The Blackhouse® Foundation returns to Park City during 2013 Sundance Film Festival
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The Blackhouse® Foundation returns to Park City during 2013
Sundance Film Festival
Leading entertainment industry non-profit hosts educational and community building events
directed to African-American film community
(Los Angeles, CA) January 16, 2013- The Blackhouse® Foundation returns to Park City with a host of
exciting events from January 18-22, 2013 based at 804 Main St Park City, UT 84060 and open daily
between 10am-12am. For the past six years, The Blackhouse® Foundation has partnered with the
Sundance Film Festival to create the ultimate experience for emerging elite filmmakers in the African-
American community. Open to the public and home base for African-American festival attendees, The
Blackhouse® Foundation’s venue will host numerous workshops, nightly community events and
signature gatherings. Highlights for 2013 include: Dinner with Bevy hosted by Blackhouse Ambassador
Bevy Smith, A Conversation with Will Packer-Presented by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences-moderated by Brickson Diamond, a panel on casting in a New America moderated by
Blackhouse Ambassador Elvis Mitchell and featuring executives, filmmakers and talent from across FOX
and Fox Searchlight and a special Inaugural Breakfast.
“Sundance is an experience like no other and we at Blackhouse are proud to ensure that more black folks
get this experience and take advantage of it,” said Brickson Diamond, Board Chair of the Blackhouse
Foundation.
The Blackhouse® Foundation works to expand opportunities for Black filmmakers by providing a
physical gathering venue for our constituents at the world’s most prominent film festivals, encouraging
the inclusion of black filmmakers with films selected by the festival and creating a nucleus for continuing
support, community, education and knowledge.
Boasting a remarkable 29 films highlighting black directors, content or cast from across the African
Diaspora in this year’s festival, The Blackhouse® is proud of their influence to increase visibility to a vast
array of mainstream markets since their inception.
Diamond said, “There are these full circle moments at Sundance that afford you the opportunity to watch
films like BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD at its first screening, see Fox Searchlight acquire it,
witness its gradual release on screens across the country and finally wake up too early one morning to
hear the name of 9-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis amongst the Oscar Best Actress nominees. There is
nothing like being a part of that…a real part of it. That is Sundance.”
Live streaming via http://theblackhouse.org/ustream and “tweets” will be an essential part of the
Blackhouse experience. For all updates follow us on Twitter @The_Blackhouse or search
#theBlackhouse and join the conversation. Also ‘Like’ our Facebook fan page for pictures,
announcements, and more at www.facebook.com/blackhousefoundation.
This year’s Blackhouse is proudly sponsored by CAA, HBO, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Science, Fox Audience Strategy, Fox, Fox Searchlight, Hennessy, POV, GRAB Media, Huff Post/AOL
Black Voices, Mississippi Film Office, Firelight Media, Stella Artois, IFP and Ciroc. For all event
information, log onto www.theblackhouse.org.
About The Blackhouse Foundation
The Blackhouse® Foundation works to expand opportunities for Black filmmakers by providing a
physical gathering venue for our constituents at the world’s most prominent film festivals, encouraging
the inclusion of black filmmakers with films selected by the festival and creating a nucleus for continuing
support, community, education and knowledge.
The Blackhouse® Foundation is a US-based charitable organization geared towards dynamic industry
networking, rigorous support, unparalleled education, and celebration for filmmakers of African descent
and their audiences. The Blackhouse focuses on increasing the visibility and commercial success of films
by, for and about people across the Diaspora.
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