Filmmaker Brooke C. Obie’s feature film directorial debut, ABANITU: A FAMILY DOCUMENTARY, is an official selection at the 2024 Essence Film Festival where it will have its world premiere. A part of the 30th annual Essence Festival of Arts and Culture, the film festival will take place in New Orleans,
On March 22, 2024, Brooke C. Obie’s directorial debut short film GOD IS A FREQUENCY was short-listed for the Best Women’s Short and Best First-Time Filmmaker (Female) categories at the 2024 Independent Shorts Awards film festival. The awards festival will take place in September in Los Angeles with GOD IS
Since 2018, Brooke Obie’s film and TV criticism has appeared on Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer, influencing the percentage of critical acclaim films and TV series receive. Now, Brooke has received the honor of an individually-approved Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer critic, meaning no matter which outlet publishes her reviews and regardless of the
At the 2022 5th annual Critics Choice Awards’ Celebration of Black Cinema & Television, CBCTV member Brooke Obie presented the breakout star of FX’s The Bear Ayo Edibiri with the Rising Star Award. Other honorees included Angela Bassett, Quinta Brunson, Michael B. Jordan, Nikyatu Jusu, Brian Tyree Henry, Elegance Bratton
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