Def Filmmaker Award to fund hip-hop flicks.

This article presents information related to initiatives undertaken by organisations to promote African American motion pictures. The Simmons Lathan Media Group (SLMG) and the New York University Kanbar Institute of Film and Television announced the creation of the Alumni Def Filmmaker Award. The Alumni Def Filmmaker Award offers up to $300,000 for feature film funding and up to $150,000 for a documentary film. SLMG deals exclusively in urban and hip-hop media content. This includes production, distribution and acquisition of movies, theatrical productions and television, radio and the Internet programming.