PRAI presents "The Best of the Best" films and videos in the African Diaspora, to Pan African Film & Television Festivals throughout the world. FESPACO of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso is the biennial film festival, at which PRAI premieres the "Best of the Best" Films from the African Diaspora.Our purpose is two-fold:PRAI enables the timely processing of film submissions to African Film Festivals, by soliciting and curating films from the African Diaspora that are qualified for consideration of their coveted Diaspora Prizes.Once PRAI has made the selections and the winners established, by the festivals, the PRAI strategic focus changes to become a distribution network, for current winners and archived films of the "Best of the Best" Films from the African Diaspora series.We are establishing affiliations with broadcast, festival and online programming outlets for such purpose. The strategic focus is on Promoting Reel African Images. It is our intent to assist in the efforts of the organizers of African film and video festivals to insure that they present the quintessential awards program, for all African related cinematic offerings.We embrace the fact that Paul Robeson is one of the most visible, influential and admired artists, in history. His accomplishments as an actor, linguist, cultural scholar, international activist, author and sports legend brought him worldwide acclaim; and, we join in on the honoring of his contributions, by entitling our endeavor, the Paul Robeson Award Initiative. Many consider Mr. Robeson's immense talents to be, "the Best of the Best" and so do we.PRAI OBJECTIVES To assess films and television productions, by collaborating with existing Diasporic Pan African and international film & television festivals, independent filmmakers and African film enthusiasts to acquire submissions to the "Best of the Best" archive.To score by judging each submission not only on the technical and artistic qualities, but on the content of the message. The chosen films must adhere to the standards set by Paul Robeson, in being the best of the best. Therefore, we score each submission based on whether, or not, it indeed upholds the proper image of Africans and the Diaspora, by presenting clear images of respect, love, tolerance; as well as, examples of how to uphold and build a better society through the demonstration of enlightened people doing what they do best shine their "little light" on relevant issues and events, for the world to appreciate and enjoy! To deliver such films to African Film Festivals, in consideration of their Diaspora Prize, i.e., the Paul Robeson Award at FESPACO. Get your own free cool template at MySpace Layouts
