American Black FIlm Festival Community Day to Take Place in June

The 2025 American Black Film Festival will conclude its five-day event with their annual Community Day in partnership with the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau in Historic Overtown at The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater on Sunday, June 15 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

The event is free and open to the South Florida community. To reserve your spot, please click HERE. Miami-area residents, along with festival attendees, will gather for a day of film screenings and vendor expo. This year's program will feature the world premiere of DreamWorks Animation's short film Wednesdays With Gramps and an encore presentation of the world premiere film Trouble Man, produced, directed by, and starring Michael Jai White, with a talkback to follow.

"ABFF's 20-year partnership with the South Florida community is a huge milestone, and we couldn't be more thrilled," said NICE CROWD Founder & CEO Jeff Friday. "The Miami community is vital to our festival's spirit. We're particularly looking forward to connecting with everyone at our Community Day in Historic Overtown at The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater, an impactful collaboration with the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. It's always rewarding to bridge the gap between local residents and the creative community."

"For 20 years, the Greater Miami and Miami Beach has had the special honor and privilege to call the American Black Film Festival our home-grown event," said GMCVB President and CEO David Whitaker. "Through this decades-long relationship and all of the energy and dynamism showcased, the partnership has helped shape a brand for the destination and in turn a brand for the festival."

"In addition to the film screenings, the GMCVB ABFF Community Day gives opportunity to a few of our local vendors and artists to showcase their work," stated Conne Kinnard, SVP at the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. "We are intentional about making sure we involve the business community to play an active role in intersecting with the overall Festival participants. This year, we will expand the footprint to showcase more of our local creative community by activating a portion of the Lyric Plaza."

Following is the schedule of live 2025 ABFF Community Day events. For times, locations and more details, visit www.ABFF.com.

Sunday, June 15, 2025:

1:45pm

Trouble Man *World Premiere (Encore Presentation) + Talkback with Michael Jai White

Logline: An Excop turned fixer is hired to find his superstar and rumored ex-girlfriend. With a blend of brains, bullets and Kung Fu, Jaxen must fight through a maze of street thugs, slicksters and Chinese mobsters before his or the diva's time runs out.

USA | 98m

Director: Michael Jai White

Writers: Michael Stradford

Producers: Craig Baumgarten, Michael Jai White, Ron Robinson

Cast: Michael Jai White, Method Man, Mike Epps, Gillian White, Orlando Jones, Lala Anthony

4:30pm

Wednesdays with Gramps *World Premiere

Logline: When a teenage boy visits his Gramps at a seemingly mundane boring assisted living facility, he comes to find that they have much more in common than he thought.

USA | 8m

Directors: Chris Copeland & Justin Copeland

Writers: Chris Copeland & Justin Copeland

Producer: Shabrayia Cleaver

The Reject

Logline: Inspired by the true story of Kionne McGhee, a young man wrongly labeled "mentally handicapped" overcomes systemic injustice, internal battles, and low expectations to rise from the projects and become a powerful attorney and politician-ultimately taking on the very system that once tried to silence him.

USA | 93m

Director: Blademil Grullon

Writers: Yonel Aris, Percy Romeo Miller, Logan Burdick, Kionne McGhee

Producers: Marco Molinet, Percy Romeo Miller, Brandon Dumlao, Kionne Mcghee

Cast: Percy Romeo Miller, Kamal Ani-Bello, Tsachai "Sky" Aris

Trailer: https://youtu.be/Q5DA8M0xguo