People with a Message Production Filmworks & Etc presents The 13th Annual Dallas Black Film Festival. This year's theme is Black Music in Film: The Ongoing Saga. The festival will spotlight Black Music all genres and its importance in film. There will also be a Q&A discussion on the film and Black Music Soundtrack for its 13th anniversary along with a special tribute to the late James Brown.

There will be an independent film contest for best feature, and in addition to a best short independent film contest. This year the children's film festival; Documentary contest, Black classic films from the '20s, '30s, '40s; Black foreign films; and a Black cinema movie poster show case will be on display. Other features include a movie trivia contest, Black cinema music soundtracks, and much more.