'' Black Dynamite '' premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival , where Sony Worldwide Acquisitions picked it up for distribution for " nearly $ 2 million . " On June 14 , the film went on to win the Golden Space Needle Audience Award for Best Film at the Seattle International Film Festival , beating '' The Hurt Locker '' among other films . On August 25 , 2009 , it was announced that Apparition , a new distributor headed by Bill Pohlad and Bob Berney , would handle the film 's domestic release
2009 Sundance Film Festival
2009 Sundance Film Festival
Black Dynamite