{"id":8801,"date":"2022-09-23T19:35:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T19:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=8801"},"modified":"2022-09-23T19:36:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T19:36:10","slug":"alonge-hawes-silver-gold-garner-further-nominations-at-upcoming-minnesota-webfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/alonge-hawes-silver-gold-garner-further-nominations-at-upcoming-minnesota-webfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonge Hawes & \u2018Silver & Gold\u2019 Garner Further Nominations At Upcoming Minnesota Webfest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With two world premieres and four nominations heading into next week\u2019s Minnesota Webfest, Alonge Hawes must have been feeling pretty good. Now both he and his creative team have further reason to be in a celebratory mood as the distinguished film festival has announced, via their second-round nomination reveal, that both \u2018Silver & Gold\u2019 and \u2018Good Black Man\u2019 have picked up further nominations!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Silver & Gold\u2019 has been nominated for Best Representation Of Communities Of Color, The Alumni Award, and Best Dramatic Performance for series co-lead Brittaney Traylor. The nomination in the performance category marks the first individual acting nomination for Traylor as well as the first acting nomination for an Alonge Hawes created series at the Minnesota Webfest. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This brings the overall number of nominations for \u2018Silver & Gold\u2019 to 5, following early September\u2019s announcement that the series was nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Thriller Series.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Good Black Man\u2019 has also been nominated for Best Representation Of Communities Of Color and The Alumni Award. This brings the overall number of nominations for \u2018Good Black Man\u2019 to 4, following early September\u2019s announcement that the series was nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Dramatic Series.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Good Black Man\u2019 and \u2018Silver & Gold\u2019 are nominated against each other in three categories, a first at the festival for two series created by the same showrunner.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Silver & Gold\u2019 is described as \u201cA blend of comedy, action, drama, and Afro-futurism set against the backdrop of Atlanta\u2019s criminal underground\u201d.  The first season will consist of ten episodes, with Hawes serving as director and writer for the entire project. The series will be available via Jaro Media with a two-episode premiere on October 11th. Quentin Williams, Brittaney Traylor, Roberto Cruz Jr, and Shani Hawes make up the ensemble cast. Hawes executive produces alongside Rich DeVaughn. Jamal McClendon, Cordarol Sanders, Quentin Williams, Shani Hawes, Joshua Dennard, and Rodderick Fedd serves as producers. Check out the official series poster and visual intro below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Good Black Man\u2019, is described as \u2018The journey of a man who is attempting to put his life back together after a series of unfortunate events; whilst raising of his daughter and attempting to avoid falling into the negative stereotypes commonly associated with black men in modern society.\u201d While no release date nor platform were announced for the series as of press time, Hawes will again serve as executive producer, writer and director of all episodes. Joshua Dennard, Jamal McClendon, Shani Hawes, Rodderick Fedd and Cordarol Sanders serve as producers. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official series poster and teaser can be seen below. The Minnesota Webfest will be held September 25-28th<\/sup> at the Zeitgeist Cinema Theater in Duluth, Minnesota. \u2018Good Black Man\u2019 will have its world premiere on Monday the 26th<\/sup>, whilst \u2018Silver & Gold\u2019 will have its world premiere on Tuesday the 27th<\/sup>. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&A with Hawes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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