Tilane Jones is the Managing Director of AFFRM, the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement, a black film distribution collaborative. AFFRM has distributed eight feature films since 2011 including Ava DuVernay's award winning MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, Andrew Dosunmu's RESTLESS CITY, Storm Saulter's BETTER MUS' COME, Neil Drummings' BIG WORDS, Nailah Jefferson's VANISHING PEARLS and most recently Mike L. Brown's 25 TO LIFE.

Jones is also Manager of Production for Forward Movement Films, serving as a producer on all of the company’s visual product.

Her film credits include: Ava DuVernay's MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, THIS IS THE LIFE, I WILL FOLLOW and SELMA. As well as acclaimed fashion and beauty films for Prada and Fashion Fair with THE DOOR and SAY YES respectively. Her television credits include: BET's Black Girls Rock, My Mic Sounds Nice along with John Legend Interludes Live, Essence Music Festival 2010 and Faith Through The Storm for TV One and ESPN Films' Venus Vs.

Catch A Filmmaker's Guide on Friday, June 26th at 4:30 pm with Tilane Jones.