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12th Annual KIDflix Film Fest of Bed-Stuy!
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Event
"Mwansa The Great," by Rungano Nyoni / Zambia and UK / 2011 / 23mins / Adventure, Drama / Bemba
Details
Presented in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), KIDflix guarantees five evenings of entertaining and educational films for kids and families. Every Friday in August! Rain Date: The following Saturday night
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
Soul Boy
Hawa Essuman
/ Kenya and Germany / 2010
/ 60mins
14-year-old Abila lives with his parents in Kibera, one of the largest slums in East Africa. One morning, he discovers his father is ill and delirious, because he has gambled his soul away in the company of a spiritual woman.
Mwansa The Great
Rungano Nyoni
/ Zambia and UK / 2011
/ 23mins
Eight-year old Mwansa, in an attempt to prove he is a hero just like his father, accidentally breaks his sisters mud doll. Mwansa not only goes on a journey to fix his sisters doll but finally prove he is in fact destined for greatness.
Brownstones to Red Dirt
Chad N. Walker & Dave LaMattina
/ Sierra Leone/USA / 2010
/ 85mins
Kids from Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy projects and orphans from Sierra Leone's brutal civil war have one thing in common—no one gives them a chance.
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.
