Disney’s selection committee has chosen three Harlem International Film Festival alums as finalists for the ABC & DGA Directing Program (2012-2014)
Ka’ramuu Kush, Moon Molson and Nzingha Stewart have demonstrated years of solid directing work, but you don’t have to tell us that! Molson premiered his film Pop Foul with us in 2006 taking a best short award and Crazy Beats Strong at Hi 2011. Both films were also shown at Sundance Film Festival. Stewart ‘s The Marriage Counselor screened at Hi 2006. Kush has shown several films at Hi over the years including Love Aquarium, K(no)w De:tales and last year’s New York Premiere of Salvation Road (starring Roger Guenveur Smith, Russell Hornsby. Kush also won our Screenplay Competition last year with his stunning road movie Die Enormous. The reading included performances by The Wire’s Jamie Hector, Curtiss I Cook (Law & Order) and spoken word artist Liza Jessie Peterson.
We look forward to more exciting work from them as well as all the finalists. Congratulations to all of you and keep up the great work!
The complete list of Finalists are:
Fidel Arizmendi
Sonia Bhalla
Clayton Cogswell
Ryan Coogler
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Vince Duque
Amy French
Risa Bramon Garcia
Rashaad Ernesto Green
Rob Greenlea
Ron Jacobs
Aundre Johnson
Shalini Kantayya
Regina King
Ka’ramuu Kush
Jerry LaMothe
Maxine Lapiduss
Tina Mabry
Geeta Malik
Lily Mariye
David Martin-Porras
Marc Masciandaro
Kimberly McCullough
Moon Molson
Anne Renton
Victor Ridaura
Joan Schimke
Velvet Andrews Smith
Casey Stangl
Nzingha Stewart
Jude Weng