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LaLa Anthony, Luke James, Bell Biv DeVoe and More Come Out to Celebrate UrbanWorld Film Festival in NYC

New York City’s Times Square was lit up not only by lights but by shining stars this past weekend as AMC Empire 25 hosted this year’s Urbanworld Film Festival, which celebrated its 20th anniversary milestone. The three-day event featured premieres, panels, parties and an impressive red carpet that brought out industry notables such as director Ava DuVernay (Selma, Queen Sugar), who served as Festival Ambassador this year along with actor David Oyelowo, Issa Rae (Awkward Black Girl), Bell Biv DeVoe, LaLa Anthony, Luke James, Tristan Mack Wilds and more.

Film and television standouts at this year’s festival were Disney’s Queen of Katwe starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, Shots Fired, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love and Basketball) and starring Tristan Mack Wilds and Sanaa Lathan, and the BET made-for-TV biopic The New Edition Story, starring Luke James and Bryshere Y. Gray (Empire). Also garnering buzz at this year’s festival was HBO’s new half-hour comedy starring Issa Rae and Jay Ellis (The Game), Insecure.

Check out our photo gallery of these celebs as they walked the red carpet and furthered Urbanworld’s mission to promote diversified, underrepresented and distinct storytelling in the film and television industry. For more on this organization go to www.urbanworld.org/films.

Photo Credit: Raymond Hagans Courtesy of Urbanworld Film Festival

Ava DuVernay was this year's Urbanworld Festival Ambassador.Ava DuVernay and guest celebrating the 20th anniversary of Urbanworld.Tristan Mack Wilds showing his killer smile.LaLa Anthony looking gorgeous on the red carpet.LaLa Anthony and her son Kiyan with Tristan Mack Wilds.The cast of the BET biopic, "The New Edition Story."Members of Bell Biv DeVoe before the screening of their BET biopic.New Edition's Michael Bivins and Bryshere Y. Gray are two fly guys!   Singer and Actor Luke James with cast members of BET's "The New Edition Story."Michael Bivins and Bryshere Y. Gray put the S in swag.Bryshere Y. Gray busts a move on the red carpet.Issa Rae knows how to work a red carpet.Issa Rae and Jay Ellis celebrate the new HBO comedy series, "Insecure."

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