3RD ANNUAL JUNETEENTH FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(Times, Locations and Appearances Subject to Change)

Press Day with Sponsors

Special Film Premiere – Constellation
Appearances by Hill Harper, Billy Dee Williams and Director Jordan Walker-Pearlman
7:00 pm Film Screening (Reception immediately following)
Location:  Angelika Film Center
Mockingbird Station
5321 E Mockingbird Lane
Dallas, TX 75206  
(214) 841-4700

Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial love affair. The film explores the way in which the family patriarch must confront his demons amidst the changing racial fabric of society and his own family. Shot on location in Huntsville, Alabama with an all-star cast including Gabrielle Union, Zoe Saldana, Hill Harper, Melissa De Sousa, Rae Dawn Chong and Billy Dee Williams.

Competition Film Screenings in Partnership with The South Dallas Cultural Center
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location:  The Magnolia Lounge at Fair Park
1211 First Avenue at Grand
Dallas, Texas 75315
(between the African American Museum and the Old Mill Inn)
Admission: Free

Special Short Film Presentation featuring:
Jesus Children of America by director/producer Spike Lee, with appearance by Writer Joie Lee
The Magnolia Lounge at Fair Park - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Friday Night Jazz
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Location:  Brooklyn Jazz Café
1701 South Lamar
Dallas, TX 75215
(214) 428-0025

Competition Film Screenings in Partnership with The South Dallas Cultural Center
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location:  The Magnolia Lounge at Fair Park
1211 First Avenue at Grand
Dallas, Texas 75315
(between the African American Museum and the Old Mill Inn)

Admission: Free

Emancipation Series Presentation
Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored
With Special Celebrity Guests, Tim and Daphne Reid
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Location:  Hyatt at Reunion Arena – The Cotton Bowl Room
300 Reunion Boulevard
Dallas, Texas, 75207
(214) 651-1234
Admission:  $10.00 (tickets available at the door)

Special Short Film Presentation featuring:
2:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Quiet As It’s Kept Appearance by writer/director Charles Burnett

Location:  Hyatt at Reunion Arena – The Cotton Bowl Room
300 Reunion Boulevard
Dallas, Texas, 75207
(214) 651-1234
Admission:  $10.00 (tickets available at the door)

3rd Annual Juneteenth Film Festival Awards and Tribute hosted by KiKi Shepard with appearances by:

• Richard Roundtree (Lifetime Achievement Honoree)
  
• Kimberly Elise (Brightest Star Awardee)
  
• Bishop T.D. Jakes (Film Maker of the Year)
  
• Comedian AJ Jamal
  
• Tim and Daphne Reid
  
• Writer/Director Charles Burnett
  
• Actor Russell Hornsby
  
• Actress Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

And performances by:

• Jazz Extraordinaire Martha Burks
  
• Soprano Mary McMeans
  
• The Dallas Black Dance Theatre
  
• Ebony Emerald Classic Theatre, and
  
• Grammy Award Winning Gospel Recording Artist Fred Hammond
  

With a special tribute to Richard Roundtree by Samuel L. Jackson, Sheila Frazier and Sidney Poitier

8:00 pm | Location: Naomi Bruton Theatre - Dallas Convention Center Theatre District
650 South Griffin Street Dallas, TX 75202 (At the corner of Canton and Akard Street - DIRECTIONS) (214) 743-2440
Tickets available at all Ticketmaster outlets and select Phonz or call (214) 354-4445

Juneteenth Film Festival Closing Night Party
10:00 pm

Church Services
11:30 am
Location:  The Potter’s House
6777 West Kiest Blvd
Dallas, Texas 75236