Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video- 2001

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="04000500dvldtc.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Reel Movie Critic.com</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reel Movie Critic.com"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id1648.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="December 2002 Newsletter"><U>December 2002  Newsletter</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id1308.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="December Newsletter Special Edition"><U>December Newsletter- Special Edition</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id1235.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oct/Nov 2001 Screen Scribe Newsletter"><U>Oct/Nov 2001 Screen & Scribe Newsletter</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id1204.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Are Ethnics Films Ghettozied?"><U>Are Ethnics Films Ghettozied?</U></A>   |   <B>Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video- 2001</B>   |   <A HREF="id1128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AugSep 2001 Newsletter"><U>Aug-Sep 2001 Newsletter</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id1111.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="July 2001 Newsletter"><U>July 2001 Newsletter</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id1086.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="June 2001 Newsletter"><U>June 2001 Newsletter</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id1060.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May 2001 Newsletter"><U>May 2001 Newsletter</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id162.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" April 2001 Newsletter"><U> April 2001 Newsletter</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="041d2c00dvldtc.png"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video- 2001</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="501" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="495"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="495" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Held each year in August  at the </B><A HREF="http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org"><U><B>Gene Siskel Film Center </B></U></A><B>in downtown Chicago that runs over a course of two weeks. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In addition to many fine films, each year Sergio Mims leads a provocative panel discussion. This year it was called </B><A HREF="id1204.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Are Ethnics Films Ghettozied?"><U><B>"Is Black Film Dead?".</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We had the opportunity to view four of the films in the festival. To see a review of each, please see below.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="717" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="194"><div> 12 Minutes</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="47"><div> 3.5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="460"><div> A condemned mans last wish is to meet and spend time with his 12-year-old- son. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="194"><div> Closure</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="47"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="460"><div> A loving young wife struggles with the reality of losing her husband who lies near death in a hospital.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="194"><div> Guilty of Not</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="47"><div> 3.5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="460"><div> Crime drama of a young black man involved in the accidental shooting death of a white woman married to his friend. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="194"><div> Restore</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="47"><div> 3.5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="460"><div> A ghost story with spiritual overtones</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>