HBCU First Look Film Fest Stops At Spelman College For ‘Let’s Talk’ Mentorship Conversation With Cathy Hughes
By Nahlah Abdur-Rahman The 2025 HBCU First Look Film Festival has teamed up with Spelman College and the Black Women Film Network to bring forth a new conversation regarding mentorship in media. Cathy Hughes will speak to her own mentee, Sheila Eldridge, founder of the First Look Film Festival, in the “Elevate Through Mentorship” conversation on March 21. Amplified by its theme of “Elevate Future Storytellers,” the discussion will also be part of HBCUFLF’s tour of historically Black colleges and Universities across the United States. Taking place at Spelman’s LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Samuel L. Jackson Center for the Performing