After my brief stint in the PR department at Capitol Records, I spent a few years in the indie film scene, thanks to my wife and her debut feature Naked Acts. We ended up going the the self-distribution route as a matter of last recourse. We'd shopped the film to every distributor, big and small, but got no interest in a small drama that had an all-Black cast and wasn't about a comedy or about boys in some 'hood. No, nobody seemed interested in a story with a Black woman as protagonist who struggled with body-image issues. The story went like this:
Well, it's been 10 years since we took a chance and self-distributed the film at the old Thalia Theater on 95th Street and Broadway. Our scheduled one-week run turned into four thanks to some incredible grassroots support and a story that moved people, women and men, black and white. Anyway, we
were able to secure a video distribution deal, which got the film into
Amazon, Hollywood Video and Netflix.
Consider joining us on December 7 when the film has its first NY screening since its theatrical run. It'll be showing as part of this year's African Diaspora Film Festival. Bridgett will be doing a Q&A immediately following the screening. Here are the details:
Sunday, December 7
6:30PM
$10
Cowin Center @ Teachers College
525 West 120th Street, 147 Horace Mann Hall
Take the #1 train to 116th Street
Here's a scene from the film:
Tickets can be ordered in advance by going here
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