April 16 -20,2008 | Galaxy FunPlex Center,Decatur,GA

Mission Statement:

The Spaghetti Junction Urban Film Festival
exists to provide an opportunity for independent filmmakers of color in which to have their works showcased before the community, as well as, serve as an avenue of discovery for industry professionals seeking new talent.

Festival Founders and Executive Producers, Kiyomi & Mark Eschoe

Mark & Kiyomi Eschoe

In Kingston, Jamaica at age 7, Mark Eschoe or Eschoe as everyone calls him, discovered the world of filmmaking after watching the classic Spaghetti western movie “Gunfight at the OK Corral." Walking out of the Caribbean movie theater that day with his father, Eschoe became inspired to make movies.

Now years later, the DeKalb County transplant is making an impact in the film industry. As a filmmaker he noticed the need for filmmakers of color to promote their works in the Atlanta area.

Dissatisfied with the lack of outlets here in metro-Atlanta area he decided to provide a platform for urban filmmakers. He and his wife Kiyomi created the nationally recognized film festival, “The Spaghetti Junction Urban Film Festival,” which name came from his first short film titled “Spaghetti Junction” from his love affair with Spaghetti westerns and Flatbush Junction ,where he attended Film School at Brooklyn College. Ironically, years later when he moved to Atlanta from Brooklyn, New York, Spaghetti Junction was also the name of one of the city’s major highway intersections.

Marvin S. Arrington, Jr.
Mr. Arrington heads the ArringtonLawFirm and specializes in entertainment, estate planning, corporate formation, employment, civil litigation and alternate dispute resolution.

Mr. Arrington, was executive producer and music supervisor of Big Ain't Bad, music supervisor for Trois and the founder of MultiMediaWeek, an annual multimedia conference including a music showcase and film festival, and Urban Film Review a national monthly film screening series.

Mr. Arrington believes in community involvement which is why he serves on the Atlanta Advisory Board of the Walter Ridley Scholarship Fund, the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia. Likewise Mr. Arrington routinely gives to charities like Morehouse College, Spelman College, Aids Walk, and others, etc.