Black film festivals survive in, and adapt to, new austerity

With the maverick spirit of Sundance in the rear-view and the grande dame of Cannes dead ahead, the 2010 film festival season is well underway. As Telluride, Tribeca and the Seattle International Film Festivals prepare for audiences with a broad slate of studio and independent films, film festivals focused on African and African-American filmmakers are gearing up. In theGrio  

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Life in the still-recovering economy is especially precarious for black film festival organizers. It's claimed a temporary (and unlikely) casualty in the ranks of black film fests. But other film gatherings are forging ahead, cautiously and inventively, their organizers working to balance the need to maintain public interest in African American film with the need to stay afloat in an austere economic climate.


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