For immediate Release
June 22, 2009

Media Contacts:
Darius McCroey, Marketing Manager, ACT Roxbury
dmccroey@madison-park.org
Ph. 617-849-6321

SPREADING MULTICULTURISM THROUGH FILM – ACT ROXBURY AND THE COLOR OF FILM COLLABORATIVE
PRESENT THE 11th ANNUAL ROXBURY FILM FESTIVAL

Boston, MA – The 11th annual Roxbury Film Festival (RFF), the largest film festival in New England dedicated to films that celebrate people of color, will take place July 30 through August 2, 2009.  Presented by ACT Roxbury and The Color of Film Collaborative, RFF will screen over 50 films including features, shorts, documentaries and youth-produced works.

In addition to the screenings RFF will feature panel discussions and workshops for filmmakers, actors and film enthusiasts.  Renowned acting coach Troy Michael Rowland, one of Hollywood’s premiere acting coaches, will conduct an Master Acting workshop, as well as a teen acting workshop.  Also, noted Hollywood publicist and filmmaker Ava Duvernay of the Duvernay Agency along with industry veteran and marketing consultant Komeka Freeman will take part in the panel – Marketing & PR for Filmmakers. Additionally, Eric Meza, noted writer and director, who has developed scripts for Screen Gems, New Line Cinema, Myriad Pictures and Fox Networks will teach a screenwriting class on Friday and Saturday.

Films will be screened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Tower Auditorium at Massachusetts College of Art, Roxbury Center for Arts at Hibernian Hall, and Annex Auditorium at Wentworth Institute of Technology.   Also, the ever popular Dinner and a Movie event will take place at The Haley House Café.

Updated information on special guests, panels, awards and other festival events can be found over the coming weeks at www.roxburyfilmfestival.org/ For a limited time, RFF is also offering an early-bird discount on festival passes.  Early-bird passes can be purchased until July 17th at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/71419.

Festival Producers

The Roxbury Film Festival is co-produced by ACT Roxbury and The Color of Film Collaborative. Arts Culture & Trade (ACT) Roxbury, a program of Madison Park Development Corporation, promotes arts and culture as a vehicle for economic development. The Roxbury Film Festival is one of several annual events of the Roxbury Arts Series produced by ACT Roxbury. For more information on ACT Roxbury, visit www.actroxbury.org.

The Color of Film Collaborative is a non-profit organization that works to support media makers of color and others who have an interest in creating and developing new and diverse images of people of color in film, video and performing arts. For more information on the Color of Film Collaborative, visit www.coloroffilm.com.

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