NJG’s Cartoonist, Walt Carr, Is Showcased At Urban Film Festival

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The 10th Annual Urban Film Festival was held Labor Day Weekend, August 29-31 in Historic Overtown & Downtown Miami. The annual festival is a three-day event dedicated to educating, exposing and providing distribution opportunities for the new generation of filmmakers. Entries are culturally driven and serve as a platform for up and coming urban filmmakers to share the stories of their communities.

This year’s films included a documentary entitled “The Journey of a Black Cartoonist,” depicting the life of political and editorial newspaper  cartoonist Walter Carr that was shot by his niece Myanna Lewis, a recent Towson U film grad.

Carr has been producing cartoons for several generations of newspaper readers, including the New Journal and Guide in Norfolk.

His niece’s  film was accepted in the 10th Annual Urban Film Festival. It was also accepted in two other festivals, Detroit & Houston. It was nominated but did not win.

Carr, a dapper 93 year-old  resident of Maryland, said, on his return home from Miami, “It was a great experience. I’m honored and blessed and have sense enough to know it. Wore my ol’ behind out.”

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The festival is one of the largest free film festivals in America, celebrating raw, authentic, and unapologetic stories by filmmakers, for filmmakers.

From red carpet premieres to exclusive industry panels, from bold new voices to seasoned creators, festival organizers say theirs is the ultimate celebration of urban cinema.