A look into the American Black Film festival w/ Yake Smith

RIB Radio will be talking to filmmaker , Yake Smith about the HBO short film festival held at the American Black Film Festival."The HBO Short Film Award competition, which has been an integral part of the festival for 15 years, is one of the most prestigious platforms for emerging filmmakers. Five finalists' films are screened before the festival audience and each vie for a grand prize of $20,000. In addition, the films in competition will also be considered for broadcast on one of HBO’s programming services. Talent discovered through this competition include filmmakers: Sylvain White (The Losers, Stomp the Yard), Frank E. Flowers (Haven) and Saladin Patterson ("Psych," "The Bernie Mac Show" and The Fighting Temptations)."BY VANESSA MARTINEZ