The Fixer earns an Official Selection at The Micheaux Film Festival 2021
Danny Trejo as Benito ‘Benny’ Sanchez and Jesse C. Boyd as Jack Cross in The Fixer.
THE FIXER — OFFICIAL SELECTION
Writer/director Michael Schilf’s The Fixer earns an Official Selection at The Micheaux Film Festival 2021. The Fixer is one of the select few to be included in the U.S. Short Films Narrative & Documentary category.
THE MICHEAUX FILM FESTIVAL 2021
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, The Micheaux Film Festival, partnered with The Oprah Winfrey Network, Sony Entertainment, and Panavision, will host a virtual online festival from April 26th through May 2nd, 2021.
The Programing Line Up includes 12 feature films and well over 100 short films, including drama, comedy, animation, and documentaries. The festival has also programmed multiple docu-series, web-series, experimental films, music videos, podcasts, and performance pieces.
Tickets for the seven day festival are available now.
FESTIVAL THEME
The theme for The Micheaux Film Festival 2021 is Disruptors — honoring avant-garde creators who defy the odds by creating thought-provoking and powerful projects which aim to change and disrupt the status quo in mainstream media.
PANAVISION COMMITS $75K TO MICHEAUX FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
The Micheaux Film Festival is proud to announce that Panavision has committed $75K to the Micheaux Award winners! $60K will go to the Best Feature Film and $15K will go to the Best Short Film! History is being made as Panavision becomes the first major sponsor to secure exclusive presenting rights for these two coveted categories at The Micheaux Film Festival’s 3rd annual award ceremony on May 2, 2021.
ABOUT THE MICHEAUX FILM FESTIVAL
The Micheaux Film Festival is a multicultural film festival that showcases and celebrates diverse representation in the entertainment landscape.
With a cutting-edge and fresh take on the festival experience, The Micheaux Film Festival brings independent creatives together while curating an environment for artists to build community with future collaborators in the television, film, and digital space.
MISSION & VISION
Aptly named after Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer in the filmmaking industry, who aimed to bridge different walks of life through his art, The Micheaux Film Festival’s mission is to close the knowledge gap between independent filmmakers and Hollywood elites.
In addition to screening content, artists and attendees have access to networking mixers, Q&A panels, Master Class workshops, and digital panels that equip filmmakers with inside industry information from art, media, television and film executives.
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
The Micheaux Film Festival’s commitment to diversity and inclusion lies beyond a buzzword. While diversity refers to the traits that make people unique, inclusion refers to the behaviors and social norms that ensure people feel welcome.
The Micheaux Film Festival invites all aspects of individualism and uniqueness, including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service, or other non-merit factor.
WHO IS OSCAR MICHEAUX?
“There is no barrier to success which diligence and perseverance cannot hurdle.” — Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux was a filmmaker described as one the most successful African-American filmmakers of the first half of the 20th century. His legacy lives on through his writing, directing, producing, and distribution of over 44 feature films during his lifetime.
Oscar Micheaux (1884 – 1951) was a pioneering African American author and filmmaker, and without a doubt the most famous producer of race films. He formed his own movie production company and in 1919 became the first African-American to make a film. He wrote, directed and produced the silent motion picture The Homesteader, starring the pioneering African American actress Evelyn Preer, based on his novel of the same name. He again used autobiographical elements in The Exile, his first feature film with sound, in which the central character leaves Chicago to buy and operate a ranch in South Dakota. In 1924, he introduced the moviegoing world to Paul Robeson in his film, Body and Soul.
Given the times, his accomplishments in film are extraordinary, including being the first African-American to produce a film to be shown in “white” movie theaters. In his motion pictures, he moved away from the “Negro” stereotypes being portrayed in film at the time. Additionally, in his film Within Our Gates, Micheaux attacked the racism depicted in D.W. Griffith’s film, The Birth of a Nation.
The Producers Guild of America called him, “The most prolific Black – if not most prolific independent – filmmaker in American cinema.” Over his illustrious career, Oscar Micheaux wrote, produced and directed forty-four feature-length films between 1919 and 1948; he also wrote seven novels, one of which was a national bestseller.
