Awards and Previous Screenings

Awards & previous Screenings

awards & honors

Winner – Best Documentary Feature Premiere – Heartland Int'l FF (Oct. 2021)
Closing Night Film – Baltimore Int’l Black FF (Oct. 2021)
Winner – Audience Award for Documentary Feature – Baltimore Int’l Black FF (Oct. 2021)
Nominee – Gordon Parks Award for Excellence in Black Filmmaking – Tallgrass FF (Oct. 2021)
2nd Place – Best Documentary Feature – Urban Mediamakers Festival (Oct. 2021)
Honorable Mention – Documentary Feature - Charlotte FF (Oct. 2021)
Winner – Best Documentary - Twin Cities Black FF (Oct. 2021)
Winner – Insight Feature Award - Orlando FF (Oct. 2021
Nominee – Best Documentary Feature – Orlando FF (Oct. 2021)
Nominee – Best Poster – Orlando FF (Oct. 2021)
Nominee – Best East Coast/West Coast Documentary – Jersey Shore FF (Nov. 2021)
Opening Night Film – Rome Int'l FF (Nov. 2021)
Winner – Special Jury Award for Remarkable Protagonists – Rome Int'l FF (Nov. 2021)
3rd Place Audience Choice – Documentary Feature – Capital City Black FF (Dec. 2021)
Runner - up – Best Documentary Feature – Denton Black FF (Jan. 2022)
Nominee – Best Documentary Feature – Central Florida FF (Jan. 2022)
Nominee – Best Documentary Feature – Austin Revolution FF (Feb. 2022)
Winner – Best Documentary Director – Austin Revolution FF (Feb. 2022)
Nominee– Filmmaker of the Year – Austin Revolution FF (Feb. 2022)
Finalist – Jury Award Best Documentary Feature – Amelia Island Film Festival (Feb. 2022)
Winner – Audience Award Documentary Feature – Amelia Island Film Festival (Feb. 2022)
Winner – Audience Award Documentary Feature – Gasparilla International Film Festival (Mar. 2022)
Nominee – Best Documentary Feature – Best of NewFilmmaker Los Angeles Awards (Apr. 2022)
Nominee – Best Documentary – Black Film Festival of New Orleans (Mar/Apr 2022)
Nominee – Best Feature-Length Documentary – Northern Virginia Int'l Film & Music Festival (Apr. 2022)

Previous Screenings

30th Heartland International Film Festival (Indiana, USA) – World premiere – Oct. 2021
8th Baltimore Int’l Black Film Festival (Maryland, USA) – Mid-Atlantic premiere – Oct. 2021
7th Tryon International Film Festival (North Carolina, USA) – East Coast premiere – Oct. 2021
13th Charlotte Film Festival (North Carolina, USA) – Southeastern premiere – Oct. 2021
20th Urban Mediamakers Festival (Georgia, USA) – Oct. 2021
14th Bushwick Film Festival (New York, USA) – Oct. 2021
19th Twin Cities Black Film Festival (Minnesota, USA) – Oct. 2021
19th Tallgrass Film Festival (Kansas, USA) – Oct. 2021
10th Montclair Film Festival (New Jersey, USA) – Oct. 2021
10th Capital City Film Festival (Michigan, USA) – Oct. 2021
16th Orlando Film Festival (Florida, USA) – Oct.-Nov. 2021
12th NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (California, USA) – West Coast premiere – Nov. 2021
10th San Pedro International Film Festival (California, USA) – Nov. 2021
21st Silver Wave Film Festival (New Brunswick, Canada) – International Premiere – Nov. 2021
24th East Lansing Film Festival (Michigan, USA) – Nov. 2021
30th St. Louis International Film Festival (Missouri, USA) – Nov. 2021
14th Jersey Shore Film Festival (New Jersey, USA) – Nov. 2021
36th Fort Lauderdale Int’l Film Festival (Florida, USA) – Nov. 2021
39th Three Rivers Film Festival (Pennsylvania, USA) – Nov. 2021
18th Rome International Film Festival (Georgia, USA) – Nov. 2021
3rd Visions of the Black Experience (Florida, USA) – Nov. 2021
5th CineOdyssey Film Festival (North Carolina, USA) – Nov. 2021
9th Capital City Black Film Festival (Texas, USA) – Dec. 2021
11th London Lift-Off Film Festival (England, UK) – Dec. 2021
5th Dunedin International Film Festival (Florida, USA) - Jan. 2022
16th Central Florida Film Festival (Florida, USA) – Jan. 2022
12th Saint Augustine Film Festival (Florida, USA) – Jan. 2022
9th Orlando Urban Film Festival (Florida, USA) – Jan. 2022
8th Denton Black Film Festival (Texas, USA) – Jan. 2022
17th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival (Louisiana, USA) – Jan/Feb. 2022
17th Frozen River Film Festival (Minnesota, USA) – Feb. 2022
22nd Santa Fe Film Festival (New Mexico, USA) – Feb. 2022
27th Victoria Film Festival (British Columbia, Canada) – Feb. 2022
10th Austin Revolution Film Festival (Texas, USA) – Feb. 2022
7th South Texas International Film Festival (Texas, USA) – Feb. 2022
6th Halifax Black Film Festival (Nova Scotia, Canada) – Feb. 2022
15th Amelia Island Film Festival (Florida, USA) – Feb. 2022
12th EKO International Film Festival (Lagos, Nigeria) – Mar. 2022
15th Gasparilla International Film Festival (Florida, USA) – Mar. 2022
17th Omaha Film Festival (Nebraska, USA) – Mar. 2022
25th Sonoma International Film Festival (California, USA) – Mar/Apr 2022
15th Salem Film Festival (Massachusetts, USA) – Mar/Apr 2022
3rd Black Film Festival of New Orleans (Louisiana, USA) – Mar/Apr 2022
46th Cleveland International Film Festival (Ohio, USA) – Apr. 2022
49th Athens International Film + Video Festival (Ohio, USA) – Apr. 2022
8th Northern Virginia International Film & Music Festival (Virginia, USA) – Apr. 2022