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KIDflix Film Fest 2019!
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"Sarafina!," by Darrell Roodt / South Africa, UK, France and USA / 1992 / 117mins / Drama, Musical / English and Zulu
Details
Join us for the 19th annual KIDflix Film Fest! in collaboration with MoCADA! The Kidflix Film Festival is the longest running film festival dedicated for kids in Brooklyn. Hosted by MoCADA for the last 18 years, this annual, interactive program offers kids access to an outdoor, free film screening every Friday in the month of August. The festival’s biggest highlight is its closing event, which always includes a special screening of The Wiz, featuring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, and a costume party, complete with popcorn, performers, face painters and more.
About our Summer Series
During this annual series, AFF presents free programs throughout NYC, in public venues and city parks, including screenings of African cinema and family-friendly events such as the annual Family Day Celebration on Governors Island. Learn More
Films
at 7:00pm
"Hidden Figures" /
Theodore Melfi
/ USA / 2016
/ 126mins
Hidden Figures tells the incredible untold story of Katherine Jonson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch into orbit of astronaut John Glenn.
at 7:00pm
"Sarafina!" /
Darrell Roodt
/ South Africa, UK, France and USA / 1992
/ 117mins
Sarafina! is an anti-apartheid musical about a young Soweto girl who experiences a political awakening, as she comes of age in the mid-'70s, due to the lessons of her teacher, who tends not to follow the white power-structure's curriculum.
+ Performance by Black Rose, Goddess of Afrikan Culture
at 7:00pm
"Queen of Katwe" /
Mira Nair
/ Uganda and USA / 2016
/ 124mins
Queen of Katwe is based on the vibrant true story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda who pursues her dream of becoming an international chess champion.
at 7:00pm
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" /
Benh Zeitlin
/ USA / 2012
/ 93mins
Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, a tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.
at 7:00pm
"The Wiz" /
Sidney Lumet
/ USA / 1978
/ 134mins
Featuring an all-star cast, The Wiz follows Dorothy and her dog, Toto as they are transported to the mysterious Land of Oz, where she is informed that the only possible way to find her way back home is through the assistance of the powerful wizard in the Emerald City.
+ The Wiz Dance Party!
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