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I Want You

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Director George C. Wolfe calls 'I Want You' both "Stylish and Smart," additionally 'I Want You' won the Audience Award for Best Film at the 2007 African American Women in Cinema Film Festival, and was recognized as an Audience Favorite at the 2008 Women of Color Arts and Film Festival. The film is also a 2008 Official Selection of the Black Lily Film and Music Festival, the San Diego Black Film Festival, the Women's International Film Festival, the Pan African Film Festival, the Zuma International Film Festival, the San Francisco Black Film Festival, the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival and the Reel Women International Film Festival.

Jazz Smollett and Ohene Cornelius star in 'I Want You,' a stylized, black and white short film that charts the emotional compass of young love when Lennox Jones, an aspiring novelist, meets and falls hard for Baldwin Wright, a charismatic musician on the rise. A whimsical romance ensues, but falls short when high expectations meet discontent. After trouble erupts, time apart forces them to decide whether or not their love was meant to last. “I Want You” is based on a feature length screenplay which shares the same name.
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Executive Producers: Jack Splash, Jamia Tyler, Nefertite Nguvu, Timiza Sanyika
Producer: Timiza Sanyika
Associate Producers: Isaac & Karen Wilson, Maisha Amen, Sebek Sanyika
Director of Photography: Bradford M. Young
Written, Directed & Produced By Nefertite Nguvu

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See ’I Want You’ at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival

The festival, organized by Run and Shoot Filmworks from August 6-9, now in its fifth year, showcases films that explore the breath and depth of the African American experience.  I'm thrilled that...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:14:00 GMT

See I Want You at the San Francisco Black Film Festival

The festival, celebrating it's 10th year will take place in San Francisco from June 4th-8th and June 11th-15th 2008.  The mission of the San Francisco Black Film Festival is to celebrate African ...
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 16:02:00 GMT

I Want You goes Nollywood

As part of the Women of Color Arts and Film Festival's 'Best of the Fest' Audience Choice Award winners, 'I Want You' has now also been selected to screen at the Zuma International Film Fest...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:57:00 GMT

Casting Dramatic Actors for New Short Film

'The End of Winter' Currently casting The End of Winter, a short film about a young woman, Billie, who is trying to reconcile her grief after the untimely death of her father.  When Billie, her s...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:43:00 GMT

I Want You is amongst the "Best of the Fest"

The Women of Color Arts and Film Festival officially announced their Audience Choice Award Winning films, I'm pleased to report that 'I Want You' made the cut.  Of the three films recognized, 'I ...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

See ’I Want You’ at the Black Lily Film and Music Festival

The festival will take place in Philadelphia from May 1-4, 2008.  Black Lily, Inc. is committed to supporting women artists of all ages, especially musicians and filmmakers, both emerging and est...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:51:00 GMT

See I Want You at the Womens International Film and Arts Festival

The festival is held in Miami from March 28-April 6th and features films, as well as visual and performance arts by women from all over the world.  If you'll be in south Florida, come through!&nb...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:03:00 GMT

See I Want You at the 4th Annual Women of Color Arts and Film Festival

The festival takes place in downtown Atlanta from March 21-23, 2008 and will feature public screenings of more than 20 independent films all written, produced or directed by women of color, as well as...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:23:00 GMT

See I Want You at the 16th Annual Pan African Film Festival

We are on a roll now, the west coast shows love for 'I Want You' once again!  The Festival, will take place in Los Angeles from February 7th-18th, 2008.  It's a great event, which ...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:41:00 GMT

See I Want You at Los Angeles Reel Women International Film Festival

The festival takes place in Los Angeles, California from March 7th - 13th 2008.   Reel Women is sponsored by the Hollywood Reporter and screens films by emerging and establish...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:26:00 GMT