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

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...

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 . Saturday, October 3 | Time: 6:30 PM - Until Palate Atlanta Tasting Room 339 Nelson St SW, Atlanta, GA 30313 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, television, theater, advertising, and live entertainment. Her screen credits include TV One’s #Murder , VH1’s Daytime Divas , Married to Medicine , and The Rickey Smiley ...

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...

    Day 3 -  (Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit - Part 3) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 - Time: 11:30 AM - 2 PM Nikolai's Roof at 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 the fu...

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...

Day 1 -  (Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 4:00 PM  |  Cinefest (on the Campus of Georgia State University) 66 Courtland St SE #262, Atlanta, GA 30303 Special Screening - Je Suis Noires (Becoming A Black Woman) Ent-Tech Atlanta begins with cinema—and a question: Who gets to define identity, history, and belonging? Directed by Rachel M’Bon and co-directed by Juliana Fanjul, Je Suis Noires (Becoming a Black Woman) explores the experiences of Black women in Switzerland through questions of race, womanhood, visibility, and belonging. The film received Best Documentary at the 2026 Alma Film Festival , where M’Bon became the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Cornel West Award for Global Truth & Cultural Conscience . The film also speaks to a larger cultural movement Alma has observed across the Global South, the African diaspora and communities around the world: a Renaissance of Reclamation . It is a movement away from being interpreted by others and to...