The Florence Short Film Showcase will be back in 2013, taking place Friday, February 8, 2013, from 6:30 to 10:00 PM, at the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology, state of the art technology center located at the back of Florence-Darlington Technical Community College campus.
Making a successful debut this year, the event will once again honor Black History Month by screening Black-themed short films in a concentrated setting to bring awareness to the art of short films and creative content by and about Blacks from the African Diaspora. The Florence Short Film Showcase is a unique enrichment event, presenting the opportunity to promote the arts in the form of film, possibly inspiring county residents to become filmmakers.
In 2013, the showcase will feature seven short films, acquired through submissions that are directed by a Black person, tells a story of the Black experience, and/or features a Black person in a leading role. At the end of the screening, the audience will once again choose the best short film of the showcase. This year, the honor was bestowed on Charleston filmmaker Brad Jayne for Song of Pumpkin Brown, which was set in 1961 and told the story of ten-year-old Pumpkin Brown (Khari Lucas) who loses his preacher father (Micheal L. Nesbitt) and their rural South Carolina home and finds jazz to deal with his grief.
As an added bonus, a film industry symposium will be offered for those interested in pursuing a career in the film industry. Details will be available in coming months on the event’s website, www.florenceshortfilmshowcase.com, which will launch next week on August 1.
