Anthony R. Page (Film - TV - Theater - Photography - Design - Advocacy)

Day 4 (Innovation & Discovery Expo) (Activity Schedule and Complete Event Details) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 -  10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Location: TBD Saturday turns toward innovation and the changing landscape of entertainment and storytelling. A series of interactive presentations will connect audiences directly with innovators, entrepreneurs and thought leaders working across entertainment, technology, and storytelling. Saturday will draw from the Alma Film Festival’s expansive global ecosystem of more than 150 stakeholders across 42 countries, bringing together innovators, entrepreneurs, technologists, filmmakers and thought leaders through both in-person and virtual participation. That network gives Ent-Tech a distinctly global perspective, connecting emerging ideas and technologies in Atlanta with voices, experiences and innovation from across the United States and the Global South. Ent-Tech is intentionally designed around interaction and discovery rather than a traditional tra...

    Day 3 - The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 - Time: TBD Friday turns its attention to cinema as more than entertainment, examining its power as a vehicle for cultural intelligence, research and public discourse —and as an instrument through which communities can reclaim the authority to define themselves. Among the featured screenings is Je Suis Noire (Becoming a Black Woman) , directed by Rachel M’Bon and co-directed by Juliana Fanjul . The film won Best Documentary at the 2026 Alma Film Festival , where M’Bon—a Swiss filmmaker of German, Swiss and Congolese heritage—also became the inaugural recipient of the festival’s Dr. Cornel West Award for Global Truth & Cultural Conscience , recognizing artists whose work demonstrates moral courage, intellectual rigor and a sustained engagement with the human condition. The film also speaks to a larger cultural movement Alma has observed across the Global South, the African diaspora and communities around the wor...

Day 2   ( The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit  — Part 1 ) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 - 11 AM - 9 PM The Campus of Morehouse College 830 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30314 Centering 1526 Thursday is dedicated to Centering 1526 , a day of scholarship and cultural intelligence shaped by the research and scholarly work of Dr. Samuel T. Livingston of the Morehouse College Africana Studies Department . Livingston is developing a book project centered on 1526, featuring contributions from scholars and thought leaders across the United States. The day begins with a keynote address from acclaimed author, educator, performer, and Gullah Geechee cultural interpreter Dr. Ron Daise . KEYNOTE ADDRESS 11:00–11:50 AM Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Afternoon programming moves to Lacy Exhibition Hall for think tanks, panels, roundtables, and symposia. Session I — 1:00–2:15 PM Session II — 2:25–3:40 PM Session III — 3:50–5:05 PM Programming currently in development includes a Gullah Geec...

Day 1 (The Alma Experience) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 - 6:30 PM Palate Atlanta Tasting Room 339 Nelson St SW, Atlanta, GA 30313 The week opens under the umbrella of The Alma Experience , the Alma Film Festival’s global engagement and hospitality arm, with an intimate evening designed around connection, conversation, and carefully curated experiences. Hosted at Palate Atlanta Tasting Room , a boutique tasting room in Atlanta’s historic Castleberry Hill neighborhood, the evening will feature curated wine, craft food, and distinctive live performances in a setting built around craftsmanship, culture, and connection. The Alma Experience approaches hospitality as intentional experience design—creating environments where people from different industries, countries, and cultures have the space to meet organically, exchange ideas, and begin relationships that can extend well beyond the evening itself. Bringing together members of Alma’s international ecosystem with Atlanta’s creative, ac...

  Ent-Tech Atlanta -  Five-Day Schedule at a Glance September 30–October 4, 2026 | Atlanta Five days of culture, cinema, scholarship, emerging technology, performance, and global conversation presented by the Alma Film Festival . DAY 1 — WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 The Alma Experience 6:30 PM | Palate Atlanta Tasting Room | Castleberry Hill An opening evening of wine, food, performance, and connection featuring Channel Seven , Behind the Pour, and Blue Bistro Theatre featuring Robin Antoinette . Complete Day 1 Schedule → DAY 2 — THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit - Part 1 Centering 1526  11 AM–9 PM | Morehouse College A day of scholarship and cultural intelligence shaped by the research of Dr. Samuel T. Livingston , featuring a keynote from Dr. Ron Daise and an afternoon of think tanks, panels, roundtables and symposia. Complete Day 2 Schedule → DAY 3 — FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit — Part 2  Time: TBD Cinema, cultural intelligence, and...

Ent-Tech (Innovation & Discovery Expo) and the Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit will bring scholars, filmmakers, artists, innovators, and cultural leaders together September 30–October 4 for a cross-disciplinary gathering connecting Atlanta to an expanding international network. ATLANTA — The Alma Film Festival will bring its global platform to Atlanta September 30–October 4, 2026, for five days spanning cinema, scholarship, artificial intelligence, immersive media, cultural history, music, and international exchange. Presented through the  Ent-Tech (Innovation & Discovery Expo) and the Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit , the five-day gathering will unfold through film screenings, public conversations, think tanks and symposia; a Saturday expo bringing audiences face-to-face with emerging technologies and the people building them; and a Sunday program focused on artificial intelligence, storytelling and community. Designed for participation rather than passive observation, much of the w...