Past Festival Honorees

2024 Renaissance Award

2024 Trailblazer Award

2023 Lifetime Award

2023 Emerging Filmmaker

2022 Phoenix Award Winner

The Grenaldo Frazier Award for Music Production in Film

2016, Icon Award Recipient

2015, Emerging Filmmaker Award, 14th Annual North Carolina Black Film Festival

2014 Zenith Award 13th Annual North Carolina Black Film Festival

Founder Emeritus (2014), Recipient of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement award She is the founder of the Black Arts Alliance and the NC Black Film Festival. Photo Credit: Visite Wilmington

2011 Distinguished Filmmaker Honoree, 10th Annual North Carolina Black Film Festival, Photo Credit: Houston Style Magazine

2009 Prism Award, 8th Annual North Carolina Black Film Festival, Photo Credit: Star News Online

2005 Trailblazer Award 4th Annual North Carolina Black Film Festival 2008 Zenith Award 7th Annual North Carolina Black Film Festival

2004 Trailblazer Award 3rd Annual North Carolina Black Film Festival

2006 Trailblazer Award 5th Annual North Carolina Black Film Festival

2010 Distinguished Filmmaker 9th Annual North Carolina Black Film Festival, Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore

2012 Nova Award for Production Achievement, 11th Annual North Carolina Black Film Festival