The 24th American Black Film Festival in Miami Beach has wrapped its virtual edition, with Chris Bailey’s basketball drama Curtis picking up the best U.S. narrative feature prize.
This year’s digital festival program, which ran from Aug. 21-30, featured projects across competitive categories including U.S. narrative, international narrative, documentary features, web series and HBO short film.
Presenters at the virtual awards show, hosted by Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker , included Spike Lee, Lee Daniels, Laz Alonso, Bevy Smith, Logan Browning, Sinqua Walls and La La Anthony.
The in-person American Black Festival in Miami Beach was originally set to run over five days from Oct. 21 to 25, but was forced by the Coronavirus pandemic to go digital. Most of the programming for the online edition was offered for free, and Mary J. Blige served as this year’s festival ambassador.
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