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Wednesday, November 10,2010 - November 16,2010 • VoL 38 No. 36 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Another Successful Year for
The Savannah Film Festival
By Tina A. Brown
For the Savannah Tribune
wo promising films
highlighting the tri
umphs' and struggles
of people of color in film
and fashion design lit up the
screen at last week's
Savannah Film Festival.
The motion picture “Night
Catches Us” and the docu
mentary “Dressed” were
two of about 40 films shown
during the event from Oct.
30 to Nov. 6 in downtown
Savannah.
Tanya Hamilton, a
writer-director whose first
film was shown; and fashion
designer Nary Manrivong,
the subject of a documen
tary, spoke in separate inter
views to The Savannah
Tribune about their careers
and personal accomplish
ments.
For years now, Fashion
Designer Nary Manivong
has carried a tiny note
tucked inside his wallet.
“You can do it. Believe," it
says. It's a reminder of
where the fashion designer
has been; who he is today
and what he's overcome.
Homeless at age 14,
Manivong had to fend for
himself for years on the
streets of Columbus, Ohio.
He was attending Walnut
Ridge High School when he
picked up a copy of Vogue
magazine in the library.
The photographs of
beautiful clothes sparked
something inside of him and
he decided that he'd become
a fashion designer, even if he
had to teach himself how to
draw on paper napkins at
restaurants where he bussed
tables; or on the backs of
store receipts where he
bagged groceries. He also
taught himself how to sew;
and started designing on a
level that got him a show at
New York Fashion Week.
“He has a single mind
ed determination," said
director Producer David
Swajeski, who thought
Manivong's life was so com
pelling that he has made him
the subject of a new docu
mentary called “Dressed” for
Moving Pictures.
Manivong, now 28, has
beat the odds. He recently
partnered with Ally Hilfiger,
the daughter of Tommy
Hilfiger, to start a new fash
ion line called NAHM.
“My goal is to create a
lifestyle brand," he said. “No
matter what I going to do in
life, it would turn out to be
great for me. It was about
having a better life," he said
adding he believes a guardian
angel is watching over him.
“Night Catches Us," a
motion picture by Magnolia
Pictures is about the everyday
lives of former members of
the Black Panther Party in
Philadelphia. This slice of
life story depicts an era rarely
told in African-American
films.
Written and directed by
Tanya Hamilton, “Night
Catches Us” is a fictional
account of the complex lives
of Marcus (played by
See Festival, page 2
Johnson Receives “TOP DAWG”
Recognition from UGA Alumni
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The Savannah Chapter of
The University of Georgia
Alumni Association present
ed Savannah Mayor Dr. Otis
S. Johnson ’67 with the TOP
DAWG Recognition
surrounded by UGA Alumni
and supporters
Thursday, November 4, at 2
p.m. during the Savannah
City Council meeting.
The TOP DAWG
Recognition is presented to
mayors and city managers
Association members
throughout the country who
have earned a degree from
The University of Georgia.
Mayor Johnson is a 1967
graduate of The University
of Georgia. Mayor Johnson
was proclaimed the “TOP
DAWG” in recognition and
appreciation of his service
and leadership as Mayor of
the City of Savannah; as well
as, for his dedication to his
alma mater- The University
of Georgia.
The recognition is
administered by The UGA
Alumni Association under
the leadership of Executive
Director Deborah Dietzler.
Locally the recognition
was presented by Savannah
Chapter alumni and support
ers including President,
Diane Parker ‘92; Past
President, Keith Parker ‘91;
Co-Vice Presidents, Tuquyen
Mach Yee ’05 and Benny
Yee ‘05/’09; Terry College
Alumni Savannah Chapter
Officer, Cliff McCurry ‘71;
Terry College Alumni
Savannah Chapter Officer,
Tal Johnson ‘04; and UGA
supporter, Suzanne Ansley.
Savannah Singing
Artist Returns for
Dilworth Tribute
Robert “Bobby” Dilworth
When the former band members
of Robert “Bobby” Dilworth
decided to host a tribute to the
former Sol C. Johnson High
School band director, little did
they know that the event would
generate so much buzz in the
community, and so many for
mer students would be so eager
to participate. One former stu
dent, Mildred Vaney Scott (pro
fessionally known as Millie
Scott), a protege of Bobby
Dilworth's, whose professional
singing career was literally
launched after performing as
lead vocalist for the Bobby
Dilworth and the Blazers band
will headline a list of SCJ alum
ni who will gather to pay tribute
to this great jazz legend.
The tribute, being spon
sored by the Sol C. Johnson
National Alumni Association
will be held on Saturday,
November 27, 2010 in the
Grand Ballroom of the
Savannah DeSoto Hilton Hotel
with a pre-banquet reception
beginning at 6:00 pm and a ban
quet/dance to follow at 7:00
p.m.
Bobby Dilworth was the
first band director to serve at Sol
C. Johnson and he has a long
established reputation for setting
the bar for stellar band perform
ances in the state of Georgia.
His marching and concert bands
set the tone for precision march
ing and formation and received
many accolades and commen
dations during the sixties.
Performing a musical trib
ute to Bobby Dilworth will be
Sol Johnson's own Millie Scott,
whose distinctive vocal style
was shaped in part by her early
musical experiences where she
See Tribute, page 11
MLK Observance
Committee Announces
2011 Theme Winners
The ML King, Jr.
Observance Day Association
extends an invitation to spon
sors, friends and supporters
to join the Celebration
Planning Committee for the
2011 observance of Dr.
King's birth.
The King Association is
pleased to announce the 2011
theme winners: 1st Place,
Riche' Williams, "Dream
with a Vision, Live with a
Passion; 2nd place Alexis
Harris, "Dreaming Is
Believing, Believing is
Achieving and Achieving =
Success".
The next meeting will
be Thursday, November 11,
2010, 6pm at the West Broad
St. YMCA located on May
St. For more information
please contact (912) 234-
5502 or President Carolyn
Blackshear, (912) 341-0041
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