Vote and Help Pan African Film Festival WIN USA Today Best Festival Contest

Greetings Friends and  Lovers of Great Films~
PAFF NEEDS YOUR VOTE! Pan African Film Festival has been nominated in the "Best Film Festival" contest in USA TODAY.
 Please vote again and again and share the link with your friends!

For years, Ayuko Babu and the PAFF team have been presenting WONDERFUL films which are produced and directed by artists of  the African diaspora. These are great films of awesome stories, characters and scenery, which we would never have had a chance of hearing about without the Pan African Film Festival. This festival originated the idea of honoring and bringing films out of the Pan African Diaspora to the attention of movie lovers in the United States.

The annual Los Angeles event is always a cultural highlight of the year. Besides the excitement of a red carpet premiere of a major film, and the showcasing of over 150 films, the event features international
panels of directors, producers, scholars and actors,  art exhibits, and fashion shows. There's something for everyone, with an entire program of films, devoted to children and young film-goers. The event is always well supported and attended by Hollywood's African American stars.
 
Now is the time to show our gratitude and appreciation for this successful institution, and demonstrate that we Love the work of Pan African film-makers, and want to see more of it in theaters.

 Here is the link to vote:
  http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-film-festival/.


 And do read Ayuko Babu's message below.
Thanks, Kendke
 http://www.paff.org/

In case, you're not familiar with the festival, click the link. At their website check out the list of films presented last month.  And please vote for the Festival again, and again.

And since we're talking about entertainment on screen.... I bet you heard of the record breaking success new show 'Empire', achieved Wed nite with it's tremendous season finale ~ best season finale of any new show in the last 10 years! 

Deadline Hollywood had this to say:
" Last night’s airing of the hip hop family drama delivered the best first season result any new series on any broadcast network has had since the Shonda Rhimes created Grey’s Anatomy ended its debut cycle on ABC in 2005."

Shonda Rhimes is an outstanding example of the type of excellence we create, when people of African descent can define our own images, dialogues and television content.

Oh! Can I mention that Serena just reached the semi-finals at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells!!! Her classy comeback is such a rich victory for her and all of us. Love her inner and outer beauty. She's powerful, humble and true to her integrity, all at the same time!  Straight outa Compton, and out into the world~

This is my ideal of how you defeat the ignorance of racism and bigotry: With excellence....you can't deny it, resist it or refute it, and we're on a roll right now~
Hammer didn't lie when he said....You can't touch this!

lovu,
Kendke

ps/ Just saw that Snoop is developing a show for HBO about L A in the 1980's. That brother's evolution just continues to make me proud. If you caught his show about parenting his son, into becoming an outstanding student and  football star,  sought after by top universities, you got a chance to see strong positive parenting skills. He does a lot for young black kids with his football league. If you're unfamiliar with his passion and generosity, click this link: http://knewzfrommeroewest.blogspot.com/2009/12/kudos-to-hood-snoop-dogg-and-homies.html 
I'm looking forward to supporting his show. And you know, he sounded damn good singing too, last night on the Empire season finale!
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Greetings Kendke:
PAFF NEEDS YOUR VOTE!
PAFF has been nominated in the "Best Film Festival"
contest in USA TODAY. We need your help to start a social media campaign that will give PAFF the win. Get this link out to everyone you know. Post it on
your Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, etc. Email it. Ask your family
members, friends, schoolmates, students, co-workers, professional/social
organization members, frat brothers, soror sisters, congregations,
colleagues and anyone you know who uses email and social
media (especially those with large followings) to participate and
pass the contest info on to their connections.  We were #8 yesterday
and have dropped down to #11 (Currently #7!!!). So we really need your help to make sure we stay and remain at least in the top ten.

Voters have four weeks to vote for the candidate of their choice. A person can vote once a day for the run of the contest.  http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-film-festival/.

Voting ends Monday, April 13, 2015 at 11:59am EDT and the winners will be announced on 10 Best on Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 at 11:59am EDT, then later in USA TODAY.  We know we're #1 but we need to let the World know
it. Besides, we are the only film festival on the list serving People of
Color. So we have to "Represent"!
Help us to win this!

Ayuko Babu
Executive Director,
THE PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Celebrating 23 Years
6820 La Tijera Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Ph: 310. 337-4737
Fax: 310.337-4736
www.paff.org