Coffee Bluff Pictures and Williamson Media Group presents Illegal Rose and Olympic Pride- American Prejudice

DALLAS, TX (Sept. 30, 2019) – Coffee Bluff Pictures and Dallas-based Williamson Media Group present an entertaining evening of film and conversation with award-winning filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper and Emmy-Award and 6-time NAACP Image Award winner Blair Underwood on October 19, 2019 at 7pm at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters. This evening is the Texas premiere of ILLEGAL ROSE, a short and timely film about immigration starring Jasmine Guy, and the Dallas premiere of the 2017 NAACP Image Award nominated sports documentary OLYMPIC PRIDE, AMERICAN PREJUDICE.

General admission tickets are $15, include reserved seats for both films and the audience Q&A with the cast and crew following each film.  VIP Ticket packages are $50, and include an exclusive pre-film screening Meet and Greet Reception with filmmaker, cast and crew from 6pm-7pm, Special VIP gift bag, reserved seats for both films and the audience Q&A with the cast and crew following each film.  Tickets available here:  https://www1.ticketmaster.com/tx-film-premieres-of-illegal-rose-olympic-pride-american-prejudice/event/0C00573707C57872?dma_id=220

“Illegal Rose” tells the story of an unlikely friendship between Rose, a tired, disengaged, almost retired nurse who accidentally kidnaps Sylvie, a 9-year-old ICE detention center runaway, on the 4th of July. The two women change each other’s lives and perspectives. “Illegal Rose” explores respect, decency and kindness through two people of different generations, ages, races and legal status, as they navigate their choices and the consequences.  “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice” tells the story of the 18 African Americans who defied Adolf Hitler and Jim Crow to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin.