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'Compensation' Rewards Hollywood Black Film Festival's world premiere of a poem-inspired film uses the historic tools of cinema's trade to tell a powerful story. Bruce Willis Matthew Perry "This Year's First Great Comedy! Hilarious and Irresistible!" Screening Room -Jim Svjia.KNXCBS RADIO 1 xtreme irv I I if By KEVIN THOMAS TIMES STAFF WRITER The Hollywood Black Film Festival on Saturday presents the world premiere of Zeinabu Irene Davis' beautiful and poignant "Compensation," a unique and venturesome feature film from the maker of the notable shorts "A Powerful Thang" (1991) and "Cycles" (1989). The festival is tonight through Monday at various Culver City venues, with the "Compensation" premiere at 6 p.m. Saturday at Mann Culver Plaza 6, 9226 Washington Blvd. Inspired by the Paul Laurence Dunbar poem that gives the film Killer 1 Ai4PK DEVON WHITMORE vre a Michelle A.

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