First-Time Director Wins Allstate's Beyond February 'Be Reel' Film Contest at 2008 American Black Film Festival
August 28 2008 - 6:08PM
PR Newswire (US)
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allstate (ALL)
announced today that New York native Roy Clovis is the winner of
the Beyond February "Be Reel" short film contest. Clovis received
his award during the 2008 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) in
Los Angeles recently. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080828/AQTH076) Clovis has
been a film editor for more than 10 years, but the "Be Reel"
contest was his first attempt at directing. Clovis edited the
trailer for the 2007 ABFF Blockbuster Award winning movie "I'm
Through with White Girls". Clover also edited the trailer and movie
entitled "Sarbane's Oxley". Clovis won for his film "The Lucky
Suit," the story of one community coming together to help an
individual become a success. Clovis will receive a $5,000 cash
prize and a coaching session with American Black Film Festival
founder and The Film Life, Inc. CEO Jeff Friday. Clovis plans to
invest the cash prize in an upcoming feature film project. Clovis,
a Cornell University alum, applauds the forum the "Be Reel" contest
and the Beyond February campaign provides. "The 'Be Reel'
competition gave me the opportunity to create a film that delivers
a message that demonstrates how something seemingly small can be so
important to others. I wanted to inspire and motivate people to
give back through small acts of kindness, like donating an old suit
you've outgrown to help someone in the community become a success,"
Clovis said. Beyond February is a national initiative designed to
highlight Allstate's ongoing efforts to create, support and sponsor
programs that empower the African-American community beyond Black
History Month. As presenting sponsor of the ABFF, Allstate hopes to
inspire up and coming filmmakers like Clovis to create positive
images that are about and emanate from the African American
community. To learn more about the Beyond February initiative, view
Roy Clovis' short film, visit http://www.beyondfebruary.com/ The
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