AMERICAN WORLD PICTURES LANDS FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS FOR CODEBLACK ENTERTAINMENT FILMS

LOS ANGELES– American World Pictures (AWP), a prolific high-profile force in the international marketplace, announced today the twelve titles acquired from Codeblack Entertainment, they will feature at the American Film Market 2007. AWP will be able to supply Codeblack’s extensive and varied multi-genre slate to even broader international audiences.

“A Good Man is Hard to Find” starring Golden Brooks (“Girlfriend’s”) and Hill Harper (“CSI:NY”); “Jamie Foxx Presents America’s Funniest Comics V.1-3”; “Nite Tales” starring Flavor Flav; “I Tried” starring Bone Thugs & Harmony; “Flip the Script” starring Robin Givens; “The Hit” starring Blair Underwood; “4 Life” starring Wood Harris (HBO’s “The Wire”) and Elise Neal; “Confessions of a Call Girl” starring Lynn Whitfield and Clifton Powell (“Ray”); “Preaching to the Choir” starring Patti LaBelle; “Young Cesar” starring Dominic Daniel (“Disturbia”); “500 Years Later” featuring Bill Cosby and “Father of Lies” starring DMX and Vivica A. Fox.

Martin Barab, AWP’s President of International Distribution and Production stated; “We are thrilled to have entered into a relationship with Codeblack Entertainment. Codeblack is highly professional and creative. They conceive and produce first rate motion pictures. We anticipate many great films to be generated in the future through their creative efforts and look forward to exposing their product to the international market. I believe that many international distributors will share our belief in the marketability and quality of the films Codeblack produces and will license and exploit the films in multiple markets and territories.”

We are excited to be introducing our titles to the International Marketplace and pleased that American World Pictures will be representing some of our premium new films such as the drama “I Tried” (starring Grammy-winning rap group Bone, Thugs-N-Harmony), the screenplay adaptation of the hit inspirational play “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” (Golden Brooks, Hill Harper) and the thriller “The Hit” (Blair Underwood). We are looking forward to cultivating our foreign associations and to [establishing] an enduring relationship in the International sphere. – Jeff Clanagan, CEO, Codeblack Entertainment.

AWP has currently sold all Codeblack titles to the following territories: Australia (Horizon Entertainment) and South Africa (Vision Africa), and anticipates great success at AFM 2007.


ABOUT AMERICAN WORLD PICTURES:

Based in Los Angeles, American World Pictures has distinguished itself as one of the leading and most consistent independent production and distribution companies in the industry. Under the experienced hand of company founder Dana Dubovsky and President Mark L. Lester, American World Pictures focuses on the distribution of high-quality moderately budgeted feature films to the domestic and international marketplace. The company’s growing distribution slate is comprised of genre-driven, demographic specific internally produced films, co-productions and acquisitions. Official website: www.americanworldpictures.com.

ABOUT CODEBLACK:

CODEBLACK ENTERTAINMENT, the first African American-owned film studio, is engaged in the business of producing, acquiring, marketing and distributing quality content to today’s urban consumer across a variety of traditional and digital platforms. The company, which is both independent and vertically integrated, was created out of the necessity for the positive representation of African Americans in film. Codeblack Entertainment’s reach is all-encompassing, from production and national distribution of feature films to its innovative digital arm. Official website: www.codeblackentertainment.com.

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