NEW VOICES IN BLACK CINEMA presents "THE FIRST" by Keith Josef Adkins

Calling all Writers, Actors, Producers, and film enthusiasts...NEW VOICES IN BLACK CINEMA presents: "THE FIRST"- a science fiction thriller by Keith Josef Adkins - Public Screenplay Reading & Discussion as part of the new "Beyond The Pale" (science fiction, horror, and fantasy) Reading & Discussion series of the New Voices in Black Cinema film program. Setting: Upstate New York. "A camping trip goes horribly wrong when a group of friends discover they may be trespassing on land rumored to be home of the 'first humans'. As strange occurrences escalate, these friends realize they're being hunted." Genre: Science Fiction Reading directed by Kamilah Forbes ____________________ Where: The Great Room South Oxford Space 138 S. OXFORD ST, Fort Greene, BK (BAM Cultural District) (Subway: 2,3,4,5, D, N, R, B, Q to Atlantic Ave- Barclays G, C to Fulton/ Lafayette) Early there will be Networking & refreshments w/ the Film community... Following the reading there will be a Special Talk-Back w/ the Writer & Director who is looking for feedback on his latest piece, based on the web series "The Abandon". Come out and be a part of the creative process. Support your artistic community! Time: 6:30pm- Doors Open-- Networking, light Bar and snacks. 7:15pm- Curtain & staged Reading of Screenplay 8:30- Special Talk-Back w/ Screenwriter Keith Josef Adkins Cost: $10 (donation)- Members Free! ____________________________________ KEITH JOSEF ADKINS-- An Emerging Talent Keith Josef Adkins is a playwright and screenwriter. As a screenwriter, Keith wrote, directed and produced the pilot episode of the sci-fi web-series, THE ABANDON. He also recently penned THE DISAPPEARING, a sci- fi/drama feature script, for Simon Says Entertainment (Blue Caprice, Mother of George, Gun Hill Road). He also penned the slasher script, THE TURNPIKE, and is developing another sci-fi feature script called THE APPROACH about an alien invasion in the Lower East Side during Hurricane Sandy. Keith worked three seasons for the hit CW comedy GIRLFRIENDS. His plays include The People Before The Park, about the 19th century black community Seneca Village that was destroyed to create Central Park. It will premiere at Premiere Stages in Summer 2015. His play Pitbulls received its world premiere Off-Broadway at Rattlestick Theater, NYC, in Fall 2014. His play Safe House received its world premiere Fall 2014 at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park with a subsequent production at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (Winter 2015). His play The Last Saint on Sugar Hill received its world premiere at MPAACT Theater in Chicago, garnering a Best New York nomination at the 2012 Jeff Awards. The Last Saint received its New York City premiere in 2013 at Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theater in NYC and earned six 2014 Audelco nominations. Other plays include The Dangerous, Sugar and Needles, The Final Daze, among others. Keith is also the artistic director of The New Black Fest, an organization dedicated to new and provocative playwriting, films and discussion from the African Diaspora. The New Black Fest recently commissioned and curated Facing Our Truth: Ten- Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege as well as HANDS UP: 6 Playwrights, 6 Testaments. Both collections are currently being produced throughout the country. Samuel French just published Facing Our Truth in Spring 2015. _____________________ Any questions or for further information on the event, please contact Marty Majeske, Director, ActNow Foundation- (917) 302-3808 or go to www.actnowproductions.org.