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Day 3 of the San Diego Black Film Festival's Big 8
A recent attendee of the 2014 San Diego Black Film Festival had a bad experience there with her family. Here is a letter she sent to the SDBFF directly: "I am writing to express my concerns about a recent incident I experienced at the San Diego Black Film Festival this past weekend. I would like to bring to your attention the fact that I, along with my husband, 12-year-old daughter, and daughter’s friend were highly offended by the X-rated material shown on Saturday, February 1, 2014 around 11am...I purchased tickets for the Film Festival to view a film my friend, a filmmaker, paid to have appear in the Film Festival. The film is a documentary short about living with Lupus. My daughter and I actually appeared in the film, so we were very excited to watch the documentary that day. Our video was the first to be shown that morning, but it was cut short because there was an issue with the sound...These films involved racy material including gun violence, drugs, profanity and strong language, sexually explicit content, and other material not appropriate for my 12-year-old daughter and her friend to see. When we mentioned to the staff that we were uncomfortable with the content of these films and inquired as to why we were not warned about the graphic material of these films prior to viewing them, the Director, Karen Willis simply responded that they do not screen all the films beforehand and how it was our responsibility...we were forced to walk out during the showing of the second film because the content was so graphic. We were not alone our dislike...about half left...seemingly disgusted by their content, and never returned to the theater...It was very disappointing to witness an event like the San Diego Black Film Festival, a great opportunity for Black filmmakers and Black and non-black attendees alike to see Black people being uplifted, participate in the negative stereotypes that mainstream movies and television exhibit daily..." Unfortunately, her bad experience didn't end there. After she sent this letter, she received a rude response from Brenda Moore, the Chairman of the Board, who told her she was "a self-centered filmmaker who thinks that an event is all out you and no one else. Please keep in mind that most major film festivals talk or communicate with each other and seek to weed-out filmmakers like you attempting to confront the Director of a major film festival. If you’re not careful, you’ll find your self banned by numerous other film festivals due to your attitude. It’s time for you to move on." Ms. Moore proceeded to write to that because of her complaint against the SDBFF, she is "hereby banned from the San Diego Black Film Festival." This response was completely uncalled for. The organization seems unprofessional as a whole. I would urge all future attendees to thoroughly research the SDBFF and think twice before purchasing tickets and subjecting yourself to such crass behavior. Signed, Greeneyez— February 5, 2014 8:21 p.m.