23rd AAWIC Film Festival Opening Night

The Plot

BOBBY’S KIDS is the story of how one man empowered a whole generation of inner-city Detroit kids to see the possibility of going to college through music. Bobby L. Brown was the iconic band director of the Mackenzie High School “Band of Renown” of Detroit, a school most known for sports and turning out professional athletes, one of which was football legend and National Football Hall of Fame awardee Jerome Bettis who attended school at the same time Brown built the band. Mr. Brown, a Southern University graduate and alumni of the famed band The Human Jukebox brought the HBCU (Historical Black College and University) Marching Band culture to Detroit in the 80s when drugs, murders, and crime were at an all-time high. Determined to show his students what was possible and building a band from nothing, in just a few short years the band had risen to national acclaim and Brown had sent dozens of students on scholarships to Southern University and other HBCUs like Florida A&M, Jackson State, Tuskegee, University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Delaware State, and Alabama State - all on band scholarships. At one time Mr. Brown had nearly 40 students all from Mackenzie High School attending Southern University on band scholarships - a record that has yet to be broken and a little-known historic achievement. These students of Mackenzie’s Band of Renown would affectionately be known as “Bobby’s Kids”.

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• Running time 00:36:38 mins
• Hosted By: 23rd African American Women In Cinema Film Festival

The Experience For You

 The Historic Opening Night will feature a screening of the highly anticipated film, "Bobby's Kids" which is a story of how one man empowered a whole generation of inner-city Detroit kids to see the possibility of going to college through music, by celebrated filmmaker, Brandi Mitchell. The evening will Honor Trailblazers including Sierra McDonald of WE tv and Amber Shana Williams, Actress from the Hit Show, The Chosen, and the Iconic Pioneer Marsha Warfield, Comedian & Actress. The Festival will include a special presentation from Honorable Jumaane Williams, New York Public Advocate, and will be hosted by Dr. Karen Moore, the CEO, and Founder of I am the Colour of Beautiful organization.

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