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FIRST FRIDAYS!: Afripedia

"Afripedia: Senegal," by Senay Berhe & Teddy Goitom & Benjamin Taft / Senegal / 2014 / 28mins / Documentary / Wolof, French and English

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Free

Fri, Aug 5, 2016

6:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Joyce Kilmer Park
161st Street and Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10452

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Grab a blanket and join us for a free outdoor screening of the Afripedia documentary series. In Afrepedia, Stocktown Films presents an interlinked visual mixtape of today’s most interesting emerging visual artists, filmmakers, fashion designers, musicians, photographers and cultural activists from Africa’s biggest metropolises.

Special programming

Special performance by The Cimarron Project. Music by DJ Asho

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

Afripedia: Senegal

Senay Berhe & Teddy Goitom & Benjamin Taft / Senegal / 2014 / 28mins

Meet fashion designer Selly Raby Kane, photographer Omar Victor Diop, dancer Khoudia Roodia and beatmaker Fanny from the Ivory Coast/

Afripedia: Ghana

Senay Berhe & Teddy Goitom & Benjamin Taft / Ghana / 2014 / 28mins

The whispers among those in the know are saying that Accra is the next big hotspot for African cultural production, and Afripedia, Ghana suggests they're not wrong.

Afripedia: Kenya

Senay Berhe & Teddy Goitom & Benjamin Taft / Kenya / 2014 / 28mins

Through the stories of its key talents, Afripedia: Kenya takes an intimate look at Nairobi's urban culture scene and its leading personalities and stars.