Cinema Junkie by Beth Accomando

Escape From Luanda screens February 1 at the San Diego Black Film Festival (Seventh Art)

The Fifth Annual San Diego Black Film Festival kicks off Thursday January 31st at the Regal United Artists Theaters at Horton Plaza. Opening night highlights an eclectic mix of documentaries, shorts, features and world premieres along with an opening night reception and a Hip Hop Movie Marathon to take you late into the evening. The four-day event will showcase a hundred films, parties, panels, awards and celebrities. There will even be a Shaft/Superfly Party on Friday night. Can you dig it?