‘Silver & Gold’ continues to dominate its way through the film festival circuit. The Jaro Media original series has been named an official selection to nine different festivals, garnering 18 nominations, with 6 wins. Now the series can add three more victories to its total as it’s been announced that ‘Silver & Gold’ is a major awards winner at the Cult Critic Film Awards.
‘Silver & Gold’ was named Best Web/New Media for the episode “The Brilliance Meijin Affair.” Series creator/showrunner Alonge Hawes was awarded Best Director whilst series cinematographer Joshua Dennard was presented an award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography.
“The Brilliance Meijin Affair,” the series 3rd official episode, is one of its most ambitious. The feature length running time, complex plot, and fun payoff involving the main characters solving riddles that involve famous Atlanta landmarks, has been praised by audiences and critics alike. The award wins mark the fourth citation of recognition for the series itself, having been named Best Web Series by the Oniros Film Awards and presented with the Critics Choice Award at the Virgin Spring Cinefest amongst other accolades. It marks the second award for Dennard’s cinematography, and the first for Hawes’s direction. Hawes was also awarded Best Series Script by the Minnesota Web Fest and Best Screenplay by The Oniros Film Awards.
Cult Critic Movie Awards™ (CCMA) is an INTERNATIONAL LIVE SCREENING FILM FESTIVAL organized by a leading international film magazine CULT CRITIC™. The award is a recognition of what it means to have that founding motivating force. CCMA is a monthly live screening International Film Festival. So each month more than 20 films from each category are officially selected and out of them at least one per category is awarded. The most representative is monthly screened in Calcutta and have a free academic and detailed review published in their International film magazine CULT CRITIC™
‘Silver & Gold’s first season will comprise of 10 episodes, 6 of which are now available for streaming via Jaro Media. The remaining four episodes are scheduled to release in early 2023. Stream episodes 1-6 here.
‘Silver & Gold’ is created, written, and directed by Alonge Hawes through his company A Million Stories One Pen Productions. Hawes also serves as executive producer alongside Rich DeVaughn. Quentin Williams, Shani Hawes, Jamal McClendon, Joshua Dennard, Cordarol Sanders, and Rodderick Fedd serve as producers. The series stars Quentin Williams as Charles Goldar, Brittaney Traylor as Bahiya Payne, Shani Hawes as Cierra Valentine, and Roberto Cruz Jr. as Sosa Gerena.
