Roger Guenveur Smith to be honored
at the 3rd Annual Renaissance Awards

Award winning actor ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH is currently shooting the  Rogue Pictures feature "Fighting" for director Dito Montiel in the lead role of  "Jack Dancing",  a suave and successful gambling entrepreneur. Smith stars opposite Channing Tatum and Academy Award nomineeTerrence Howard.

Smith is known for the Peabody Award winning adaptation of his acclaimed Obie Award winning solo performance "A Huey P. Newton Story" directed by  longtime collaborator Spike Lee, with whom he has worked 8 times including the "Do the Right Thing", "Malcolm X" and "He Got Game".

Roger will soon be seen opposite Denzel Washington in the Universal release of Ridley Scott's  "American Gangster", their third time together onscreen. In early 2008 he will be seen in the Fox release of Bill Duke's "Cover". Roger appeared in "The Take" with John Leguizamo, an official selection of the Toronto Film Festival, 2008. Smith was also a lead in Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney's HBO series "K Street".

Smith's body of work also includes such classics as "Deep Cover" for Bill Duke,"Abel Ferrara's "King of New York" and  "Final Destination" for James Wong of "X Files". Other film work includes  RKO Pictures "Shade" opposite Jamie Foxx, Gabriel Byrne, Sylvester Stallone and Thandie Newton,  and the New Line Cinema hit "All About The Benjamins".

Smith is repped by Don Buchwald & Associates and manager Steven Adams

Contact: Steven Adams @213.353.4900

October 20, 2007 New York,NY - The Schomburg Center will be the site of the 3rd Annual Harlem International Film Festival Renaissance Awards honoring accomplished actor, writer and director Roger Guenveur Smith (AMERICAN GANGSTER, A HUEY P. NEWTON STORY, WHO KILLED BOB MARLEY?, DO THE RIGHT THING) and Harlem?s own pioneering film and TV director/producer, Neema Barnette(THE COSBY SHOW, GILMORE GIRLS, CIVIL BRAND, 7th HEAVEN, DIAGNOSIS MURDER).

Past award recipients include Oscar award-winning actress Susan Sarandon, Academy Award-nominated film director, Mira Nair and prolific actor/director Mario Van Peebles. Join us in celebrating the dynamic and extensive careers of these two prolific filmmakers.

7 pm
October 20, 2007
Schomburg Center
515 Malcolm X Blvd.
(Corner of 135th Street)
$10

Ticket price includes the screening of the NEW YORK PREMIERE of Neema Barnette's brand new film directed by Harlem born filmmaker, Reed R. McCants, "Cutting Da Mustard".