Karen Dean This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. Who We are

   www.hbff.org/id36.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/13/2005   Last Visited: 8/13/2005

   Karen Dean Director, Storyteller Competition email: hbff storyteller@yahoo.com

2. 2. Sisters in Cinema - News About African American Women Filmmakers

   www.sistersincinema.com/pages/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/9/2000   Last Visited: 2/18/2001

   Karen Dean, Director of the HBFF Storyteller Competition, made the announcement. Each year the range of script topics is quite broad, says Dean. The competition is tough and the five finalists who have demonstrated the highest level of skill and talent, and who have proven to possess an unquestionable creative ability and solid writing skills are all women this year..
   
   In Jump In, Troy Alexander returns to her roots in suburban Chicago. Her mission is to pass the bar exam and start her own practice. When devastating news brings her plan to an abrupt halt, she must come face-to-face with the past. Family ties are pushed to the limits and astounding revelations unfold in the Alexander family.
   
   Three teenage girls come into adulthood while struggling with issues of race, sexuality and class in Hartfield High. One, Justina, finds love, family and self-confidence along the way.
   
   In An African-American in Paris, Audrey Vaughn, a college student, struggles to work two jobs and find a man. Fed up with American men, Audrey embarks on an overseas college trip to visit Marcus, a Swiss-German exchange student she met in the U.S. While waiting for her flight at the airport she meets the man of her dreams, Richard, a handsome, mysterious and sexy man.