![]() “’Blackbird’ is in line with my vision for UMC to bring together the African American/urban production and talent community with a distribution channel dedicated to showcasing and supporting their creative works,” he said. Johnson is the founder of Black Entertainment Television. The Urban Movie Channel is part of Johnson’s RLJ Entertainment. Mo’Nique is also an exec producer with her spouse Sidney Hicks. Polk is producing through Tall Skinny Black Boy Prods., Keith Brown through Kbiz Entertainment, Washington through his Coalhouse Prods., and Carol Ann Shine. Mo’Nique said the response at film festivals over the past year has been overwhelmingly positive: “I hear people and sniffle - and during the Q&A, someone always says, ‘That’s my story up there.'” The film has received “best feature” honors at Outflix Memphis, Atlanta’s Out On Film, Reeling in Chicago, and the Crossroads Film Festival. “Blackbird” premiered last year at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles and has been on the festival circuit since then. “It’s a story that will resonate profoundly in the hearts of many, and a story that I knew, if told correctly, would create a movement and bring about change to the lives of so many people, especially within the African American and LGBT communities,” Monique said. ![]() Gray, Kevin Allesee, Torrey Laamar, Nikki Jane and D. ![]() ![]() Mo’Nique and Washington portray his parents. ![]()
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