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Afro-Cuban Film Night: Young Rebels
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Event
"Young Rebels," by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck / Cuba and USA / 2005 / 70mins / Documentary / English and Spanish
Details
Special programming
Musical performance by The Cimarron Project featuring Roman Diaz
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
Young Rebels
Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
/ Cuba and USA / 2005
/ 70mins
With unheard of access to some of Cuba's best musicians, this documentary witnesses the future of Cuban hip-hop in the making and a look at Cuba through the eyes of its youth.
Freddy Ilanga: Che's Swahili Translator
Katrin Hansing
/ South Africa, Cuba and USA / 2009
/ 24mins
Freddy Ilanga, a fifteen year old Congolese youth, becomes Che Guevara's personal Swahili teacher and translator during the seven intense months of Ches mission to train anti-Mobutu rebels in Congo.
