SPOTLIGHT CINEMAS CAPITAL 8 ARTHOUSE THEATER
CAROLINA FILM NETWORK SOCIETY (CFNS)
With the vision of rebirth and representation, the cultural identity of CFNS is to inclusively utilize and celebrate artistic expression as a form of therapy and education!
MEMBERSHIP PERKS
Free Meetings
Free Meetings
Free Meetings
As an active member with the society, your attendance at all CFN monthly or scheduled meetings will be free of charge. You will also be able to see screenings of local films and curated series free of charge as well.
Voting Rights
Free Meetings
Free Meetings
All active members have the right to be directly involved with deciding who the leaders are in the community and how to progress as a society. In addition to this, members will also be able to vote on nominated awards at our annual charity Carolina Film Network Awards Show (CFNA's).
Free Classes
Free Meetings
Free Classes
Active members have the accessibility of education at their disposal with free classes in many aspects of the industry, to include screenwriting, film production, acting, and so much more.
Discounts
Discounted Rentals
Free Classes
As an active member, you automatically get a 10% discount on memorabilia and a 25% submission discount code for Freedom Festival International Film Festival. In addition to this, you also get a corporate discounted rate of $7 for all first run films at Spotlight Cinemas Capital 8.
Discounted Rentals
Discounted Rentals
Discounted Rentals
Do you need to film an audition, hold auditions for your film, do a table read, film interviews, hold meetings, or maybe film a podcast? You can rent our studio space with a 25% discount as an active member. You also can rent the theater at a discounted rate for screenings and/or premieres.
Free Merchandise
Discounted Rentals
Discounted Rentals
As a new member, we'd like to show our appreciation by gifting you a complimentary Carolina Film Network t-shirt. In addition to this, you will also get a Certificate of Membership and a membership card that will allow for you to receive discounts with us and all of our partners.
New Membership
$99.00
Thank you so much for joining our film society! Enjoy all the perks that come with your membership, and renew annually at a discount!
Renew Membership
$79.00
Thank you so much for continuing your contributions to our society! Here's a complimentary discount!
CFNS Board advisory Members
Ashley Bennett (Pres.)
Tangie Brickhouse-Beaty (Secretary)
Preach Jacobs (V. Pres.)
Ashley is a compulsory artist and maker with over 15 years of experience with dance and community development. She started Sage Studios with a few key concepts in mind: sustainability, diversity, and inclusivity. She uses our main studio to teach her own style of fusion dance with her company, Tiny Coven (there's a whole story there that
Ashley is a compulsory artist and maker with over 15 years of experience with dance and community development. She started Sage Studios with a few key concepts in mind: sustainability, diversity, and inclusivity. She uses our main studio to teach her own style of fusion dance with her company, Tiny Coven (there's a whole story there that you can learn about over a glass of prosecco). She has many artistic interests that she claims are all related: dance, silversmithing, watercolor painting, percussion studies, and macrame.
Preach Jacobs (V. Pres.)
Tangie Brickhouse-Beaty (Secretary)
Preach Jacobs (V. Pres.)
Preach Jacobs is a hip-hop artist, writer, SC Press Association Award Winner, and Cola-Con founder, the nation's only hip-hop/comic convention. His music has been featured on NPR and Okayplayer. He has a podcast, 'The Negro League' on his Mo' Betta Soul network that includes event programming in the southeast.
His latest column is featured
Preach Jacobs is a hip-hop artist, writer, SC Press Association Award Winner, and Cola-Con founder, the nation's only hip-hop/comic convention. His music has been featured on NPR and Okayplayer. He has a podcast, 'The Negro League' on his Mo' Betta Soul network that includes event programming in the southeast.
His latest column is featured in the Columbia weekly Free-Times titled "Fight the Power," speaking about hip-hop, politics, and social awareness.
Tangie Brickhouse-Beaty (Secretary)
Tangie Brickhouse-Beaty (Secretary)
Tangie Brickhouse-Beaty (Secretary)
Tangie Brickhouse-Beaty, born and raised in Norwalk, CT, is the founder/CEO of WOW (Walking on Water) Productions, CEO of Brickbeat Agency and the Executive Director of WOW Performing Arts Center, all in Columbia, SC.
With over 18 years of experience, Tangie, a national award winning playwright, film writer and director that has produced
Tangie Brickhouse-Beaty, born and raised in Norwalk, CT, is the founder/CEO of WOW (Walking on Water) Productions, CEO of Brickbeat Agency and the Executive Director of WOW Performing Arts Center, all in Columbia, SC.
With over 18 years of experience, Tangie, a national award winning playwright, film writer and director that has produced over 25 productions and co-written/co-directed 3 films (two of which won 1st place in a Jasper Film Festival). As well as a Casting Director with credits that include feature and short films, stage plays, commercials, voiceover and web-series projects across the nation. Tangie received a national distribution deal for her first stage play, Yesterday Is Still Gone, awarded Best Stage Play Director at the Kingdomwood Christian Film Festival, listed as The Top 12 Most Interesting Minorities of 2013, selected as SC Black Pages as Top 40 Under 40 in SC, awarded Best Theatre Production Company and Best Theatre Director by Black Women in Jazz and Arts in Atlanta, GA and more. Tangie has made her mark in history as opening the first Urban Black Box Theatre in the state of SC owned by a woman. Tangie is on the Executive
Board of Directors of Urban Playwrights United, a mentorship group to over 2000 playwrights nationwide. She is also a Business Advisor for the Benedict College Women’s Business Center. In 2017, Tangie founded the non-profit agency, WOW Performing Arts Center, an agency geared to helping actors, writers and directors in telling their story to the best of their ability. Tangie received a certification as a Film Producer and Line Producer from the Film Institute of Hollywood, AS Degree in Computerized Accounting from Gibbs College, and a Human Resources Certification from Yale University. Tangie is married to Thomas Beaty for 24 years, has 2 sons - James and Isaiah and an adorable grandson, Elijah.
Curtis Ceasar John (Gen.)
Terrance Roseborough (Gen.)
Terrance Roseborough (Gen.)
Curtis Caesar John is an arts manager, advocate, and filmmaker. He believes in cinema as one of the most powerful means of sharing life's stories and furthering our understanding of one another, even within our own cultures. He is the Founder and Executive Director of The Luminal Theater, a nomadic microcinema that brings Black independe
Curtis Caesar John is an arts manager, advocate, and filmmaker. He believes in cinema as one of the most powerful means of sharing life's stories and furthering our understanding of one another, even within our own cultures. He is the Founder and Executive Director of The Luminal Theater, a nomadic microcinema that brings Black independent films directly to Black communities and audiences, as well as to general audiences interested and invested in the Black cinematic voices.
Terrance Roseborough (Gen.)
Terrance Roseborough (Gen.)
Terrance Roseborough (Gen.)
Terrance Roseborough is a filmmaker from Camden, SC. He studied film at The Art Institute for a while then transferred to The University of South Carolina where he would become a member of The Conqueror Movement, a communications platform for black millennials. Under the Conqueror Movement umbrella, Terrance has co-directed and produced s
Terrance Roseborough is a filmmaker from Camden, SC. He studied film at The Art Institute for a while then transferred to The University of South Carolina where he would become a member of The Conqueror Movement, a communications platform for black millennials. Under the Conqueror Movement umbrella, Terrance has co-directed and produced several works including: “Find Your Light”, a Conqueror Movement documentary that documents the self care journey and falling into what feels right to you spiritually, even if it’s not the path others want you to take. He’s also worked on “What is Masculinity?” – a docuseries that takes a hard look at personal relationships, stereotypes and misconceptions of young Black men.
He currently serves as Director of Operations for Freedom Festival International for three years and has credits as a sound operator for the independent feature Shenanigans.