6th annual MECCAcon Detroit #MECCAconDSA2019 and the 5th annual MECCAcon IFF 2019 #MECCAconIFF2019 tickets are all on sale NOW! $10... TOTAL... ... for an ENTIRE DAY. Get your tickets, family. filmfreeway.com/meccaconiff/tickets 40 vendors from across the country. 8 panels. 26 films. (some will also be on Thursday) 11 workshops. Food demos. Vegan & African/Caribbean food vendors. 11 multi award winning, heavily credited filmmaker panelists and film talks. 6 floor arts high school. Black box theatre. 800 seat, 3 floor theatre. Aaliyah Hall. Multiple classrooms. Large breakout room. Large multipurpose room. Theatre lobby. Ticket box. Gymnasium. Art gallery. Get your tickets and support those of us who have been doing this for quite some time now, family. 🖤 #meccacon #comiccon #detroitcomics #comicbooks #indiefilm #shortfilm #directher #arraynow #ava #indiefilmfest #blackfilmmakers #blacklit #blackscifi #blacknerdproblems #blerds #dsa (at Detroit School of Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1EHvTFptXe/?igshid=1f0h5kipxfjwx

If you are in the Detroit area Saturday, please make time to stop by the #detroitlibrary to support @meccacon and so many amazing #artist. #Art #artculture #detroit #Repost @meccacon (@get_repost) ・・・ MECCAcon 2017 #MECCAcon2017 FULL SCHEDULE is up!! please SHARE!! MECCAcon2017.eventbrite.com The Life and Times of Detroit HIP HOP and JAZZ #MECCAcon2017:: THURSDAY, 9/14/2017, 6p-9p, Submerge/ UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE, check previous posts for all details!! MECCAcon Signing at Vault Detroit #MECCAcon2017:: FRIDAY, 9/15/2017, 4p-7p, Vault of Midnight Detroit, check previous posts for all details!! . ****** MAIN DAY ******* SATURDAY, 9/16/2017, 10a-5p, Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward, Detroit, MI STROHM HALL (3rd floor, vendors) (A/L) arts/literature room (OFA) Old fine arts room (iron gate) (FA) Friends Auditorium (theatre) STROHAM HALL (third floor) 10-5::: DEALER/VENDORS 10a-5p: COLORING CORNER childrens coloring table 10am: DOORS OPEN 10a-11a BLACK MINDS IN HORROR documentary film (OFA) 11a-12p STEAMPUNK/COSPLAY WORKSHOP w/ Aiesha Little & SistaGeek (OFA) 11a-12p BROADSIDE PRESS presentation (FA) 12p-1p SHEEZY TAUGHT ME series: Poetry Workshop (OFA) 12p-1p FINE ARTS panel- (FA) 1p-2p BACK2BLACK: ACCURACYvsACCEPTANCE in TODAY’S COMICS panel (FA) 2p-3p AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY w/ Kilindi Iyi (OFA) 2p-3p MUSIC ON THE ROAD film/ Performances - Yakuza Moon + (FA) 3p-4p DETROIT HIP HOP PANEL (FA) 4p-5p Gil Ashby art workshop (OFA) 4-5p Zo!- SKYBREAK, 58mins (film) w/ QnA (FA) illustration by Ed Piskor. Special thanks to @mrmiguelblanco for another dope flyer. for more info, please contact Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts - MECCA founder, Maia Crown Williams, [email protected], 3134510297. #condom #IndieCOMICS #indiefilmfest #blackcomicschat #detroithiphop #cookbooks #supportDETROIT #library #comicbooks #detroitcomiccon #blackheroesmatter #illustration #blackfilmmakers #shortfilm #ARRAYnow

AS WITH EVERY YEAR SINCE YEAR ONE:: 7th annual @MECCAcon #MECCAcon2020 is only $75/table for ALL WOMEN VENDORS of ALL KINDS, or for comic book creators and authors with projects CENTERED ON WOMEN for ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH for #WomensHistoryMonth !! Celebrate the HET HERU in YOU! 😉 Register for all things Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts - MECCAcon and MECCAcon IFF today!! Submit your panels, presentations, workshops, and MECCAcon IFF films in NOW! If you think it won’t apply to MECCAcon, you’re probably wrong! We look at the word “Art” a lot broader than most! To add, this is 70% centered on students so we want them educated in ALL ways, family! This year, we're at DePauw University!! STUDENT VENDORS OF ALL KINDS AND LOCATIONS ARE ALSO WELCOME! info: https://wp.me/p5ETR1-169 [email protected]/ 3134510297 FILM: filmfreeway.com/meccaconIFF #indiefilm #indiefilmfest #womensmonth #IWM #blackfilmmakers #africanfilm #indigenousfilm #indigenous #directher #director #filmproducer #shortfilm #featurefilm #blackindie #meccacon #meccaconIFF #comiccon #blackcomics #blackcomix #forallnerds #comicbooks #blacknerdproblems (at DePauw University) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9PyQvBJliw/?igshid=16gef9f9vbivq

AS WITH EVERY YEAR SINCE YEAR ONE:: 7th annual @MECCAcon #MECCAcon2020 is only $75/table for ALL WOMEN VENDORS of ALL KINDS, or for comic book creators and authors with projects CENTERED ON WOMEN for ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH for #WomensHistoryMonth !! Celebrate the HET HERU in YOU! 😉 Well be at @DePauwU this year!! 👩🏾‍🎓👨🏾‍🎓 Register for all things Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts - MECCAcon and MECCAcon IFF today!! Submit your panels, presentations, workshops, and MECCAcon IFF films in NOW! If you think it won’t apply to MECCAcon, you’re probably wrong! We look at the word “Art” a lot broader than most! To add, this is 70% centered on students so we want them educated in ALL ways, family! info: https://wp.me/p5ETR1-169 [email protected]/ 3134510297 FILM: filmfreeway.com/meccaconIFF #indiefilm #indiefilmfest #womensmonth #IWM #blackfilmmakers #africanfilm #indigenousfilm #indigenous #directher #director #filmproducer #shortfilm #featurefilm #blackindie #meccacon #meccaconIFF #comiccon #blackcomics #blackcomix #forallnerds #comicbooks #blacknerdproblems (at DePauw University) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9M-J5tJ7tz/?igshid=3upawigm3vdy

MECCAcon IFF Atlanta 2019 #meccaconSUBSUME2019​ Nov 9, @aarl_atl Auburn Avenue Research Library #LINKINBIO --->> bit.ly/meccaconiff2019 This is the 5th anniversary celebration of #MECCAconIFF! This festival, in part with @SUBSUME_ATL , will feature some of #MECCAcon's past faves, as well as selections from the current season. Official Film Fest Schedule: 11a - 12p MY LOVE, ETHIOPIA - Gabrielle Tesfaye 15m LOREEN’s GOTTA BOOGIE - Bobby Yan, Chantal Maurice 15m SEE YOU YESTERDAY (original short) - Stefon Bristol - 15 MANHOOD - Rodney Stringfellow - 11m 12p -1 MALIKA: WARRIOR QUEEN - YouNeek Studios - 15m SHOWTIME - Shawn Antoine II - 15m KNOCK KNOCK - Kennikki Jones-Jones - 14m LU - Korstiaan Vandiver, starring Nate Parker - 10m 1p - 2p THE ARTIVISM OF SHORT FILMMAKING - workshop w/ Korstiaan Vandiver 3p - 3:45 MECCAcon IFF Panel 3:45 - 5p K.I.N.G. - Rashad Frett - 13ms WOMAN OUTSIDE - starring Yolonda Ross - 20m SWEET SWEET COUNTRY - Dehanza Daye Rogers, starring Gbenga Akinnagbe,- 20m THE YOUTH - Dehanza Daye Rogers, starring Yolonda Ross, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine - 15m ________ MECCAcon International Film Festival, aka MECCAcon IFF, founded in 2014 and registered under Ava DuVernay's company ARRAY, highlights independent films starring & from creators of the African diaspora. Short films are primary, but feature films have been added as well. We always have some of the best filmmakers in our festivals. We believe in showcasing GREATNESS to the public eye! Filmmakers in the past have included but aren’t limited to: Jackie JJ Stone, Yolonda Ross, Evita Castine, Bobby Yan, Stefon Bristol, Nadia Sasso, Jay Woo, Mariama Diallo, Darius Clark Monroe, James Bland, Xavier Burgin, Derek Dow, Ka’ramuu Kush, dream hampton, Donnie Leapheart, Gabrielle Tesfaye, Eliciana Nascimento, Nosa Igbideon, Korstiaan Vandiver, Daye Rogers, and many more. GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY!! All donation tickets are very much appreciated, and are only $10! --->> bit.ly/meccaconiff2019 #indiefilmfest #Meccaconiff #arraynow #directher #shortflm #atl #atlanta #scifi #blackowned #specfic (at Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4iL2_pJhqh/?igshid=17gytptt4uz6n

5th annual MECCAcon IFF 2019 #MECCAconIFF2019 OFFICIAL SCHEDULE ** times subject to change ** tickets -- filmfreeway.com/meccaconiff/tickets THURSDAY - (day 1) 600p Queen of Kings - Yasmin Neal - 11m 615p The Adulterer - Gian Francisco Smith, Bobby Yan - 14m 635p Almost Home - George Simon - 12m 650p 705p The Camera Loves Kaila - Michael Lindsey - 15m 710p Girl Icon - Sadah Espii Proctor - 8m 725p Lucid - Jumai Yusuf - 5m 735p Wildflower - Jumai Yusuf - 6m 745p How To Power A City: Highland Park - Melanie La Rosa - 10m 800p Parallel Lines: Exploring the Intersection of Comics & Hip-Hop - Mike Davis - 7m 810p Bakoso: Afrobeats of Cuba - Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi - 48m SATURDAY - (day 2) 1100a Wildflower - Jumai Yusuf - 6m 1110a T.E.C.H. Dream Sweet - Brandon Dean Johnson - 11m 1125a Training Wheels - Sanicole - 14m 1145a Malika: Warrior Queen - YouNeek Studios - 15m 1205p Sela - Rafieka Davis - 25m 1235p Enoch - Yasmin Neal - 3m 1240p The Refugee Restauranteurs - Michael Steves/ Mamba Hamissi - 6m 1245p - 1255p BREAK 100p Ballet After Dark - Brittany B Monét Fennell - 17m 120p If There Is Light - Hales Elizabeth Anderson - 22m 145p - Cold Sweat: Chapter 1 WHAM! - Wi-Moto Nyoka 17m 205p Something for Cyitra - Jahni Kwatrae - 25m 230p - 300p BREAK 305p Right On - Zachary Cornell Cunningham - 13m 320p Love Tap - Gian Francisco Smith - 14m 340p Manhood - Rodney Stringfellow - 12m 355p Knock Knock - Kennikki Jones-Jones - 14m 415p Showtime - Shawn Antoine II - 15m 435p The Interview - Bobby Yan - 12m 450p K.I.N.G. - Rashad Frett - 13ms 500pm A Dark Foe - Maria Gabriela Cardenas (world premiere) - 1h55m Black Filmmakers Panel, pt1 :: 100pm - 155pm Jahni Kwatre Zachery Cunningham Kennikki Jones-Jones Wi-moto Nyoka Gian Francisco Smith Black Filmmakers Panel, pt2 :: 500pm - 600pm Shawn Antoine iii Bobby Yan Yasmin Neal Sanicole Rashad Frett Rodney Stringfellow ** 6th annual MECCAcon Detroit #MECCAconDSA2019 schedule coming soon. Illustration and colors by multi award winning comic artist, N Steven Harris. #indiefilmfest #arraynow #ava #film #filmmakers #blackfilmmakers #shortfilm (at Detroit School of Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1wxIodpIpd/?igshid=adfl2rte9221

Registration for MECCAcon IFF at the 6th annual MECCAcon Detroit #MECCAconDSA2019 is NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN!! Last year, we received an official total of 474 submissions, our highest to date!! Register today! Use waiver code BFMdoitbetter for 35% off your submission free til MARCH 16th!! https://filmfreeway.com/meccaconiff The convention AND film festival will be held this year at DSA Detroit School Of Arts High School, with book signings once again at @vaultofmidnight !! September 19-21th!! Tables and workshop/presentation submissions are also now being sold and accepted, so inquire today! MECCAcon IFF and Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts - #MECCAcon are owned by Amonyet Enterprises. [email protected] | 3134510297 https://filmfreeway.com/meccaconiff #TicketsInBIO #indiefilm #indiefilmfest #blackfilmmakers #africanfilm #indigenousfilm #ava #arrayNOW #indigenous #directher #director #filmproducer #shortfilm #featurefilm #blackindie #meccacon #meccaconIFF #comiccon #blackcomics #blackcomix #forallnerds #comicbooks #blacknerdproblems #indie #films #cannes #paff #abff #sundance (at Detroit School of Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByA-N2EJRHU/?igshid=1vgm13vvsxgm4

Registration for MECCAcon IFF at the 6th annual MECCAcon Detroit #MECCAconDSA2019 is NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN!! Last year, we received an official total of 474 submissions, our highest to date!! Register today! Use waiver code BFMdoitbetter for 35% off your submission free til MARCH 16th!! https://filmfreeway.com/meccaconiff The convention AND film festival will be held this year at DSA Detroit School Of Arts High School, with book signings once again at @vaultofmidnight !! September 19-21th!! Tables and workshop/presentation submissions are also now being sold and accepted, so inquire today! MECCAcon IFF and Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts - #MECCAcon are owned by Amonyet Enterprises. [email protected] | 3134510297 https://filmfreeway.com/meccaconiff #TicketsInBIO #indiefilm #indiefilmfest #blackfilmmakers #africanfilm #indigenousfilm #indigenous #directher #director #filmproducer #shortfilm #featurefilm #blackindie #meccacon #meccaconIFF #comiccon #blackcomics #blackcomix #forallnerds #comicbooks #blacknerdproblems (at Detroit School of Arts) https://www.instagram.com/meccacon/p/BuY94O6Be9f/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e43c0tf0y34z