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CineBlock Brings Live Demonstration and Two Featured Productions to Ent-Tech Atlanta

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The Emancipation of Limits and Sundays After Church anchor a closer look at independent entertainment financing. ATLANTA — CineBlock Films  will present a live demonstration featuring two productions it currently represents— The Emancipation of Limits and Sundays After Church —during Alma Film Festival’s Ent-Tech Innovation & Discovery Expo on Saturday, October 3, 2026. The expo takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hilton Atlanta, 255 Courtland Street NE, with Sharif Bennett representing CineBlock. The program brings audiences into direct contact with innovators working across entertainment, technology, and storytelling. CineBlock Films helps filmmakers navigate the business behind their stories with tools for campaign setup, investor onboarding, payment processing, and tracking—connecting financing with audience participation. Their marketplace connects creators seeking financing with audiences interested in investing in entertainment projects. Its live demonstration will ...
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Alma Film Festival Brings Award-Winning Documentary Je Suis Noires to Atlanta For An Expanded Series of Screenings and Public Conversations

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Directed by Rachel M'Bon and Juliana Fanjul, the acclaimed documentary receives Alma’s Best Documentary Award and the inaugural Dr. Cornel West Award for Global Truth & Cultural Conscience as the festival expands its engagement with the film across Atlanta ATLANTA — The Alma Film Festival will continue its ongoing engagement with the acclaimed documentary Je Suis Noires ( Becoming a Black Woman ) , directed by Rachel M'Bon and Juliana Fanjul , with a series of screenings, conversations and cultural engagements taking place throughout Atlanta as part of Ent-Tech (Innovation & Discovery Expo), September 30–October 4, 2026 . The presentation represents far more than a traditional festival screening. Since first engaging with the film, Alma has built an expanding conversation around Je Suis Noire —using the documentary as a catalyst for dialogue about identity, race, womanhood, belonging, visibility, and the often-unspoken realities experienced by women of color across n...
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Ent-Tech Atlanta - Day 5 (The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit - Part 5)

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Day 5 (Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit - Part 5) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5 - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM The Symposium Room Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE) 504 Fair St SW - Atlanta, GA 30313 Code, Community & Cultural Power The five-day gathering closes with a question that is becoming impossible to ignore: As artificial intelligence reshapes culture, creativity, and commerce, who will have the power to define what comes next? Sunday is spearheaded by Atlanta-based AI Makers Generation (AIMG) , an organization advancing a simple but increasingly consequential idea: AI literacy should be as accessible as digital literacy. Co-founders Darion Do'Anjou and Gheri Thomas will facilitate the day’s discussions and serve as featured presenters, guiding conversations around access, innovation, and the evolving role of artificial intelligence in culture and society. AIMG moves the conversation beyond fascination and fear. Through hands-on education, experimentation, and community building...
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The Alma Film Festival Enhances the Ent-Tech Experience with Culture, Cocktails & Conversation

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ATLANTA — Ent-Tech Atlanta steps beyond the expo floor on Saturday, October 3, with The Alma Experience:  Culture, Cocktails & Conversation , the week’s signature social event. The evening will feature a premiere performance by Channel Seven , a fashion presentation from Maison Zaccheus Miles , award-winning boutique theater from Blue Bistro Theatre , and an Impact Atlanta International Magazine cover reveal honoring Runway Diva Shay, a soulful vocal performance by LyriQ Lashay,  plus an innovative improv experience by Act A Fool. Saturday, October 3 | Time: 6:30 PM - Until Palate Atlanta Tasting Room 339 Nelson St SW, Atlanta, GA 30313 Purchase Tickets Here The Evening Special Features Include: Cover Reveal — Runway Diva Shay Impact Atlanta International Magazine will unveil its newest cover with model, actress, on-air personality, and mentor Shay Davis—known across the fashion world as Runway Diva Shay—at the center of the frame. Shay’s career crosses runway, televi...
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Ent-Tech Atlanta - Day 4 (Innovation & Discovery Expo + Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit - Part 4)

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Day 4 (Innovation & Discovery Expo) (Activity Schedule and Complete Event Details) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 -  10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Hilton Hotel Atlanta - Downstairs 255 Courtland St NE, Atlanta, GA 30303 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 ar...
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Ent-Tech Atlanta - Day 3 (The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit - Part 3) Entertainment in the Age of AI: Leadership, Innovation & Human Potential

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    Day 3 -  (Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit - Part 3) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 - Time: 11:30 AM - 2 PM Nikolai's Roof on the 30th Floor @Hilton Hotel Atlanta 255 Courtland St NE, Atlanta, GA 30303 Entertainment in the Age of AI: Leadership, Innovation & Human Potential Join Jackie Chambers de Freitas, VP, AI Delivery & Transformation, Salesforce , for an executive conversation on how artificial intelligence is reshaping entertainment, creative work, collaboration, and leadership. Drawing on three decades in technology and transformation, Jackie brings a deeply human perspective to how leaders can navigate rapid change, create meaningful value, and ensure historically underrepresented communities help shape what comes next. Presented in her personal capacity, the conversation reflects Jackie’s individual experience and leadership perspective. At its heart is a defining question of the AI era: how do we keep human potential, access, creativity, and purpose at the center of th...
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Ent-Tech Atlanta - Day 2 (Centering 1526: Symposium & Imbongi - The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit — Part 1)

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Day 2   Centering 1526: Symposium & Imbongi THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 - 9:25 AM–7:00 PM The Campus of Morehouse College / Atlanta University Center 830 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30314 (The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit — Part 2) On Thursday, Morehouse College will present  Centering 1526: Symposium & Imbongi , a day of scholarship, cultural intelligence, and public dialogue examining 1526—and what changes when African and American histories are entered from a different starting point. Convened by the Department of Africana Studies and History at Morehouse College , in collaboration with the Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit, the program is shaped by the scholarship of Dr. Samuel T. Livingston , Associate Professor of Africana Studies, and the developing work surrounding the forthcoming edited volume Centering 1526: The Gullah-Geechee Origins of an Africana National Imagination . The project explores Africa and the African presence in the Americas; Gullah Geechee history and cult...
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