Inaugural program guide for the Acapulco Black Film Festival: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Inaugural Acapulco Black Film Festival (ABFF) program guide from the festival held in Acapulco, Mexico, June 24-29, 1997. The program guide is a small staple bound booklet. The front cover of the booklet is black and features several graphics. The central graphic is of the ABFF logo, which resembles a stylized half rayed-sun with a half of an eye at the center. The sun's rays lengthen towards the top and there is a film strip at the bottom of the logo. The logo is primarily black and white outlined in red. It is overlaying a graphic of a grey filmstrip. The left edge of the front cover also has a graphic a vertical piece of rainbow-colored film strip with each filmstrip image depicting palm trees. Below is the abbreviation of the festival's name, [ABFF], printed in orange gradient text above the date, [June 24-29, 1997], printed in blue text. The title of the event is printed at the top and the bottom of the front cover in black text shadowed in light blue that reads [ACAPULCO] at the top and [BLACK FILM / FESTIVAL] at the bottom. The back cover features an advertisement from American Express. The interior pages are white with black text, black-and-white photographs, and some color graphics and photographs. It features the festival schedule, honoree biographies on Halle Berry and Bill Duke, award recipient biographies, panels, and feature films. The booklet has thirty-four (34) pages.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1997
• Edited by: Florene Wiley
• Published by: UniWorld Group, Inc., American, founded 1969
• Issued by: American Black Film Festival, American, founded 1997
• Subject of: Halle Berry, American, born 1966
• Subject of: Bill Duke, American, born 1943
• Owned by: Jeff Friday, American
• Type: souvenir programs
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 5 9/16 × 3/16 in. (21.6 × 14.2 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Arts and music festivals
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Holidays and festivals
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Object number: 2019.55.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jeff and Nicole Friday
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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