What an evening! It felt like a miniature FunkJazz Kafé festival. Many thanks to all who attended. 1,100 plus people for two screenings is a lot for a movie premiere. Thanks to the National Black Arts Festival and our panelists, Stic Man (Dead Prez), Joi Gilliam, Professor Griff (Public Enemy), Lil’ John Roberts (The Chronicle), Anthony David, Ron Williams (FJK), Craig Love (Producer, Soul Of Earth), Jason Orr and moderator, DJ Jamal Ahmad (WCLK). We’d also like to thank Ahsa Ahla (percussionist), CC Sunchild (grand piano), DJ Salah Ananse, Saniyah Griffith at Carol’s Daughter, Aaliyah Duncan (ALIST) and all of you who attended, you were a part of something truly special.
Check out the video Rolling Out magazine did covering the event:
There are no dates scheduled for the next screening of “FunkJazz Kafé: Diary Of A Decade” but send your email address/contact info to funkjazzkafe@gmail.com and we’ll send you a notice when we do.
Here are some photos and videos from the evening. Click on the photos to enlarge them.
MOVIE REVIEWS FOR “FunkJazz Kafé: Diary Of A Decade (The Story Of A Movement)”
This is the Blues & Soul (UK) review of “FunkJazz Kafé: Diary Of A Decade”:
Here’s what Creative Loafing (Atlanta) had to say after seeing the event. CLICK HERE
More video from the lobby shot by a fan:
VIDEO OF THE PANEL DISCUSSION
[…] Over a decade in the making, Diary of A Decade’s premier screening was held this summer at the 2011 National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta to a packed audience at the Rialto Center for the Arts. […]
[…] Film festival responses are coming in and we’re proud to say that our highly anticipated movie, “FunkJazz Kafé: Diary Of A Decade (The Story Of A Movement)” has been selected for the 2012 Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA. We will be screening the movie at Rave Cinemas 15 at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza on February 17, 2012 (subject to change). The PAFF is February 9-20, 2012. More info to come. We may even have a panel of the cast following the screening just as we did at the sneak preview screening during this years National Black Arts Festival (SEE IT HERE). […]
Wonderful movie…Wonderful movement!!