New TFC Festival Titles: The New Black, The Happy Sad, Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf

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New TFC Festival Titles
The New Black, The Happy Sad, Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf

Dear Programmers,

As we head into the Summer Festivals, The Film Collaborative is delighted to announce three exciting new titles for Festival consideration. With the addition of THE NEW BLACK and THE HAPPY SAD, TFC is especially pleased to offer new films addressing LGBT issues in the African American community.

For a full list of festival titles currently available for bookings from TFC, please visit thefilmcollaborative.org/films.

Email us for screeners or streaming links here.

All best,

Jeffrey Winter

	2012 \| USA \| 80 min. Director Yoruba Richen Writers Yoruba Richen, Erin Casper Producers Yoruba Richen, Yvonne Welbon Co-Producer Angela Tucker Associate Producers Samantha Stark, Veena Rao Editors Erin Casper, Ali Muney Cinematographers Nadia Hallgren, Garland McLaurin Cast Sharon Lettman-Hicks, Karess Taylor-Hughes, Samantha Master, Pastor Derek McCoy, Rev. Delman Coates, Anthony Charles Williams II		The New Black ABOUT THE FILM: The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community’s institutional pillar—the black church and reveals the Christian right wing’s strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political agenda. The New Black takes viewers into the pews and onto the streets and provides a seat at the kitchen table as it tells the story of the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland and charts the evolution of this divisive issue within the black community. FESTIVALS 2013: Los Angeles Film Festival, Human Rights Watch Film Festival (New York), AFI Docs (formerly Silverdocs), Frameline FESTIVAL TERRITORIES The World EXHIBITION FORMATS HDCAM, Blu-Ray, DVD Click here for more information about this film. WEBSITE: promisedlandfilm.com/films/the-new-black Email us for screeners or streaming links.

	2013 \| USA \| 87 min. Director Rodney Evans Writer Ken Urban Producers Rodney Evans, Tory Lenosky, Esra Saydam Editors Rodney Evans, Sabine Hoffman Cinematographer Arlene Muller Cast LeRoy McClain, Sorel Carradine, Charlie Barnett, Cameron Scoggins, Maria Dizzia, Sue Jean Kim, Jamie Harrold, Michael Nathanson		The Happy Sad ABOUT THE FILM: In the age of polyamory and blurred lines of sexuality, what really makes for a happy relationship? Two young couples in New York—one black and gay, one white and heterosexual—find themselves intertwined as they create new relationship norms, explore sexual identity, and redefine monogamy in this captivating new film directed by Rodney Evens (Brother to Brother). FESTIVALS 2013: Frameline, Outfest FESTIVAL TERRITORIES The World EXHIBITION FORMATS HDCAM, Blu-Ray, DVD Click here for more information about this film. WEBSITE: TFC Slate Email us for screeners or streaming links.

	2013 \| USA \| 83 min. Director Anna Margarita Albelo Writer Michael Urban Producer Christine Treibel Editor Aleshka Ferrero Cinematographer Alison Kelly Production Designer Candi Guterres Costume Designer Tiger Curran Cast Anna Margarita Albelo, Guinevere Turner, Janina Gavankar, Agnes Olech, Carrie Preston, Celeste Pechous, Joel Michaely, Drew Droege		Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf? ABOUT THE FILM: As another birthday rolls around, forty-year-old filmmaker Anna (played by the director) returns to her never-changing list of resolutions: lose twenty pounds, get a girlfriend, and direct a feature film. Imagine Liz Lemon, if she were a lesbian cinéaste with a dash of Cuban blood in her. This year, Anna plans to knock (at least) two of those resolutions out with one stone, as she begins writing a lesbian remake of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, devised to win the affections of her leading lady, Katia (Janina Gavankar of “The L-Word”). With Anna planning to act opposite her beautiful crush, her two best friends, Penelope (Go Fish’s Guinevere Turner) and Chloe (“True Blood”’s Carrie Preston), round out the four-person cast. FESTIVALS 2013: Frameline, Outfest FESTIVAL TERRITORIES North America EXHIBITION FORMATS HDCAM, Blu-Ray, DVD Click here for more information about this film. WEBSITE: vaginawolf.com/ Email us for screeners or streaming links.

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