Film Press & Awards
Awards
- Poet of the Swingin’ Blade
- First Place: Art/Experimental Film, Fort Omaha Film Conference 2009
- Winner, Best Message Film, San Diego Black Film Festival 2007
- Finalist, San Diego Black Film Festival 2007
- Finalist, Arizona Black Film Showcase 2007
- Finalist, Big Island Film Festival 2007
- Finalist, Hollywood Black Film Festival 2007
- Finalist, Reel Black Men Short Film Showcase 2007
- Finalist, African American Film Marketplace 2007
- Finalist, S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase 2007
Press
- Poet of the Swingin’ Blade
- Productions stills, film trailer, and three five-star reviews (via Hollywood Black Film Festival)
- "Best in Black Film Showcase at San Diego Black Film Festival" by Barbara Smith, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint, 2007
- "'Poet of the Swingin’ Blade': A Film Review" by Christopher Bythewood, California Examiner, 2006
- "Turpentine Industry Equals Indebted Slavery" by Kim Webster, The Long Beach Times Newspaper, 2006
- "Filmmaker James E. Hurd, Jr. Presents "Turpentine Jake" and "Poet of the Swingin’ Blade," Westsidestory Newspaper, 2006
- "People You Should Know: James E. Hurd, Jr." by Buddy Sampson, Los Angeles Scoop, 2006
Photos (L to R, T to B):
- San Diego Black Film Festival: (L to R, T to B) Julius Noflin, Derek Shaun, Dean Mitchell, Jerome Hawkins; Linda Bannister, James E. Hurd, Jr., Ebony Perry
- Hollywood Black Film Festival: (L to R) Derek Shaun, Jerome Hawkins, Jon Caligiuiri, and James E. Hurd, Jr.
- BET Reel Black Men Short Film Showcase: (L to R) Ralph Scott and James E. Hurd, Jr.
- Big Island Film Festival, Kona, Hawaii: (foreground) Linda Bannister and James E. Hurd, Jr.
