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Rap-It-Up Film Contest, Finalist Selected

July 29, 2006

BET Networks, The Kaiser Family Foundation, and The Black Aids Institute announce the Rap-It-Up Film contest finalist. The contest, formally named the Rap-It-Up Black Aids Short Subject Film Competion (RIU/BASS), was highly publicized on BET (Black Entertainment Television). The goal of the competition was to help raise the awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic within the black community. The film competition received over 150 entries, but unfortunately everyone can't be a winner.

So far, the field of participants has been narrowed down to 10 finalists who will be eligible to proceed to the next round of the competition:

• Beverly Abbott, Casey Arrillaga & Wyndle Jordan (Reseda, CA)
• Mya Baker (Brooklyn, NY)
• Blu Fox (North Hollywood, CA)
• Menelek & Tafari Lumumba (Los Angeles, CA)
• Layla Mashavu (Los Angeles, CA)
• Johneshia McCray (Philadelphia, PA)
• Jerry McGill (Phoenix, AZ)
• Elliot Porter (Chicago, IL)
• Cassandra Riddick (Washington, DC)
• Kimberly Singleton (New York, NY)

You can read the full story at Blackaids.org

Posted at 05:00 AM by Phil in the News & Media category/ies.

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