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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · 19h

Allow me to introduce you to what’s coming next. Or who, I should say…

Meet THE TURNERS!

They didn’t plan on returning to a life they left behind long ago, but some things are worth everything!

Written & Directed by Frank Abney

Produced by Nicholas Maye
#film #animation #art #indieanimation

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · 27d

If you’re in LA from 9/26 - 10/3, go check out my latest short film, BLACK MAN, BLACK MAN at the Laemmle Royal on Santa Monica Blvd at 3:40pm.

Get your tickets here:
www.laemmle.com/film/black-m...

#filmsky #moviesky #art #animation #shortfilm #film #indiefilm

Black Man, Black Man - Laemmle.com

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NPR @npr.org · Jul 27

Public media has been defunded. Your support keeps journalists on the ground, lifts unheard voices, and connects communities.

Help us plan for what’s next. Make a monthly gift today. Stand with public media: n.pr/458sOhq

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Jul 4

🔥🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🔥

Jorge R. Gutierrez @mexopolis.bsky.social · Jul 3

BIG NEWS! I’m currently bleeding (joyfully) all over a brand-new indie adult animation pilot called EL GUAPO VS THE NARCO VAMPIRES. It’s pretty insane. It’s totally unhinged. I love it with all my mustached heart. More info soon...

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Jun 13

youtu.be/_ZEzUq9th3g?...

Jennifer Hudson Performs "A Change is Gonna Come" from Malcolm X

YouTube video by American Film Institute

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Jun 5

Ayyye thanks JD!

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Jun 5

Excited to share that we’ve been selected to show at the Burbank International Film Festival in September! Huge thanks to our amazing team. This short film couldn’t happen without all of the support around. Character count is too high from my IG post to copy & paste, but I appreciate you all!

#film

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · May 20

First trailer for the ‘IT’ prequel series #WelcomeToDerry 🎈

Releasing this Fall on HBO Max

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · May 9

Who’s an actor who made you dislike them for how well they played a character??

To this day My Mom can’t really look at Danny Glover without a side eye because of THE COLOR PURPLE 🤣🤣🤣.

Sign of a great actor! 😂
#FilmSky #TvSky #Film

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · May 1

That is all!

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Gi 🫦 @ellasj0y.blacksky.app · Apr 25

This looks amazing!!!!

Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Apr 25

A Black man navigates his day while quietly wrestling with the experiences that reinforce the need for healing the child within.

BLACK MAN, BLACK MAN
Written/Directed by yours truly

Narrated by @ynb.bsky.social & Aldis Hodge

Produced by Hodge Brothers Productions

#FilmSky #Film #Animation #Art

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Cash Seabrook @cashseabrook.bsky.social · Apr 25

Let’s go!

Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Apr 25

A Black man navigates his day while quietly wrestling with the experiences that reinforce the need for healing the child within.

BLACK MAN, BLACK MAN
Written/Directed by yours truly

Narrated by @ynb.bsky.social & Aldis Hodge

Produced by Hodge Brothers Productions

#FilmSky #Film #Animation #Art

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thank you my HEART!!! 😘😘😘

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Ms Trinidad’s Smooth Baby Thigh @tamaracharese.bsky.social · Apr 25

youtu.be/rglPNAohXoY?... it’s here!!! BlackManBlackMan from the brilliant @frankabney.bsky.social

Black Man, Black Man Teaser (2025)

YouTube video by Frank Abney

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Apr 25

A Black man navigates his day while quietly wrestling with the experiences that reinforce the need for healing the child within.

BLACK MAN, BLACK MAN
Written/Directed by yours truly

Narrated by @ynb.bsky.social & Aldis Hodge

Produced by Hodge Brothers Productions

#FilmSky #Film #Animation #Art

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Apr 22

I can’t speak enough about #Sinners. I’ve seen it 3 times now (soon to be 4). The magic of this film is in the layers of SPECIFICITY. Everything has purpose. Character choices are motivated by a raw truth you can feel! The pain, the love, the sweaty. All working together!
Go watch!
#Film #Filmsky

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ALT: a black background with the word sinners in gold letters

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Apr 22

Beautiful!!!

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Apr 22

Ryan Coogler thanks fans for watching #Sinners

"Eternal Gratitude. My heart is bursting with it … I believe in cinema … I believe it is a necessary pillar of society… To see your response to the film has re-affirmed my belief in this art form"

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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · Apr 21

‘SINNERS’ overperformed official estimates and actually opened to $48M domestically.

Biggest opening for an original film this decade.

Read our review: bit.ly/SinnersDF

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Apr 21

LMAO!!!!

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Apr 18

Imma just leave this right here. Haven’t drawn in a while, but had to get something out. Beyond excited for my brother, and to celebrate him and the cast tonight! Making the Bay proud yet again!

This is a moment! Go see ‘Sinners’ this weekend!

#RyanCoogler #Sinners #FilmSky #Film #ProximityMedia

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Apr 15

Aw man! That would be dope!

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Apr 15

Not yet, but I’m going Thursday night at the Metreon. 😁

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Apr 15

It’s funny to see the reactions when people don’t expect us to really know our craft, because of how we look, sound, or even navigate the industry.

So proud of my brother.
#Sinners #RyanCoogler

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Apr 4

James Gunn was the right one for the job! 🔥🤌🏾🔥

youtu.be/oko6ZIv54k0?...

#Filmsky #Superman #SneakPeek #Film

Superman - Official Sneak Peek Clip (2025) David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult

YouTube video by IGN

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Frank Abney 🎞️✏️🎨 @frankabney.bsky.social · Mar 25

Jennifer Hudson’s effortless life-giving voice always finds a way to make my eyes leak. Had to revisit this one.

youtu.be/_ZEzUq9th3g?...

#jhud #JenniferHudson #DenzelWashington

Jennifer Hudson Performs "A Change is Gonna Come" from Malcolm X

YouTube video by American Film Institute

youtu.be

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