Tanya Kersey, the creator of the Hollywood Black Film Festival, passed away, and Hollywood is in deep sorrow.She had experienced a number of health problems recently and passed away at the age of 61 in Rancho Cucamonga from cardiac arrest. The information was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter by Kersey's daughter Monique. Prior to moving behind the scenes, Kersey made appearances on soap operas and also worked as a model. Her family has established a GoFundMe to pay for funeral costs.In 1998, she established the Hollywood Black Film Festival.
The Hollywood Black Film Festival was started by Kersey in 1998 and operated for 20 years. Her family intends to repeat it the next year. The festival, which is renowned as a celebration of Black cinema, brought together well-known artists and burgeoning independent filmmakers.In its early years, it was known as "Black Sundance," and during its duration, it screened more than 1,000 independent films from the United States and 25 other nations.
Numerous well-known people attended the festival. Sidney Poitier, Forest Whitaker, John Singleton, Tim Story, Malcolm Lee, Bill Duke, Devon Franklin, George Tillman, Ice-T, Blair Underwood, Sanaa Lathan, Loretta Devine, and Debra Martin Chase were among the notable attendees over the years.In addition, Kersey oversaw the trade journal "Black Talent News," which was founded in 1994 and published until 2008.
According to THR, Brittnay, the other daughter of Monique and Kersey, intends to bring back the Hollywood Black Film Festival the following year. The previous one was in 2018.
Other survivors of Kersey include her sister Lisa and her grandsons Dewayne and Datari.
Our current thoughts are with her family.
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