Angela Bassett is coming to the Maui Film Festival

Actress Angela Bassett, whose movie roles have ranged from civil rights crusader Rosa Parks to musical icon Tina Turner, will be honored at the Maui Film Festival at Wailea.

Angela will join irreverent TV talk-show host Bill Maher and former Best Actor Oscar-winner Adrien Brody as celebrities slated to attend the festival, which will celebrate its fifth anniversary when it returns to Wailea and the Maui Arts & Culutual Center June 16 through 20. Bassett will receive one of the festival's major awards.

CNN has signed on to provide live coverage several times a day from the array of film screenings, celebrity-award receptions, panel discussions and blitzy Hollywood-style parties that have given the festival a unique identity in the world of cinema celebrations.

Meanwhile on the big screen on the golf course at Wailea, 10 major motion pictures are booked, two-a-night, on the festival's showpiece venue, the outdoor Celestial Cinema overlooking the Wailea Golf Course and the Seawatch Restaurant. With screenings slated for Wailea's Digital Skydome as well as the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Castle Theater and McCoy Studio Theaters, the programming includes "a significant number of smart summer films." There are 65 films in all.

The Maui Scene (part of the Maui News) will publish its annual Maui Film Festival issue and guide June 10.

For comprehensive information on ticket prices and on-line ticket ordering, visit www.mauifilmfestival.com or call 808-572-3456. Tickets may also be purchased at Borders Books and Music, beginning June 4th and also at the Maui Film Festival at Wailea's Ticket Kiosk at the Shops at Wailea, beginning June 11th.