Calendar

April 2019

Wallay + Birth of Afrobeat

"Sofia" by Meryem Benm'Bare (+ Post-screening discussion with Columbia University Professor Madeleine Dobie) at Maysles Cinema, New York

March 2019

"Wallay" by Berni Goldblat

"Borders / Frontières" by Apolline Traoré

"Too Black to be French?" by Isabelle Boni-Claverie (+ Q&A with director Isabelle Boni-Claverie and The Africa Center CEO, Uzodinma Iweala) at The Africa Center, New York

Ouaga Girls + Mr. Gele

February 2019

"The Burial of Kojo" by Samuel Blitz Bazawule (+ Q&A with Blitz and Sinat Giwa) at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem

Take Light at Doc Fortnight 2019 at MoMA, New York

In-School Program with Project Rousseau at A. Philip Randolph Campus High School, New York

"Birth of Afrobeat" by Opiyo Okeyo

African Film Series (+ Q&A with filmmakers) at Search Party Studio, Staten Island

December 2018

Mostra de Cinemas Africanos 2018 at Cinemateca Capitólio Petrobras, Porto Alegre

November 2018

Mostra de Cinemas Africanos 2018 at Circuito Saladearte Cinema do Museu, Salvador

October 2018

10-Week Filmmaking Workshop with East Harlem School at East Harlem School at Exodus House, New York

"Purple Dreams" by Joanne Hock at Jackie Robinson Park Bandshell, Harlem

September 2018

11th Annual Family Day Celebration

In-School Program at East Harlem School at Exodus House, Harlem

July 2018

"Keteke" by Peter Sedufia (+ Come early to get your body moving with Masala Bhangra: Bollywood dance workout class from 7 pm - 7:45 pm) at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens

"Footprints of Pan-Africanism" by Shirikiana Aina (+ Preview of exhibition and community discussion led by Naima Nur of Sun Song) at Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn

May 2018

2018 NYAFF Youth Matinee Program at Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center - Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York

"Some Girls" by Raquel Cepeda (+ Q&A with Raquel Cepeda) at Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn

April 2018

"Kemtiyu, Cheikh Anta" by Ousmane William Mbaye (+ A talk back with Senegalese scholar and historian Mamadou Diouf and jazz musician and music composer for Kemtiyu, Randy Weston, moderated by multimedia journalist and the CEO of Afrikanspot, Isseu Diouf Campbell) at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem

"Pastor Paul" by Jules David Bartkowski (+ Q&A with the filmmaker) at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Jamaica, Queens

Wùlu + Makala at Maysles Cinema at Maysles Cinema, New York

"Ṣoju" by Oluwaseun Babalola (+ Q&A with the director will follow the screening) at The George and Clement Bond Center for African Education, New York

February 2018

African Filmmaker Series (+ Q&A with filmmakers) at CANVAS Institute, Staten Island

"An Opera of the World" by Manthia Diawara at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem

November 2017

"An Opera of the World" by Manthia Diawara at Anthology Film Archives, New York

Performa 17 Biennial Hub – Films at Performa 17 Biennial Hub, New York

October 2017

"Dreamstates" by Anisia Uzeyman (+ followed by a discussion with the Director and members of the cast and a musical performance by Saul Williams and CX KiDTRONiK) at Harlem Stage, New York

September 2017

10th Annual Family Day Celebration at Governors Island, New York

FIRST FRIDAYS!: Martha & Niki (+ DJ Eli Efi spins on the 1's and 2's and Performance by Davi Vieira with Cassa Paz) at Joyce Kilmer Park, Bronx

August 2017

18th Annual KIDflix Film Fest of Bed-Stuy! at Fulton Park, Brooklyn

"Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai" (+ Seewe African Dance Company at 7pm) at Queens Museum, Queens

July 2017

"Green White Green" by Abba Makama (+ Music DJ Funmi Ononaiye, accompanied by Theciple on drums and percussion at 7pm) at Morningside Park, Harlem

Passport Thursdays: The Longest Kiss + Adam & Howa (+ Live performance by Zikrayat at 7:00pm) at Queens Museum, Queens

Lightyear Entertainment and AFF Present: Across the Line (+ Q&A with Director X and cast)

"When The Spirits Dance Mambo" by Marta Moreno Vega (+ DJ Asho spins on the 1's and 2's at 6:00pm and a performance by The Cimarron Project featuring Roman Diaz at 7:00pm) at Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx

May 2017

"Some Girls" by Raquel Cepeda (+ followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with filmmaker Raquel Cepeda, Bronx-bred writer Andrew Boryga, and Lehman professor Milagros Ricourt) at Lovinger Theatre/ Music Building - Lehman College, Bronx

Art & Activism: Personal Journeys at Amphitheater - Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York