lola Wants \| Fred Reed, Jr. Shotgun** \| Wanda Weaver Kight	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
7:00 PM	click to rate	UMFF 2009 Opening Night Reception and Screening 2009 \| Opening Night Reception, Script Reading and Screening \| 180 min. screens with... Q: The Man \| Adam Bardach 2009 Waterfront Access? \| Floanne Ankah 2009 Shining (Michael Jackson Tribute) \| Trevor Parham 2009 UMFF 2009 Official Script Selections \| 2009	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
11:00 PM	click to rate	UMFF 2009 After Party 2009 \| After Party \| 180 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
Saturday, October 17th
9:00 AM	click to rate	Georgia On My Mind: A Filmmakers Breakfast 2009 \| UMFF Events \| 90 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
11:00 AM	click to rate	FREE Independent Film Screenings Film Screenings \| 1440 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
11:00 AM	click to rate	A Festival Within A Festival ... The 9th Media That Matters Film Festival Arts Engine 2009 \| Media That Matters Film Festival \| 120 min. Note: Location: Salon B screens with... The Next Wave \| MTM 2009 Bits and Pieces \| MTM 2009 Lone Wolf \| MTM 2009 Exiled in America \| MTM 2009 Why Do White People Have Black Spots? \| MDM 2009 La Hoja \| MDM 2009 Will I Be Next? \| MTM 2009 Immersion \| MTM 2009 The Secret Life of Paper \| MTM 2009 Knock Knock, Who's There? \| MTM 2009 Looking Back \| MTM 2009 Locusts** \| MTM 2009	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
11:00 AM	click to rate	Television/Web Series Urban Mediamakers 2009 \| Television \| 75 min. Note: Location: Salon A screens with... She's Got Isshoes \| Freeman White 2009 On The Grind \| Michael Ray 2009 Art In Hidden Places** \| Vanessa D. Anthony 2009	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
11:00 AM	click to rate	Can We Talk, Honestly? - An HIV/AIDS Event 2009 \| Screening and Panel \| 120 min. Note: Location: Salon C screens with... Rain: A Love Story \| Anthony Brooks 2008 Regret Free** \| April Mabry 2009	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
11:00 AM	click to rate	Following Dreams Susan Schutz 2009 \| Documentary Feature \| 57 min. ** Note: Location: Salon D	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
12:00 PM	click to rate	The Film Score 2009 \| Panel Discussion \| 90 min. ** Note: Location: Gwinnett Conference Room	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:00 PM	click to rate	The Career Side Of It All 2009 \| Panel Discussion \| 90 min. ** Note: Loation: Peachtree Conference Room	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:15 PM	click to rate	Anyone and Everyone Susan Polis Schutz 2007 \| Documentary Feature \| 57 min. ** Note: Location: Salon D	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
12:30 PM	click to rate	Lady In A Box Jeffrey Stanley 2006 \| Dark Comedy, Short \| 12 min. ** Note: Location: Salon A	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
1:00 PM	click to rate	Teenagers Overcoming Challenges... Urban Mediamakers 2009 \| Teenagers Overcoming Challenges \| 95 min. Note: Location: Salon A screens with... In My Shoes \| Oliver McClendon 2008 India of K-Town** \| Beverly Price 2009	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
1:00 PM	click to rate	Shortie Shorts - Series #1 Urban Mediamakers \| Shortie Shorts \| 40 min. Note: Location: Salon B screens with... My Cousin's Keeper \| Tom Woodruff, Jr. 2008 Seven Minute Rush \| Jarrod C Austin 2009 Street Justice \| Donna Roman Hernandez 2009 Insurgence of Ambition \| Anya Belkina 2009 Skylight \| David Baas 2009 Clean-Up \| Sundae Van Allen 2009 DiverseCity** \| Omar E. Hamid 2008	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
1:00 PM	click to rate	Jewelry Box Janice R. Thomas 2008 \| Short \| 28 min. ** Note: Location: Salon C	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
1:00 PM	click to rate	Youth Screening, Panel, Spoken Word and Entertainment 2009 \| Youth Screening \| 180 min. screens with... Tomboy \| Wendy Parkin, Barb Taylor 2008 OT: Our Town \| Scott Hamilton Kennedy 2006	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
1:30 PM	click to rate	UMFF 2009 Commercials Alpha Gold 2009 \| Commercials \| 30 min. ** Note: Location: Salon D	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
1:30 PM	click to rate	Producing Content for the Internet and Mobile Devices 2009 \| Panel Discussion \| 90 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
1:30 PM	click to rate	My Man and Me: A Relationship Discussion 2009 \| Panel Discusion \| 60 min. ** Note: Location: Gwinnett Conference Room	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
2:00 PM	click to rate	Music Videos Urban Mediamakers \| Music Videos \| 20 min. Note: Location: Salon C screens with... Eatliz \| Guy Ben Shetrit 2008 City Of Noise \| Mitch Barany 2008 Forgive Me Father \| Heinz Stossier 2009 Cold In Here** \| Ron Jones, Jr. 2008	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
2:30 PM	click to rate	Short Film Series #4 Urban Mediamakers \| Short Film Series \| 54 min. Note: Location: Salon D screens with... The Promised City \| Ann Jacobson 2009 Acqua Alta** \| Laura Litten 2008	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
3:00 PM	click to rate	Complexion Vandon Gibbs 2009 \| Feature \| 90 min. ** Note: Location: Salon A	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
3:00 PM	click to rate	Shortie Shorts - Series #2 Urban Mediamakers \| Shortie Shorts \| 50 min. Note: Location: Salon B screens with... As Seen On TV \| Lee Crowe 2009 Jalebi \| Nawaz Ameen 2009 We Are All Here \| Yonghwa Choi 2009 ME IZ MAN-I-MAL \| Bervick Deculus 2009 Paper or Plastic?** \| Martin Rosete 2009	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
3:00 PM	click to rate	Stand Up Against Violence! 2009 \| Panel Discussion \| 75 min. Note: Location: Salon C screens with... Newark Street Preachers** \| Donna Roman Hernandez 2009	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
3:00 PM	click to rate	A Conversation with Nicole Ari Parker, Actress 2009 \| A Conversation With \| 60 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
3:00 PM	click to rate	The ABC's of Reality Shows 2009 \| Panel Discussion \| 90 min. ** Note: Location: Peachtree Conference Room	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:00 PM	click to rate	Whitewash Ted Woods 2009 \| Documentary Feature \| 90 min. ** Note: Location: Salon D	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
4:30 PM	click to rate	Short Film Series #2 Urban Mediamakers \| Short Film Series \| 61 min. Note: Location: Salon C screens with... Moments \| C.J. Schmidt 2009 Igbo Kwenu! \| Chinonye Chukwu 2009 Type O \| Brianna Brown 2009 Propaganda** \| C.J. Schmidt 2009	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
4:30 PM	click to rate	A Conversation Between Nations 2009 \| Panel Discussion \| 90 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
4:30 PM	click to rate	Film Distribution 101 2009 \| Panel Discussion \| 60 min. ** Note: Location: Gwinnett Conference Room	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Sabar Chike C. Nwoffiah 2008 \| Feature \| 103 min. ** Note: Location: Salon A	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	Founding Fathers Ron Lawrence, Hassan Pore 2009 \| Documentary Feature \| 119 min. ** Note: Location: Salon B	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
5:45 PM	click to rate	A Conversation with Ralph Scott, Executive Producer, BET's Lens On Talent Filmmaker Challenge 2009 \| A Conversation With \| 60 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
6:00 PM	click to rate	Short Film Series #3 Urban Mediamakers \| Short Film Series \| 48 min. Note: Location: Salon C screens with... Children for a Day \| Glenn Pack 2009 Playground \| Avril Evans 2008 The Shadows - Chapter One** \| Chigozie O. Nwokeafor 2009	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
9:30 PM	click to rate	Urban Mediamakers Awards Ceremony, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Mausiki Scales and The Common Ground Collective, and DJ Loveall 2009 \| Awards and Concert \| 150 min. ** Note: Location: Salon Ballroom (ABCD)	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Sunday, October 18th
10:00 AM	click to rate	Disappearing Voices: The Decline of Black Radio U-Savior Washington 2008 \| Documentary Feature \| 90 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets
11:00 AM	click to rate	FREE Independent Film Screenings Film Screenings \| 1440 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
12:00 PM	click to rate	Inspire Me! Weightless Flights of Discovery Brad and Sean McLain 2009 \| Documentary Feature \| 56 min. ** Note: Location: Salon A	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
12:00 PM	click to rate	Sampalataya Erykah Del Mundo 2009 \| Short, Student \| 17 min. ** Note: Location: Salon B	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
12:00 PM	click to rate	Slap Down Jesus Christ 2009 \| Feature, Student ** Note: Location: Salon C	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
12:30 PM	click to rate	Intimidad Ashley Sabin, David Redmon 2008 \| Documentary Feature \| 74 min. ** Note: Location: Salon B	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
1:30 PM	click to rate	The Prince of Broadway Sean Baker 2009 \| Feature \| 100 min. ** Note: Location: Salon A	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
2:00 PM	click to rate	Movement of the People Helen Lester 2009 \| Documentary Feature \| 93 min. ** Note: Location: Salon B	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
2:00 PM	click to rate	Papers Anne Galisky 2009 \| Documentary Feature \| 95 min. ** Note: Location: Salon C	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
3:00 PM	click to rate	"Latino In America" - A CNN Series Advance Screening 2009 \| Latino In America - CNN Advance Screening \| 120 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
3:00 PM	click to rate	Blind Tom, The Last Legal Slave in America Andrew Regan 2008 \| Documentary Short \| 40 min. ** Note: Location: Salon C	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
3:30 PM	click to rate	RIFF Robinson Vil 2007 \| Short \| 13 min. ** Note: Location: Salon A	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
4:00 PM	click to rate	Maasailand Nestor Colombo 2009 \| Documentary Short \| 29 min. ** Note: Location: Salon B	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	Move Theodore Collatos \| Documentary Feature ** Note: Location: Salon B	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	Sure Looks Good Lionel Cook 2009 \| Feature \| 87 min. ** Note: Location: Salon C	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	4 Minutes 2009 \| Feature Film, Not In Competition \| 120 min. ** Note: Location: Salon A	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal
8:00 PM	click to rate	"Gritz & Jelly Butter" FREE Live Concert - UMFF 2009 Closing Night 2009 \| Closing Night Concert \| 180 min.	Marriott Hotel - Norcross	+ add to cal	buy tickets