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KIDflix Film Fest! 2020
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The KIDflix Film Fest! is the longest-running kids’ film festival in Brooklyn. Presented by MoCADA since 2000, this annual, interactive program offers kids and their families access to a free, outdoor, film screening every Friday night in the month of August. The festival’s biggest highlight is its closing event, which always includes a Sing & Dance-Along presentation of The Wiz, featuring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, and a costume contest, free popcorn, live performances, free face painting, and more. This year’s screenings, which are inspired by the theme By Any Dreams Necessary, will continue this tradition and will be presented in partnership with the African Film Festival, Inc., and the New York Council on the Arts’ Electronic Media and Film program. Due to COVID-19 and the impact on our community, this year’s KIDflix Film festival will be completely virtual (no outdoor activities). ABOUT MOCADA The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) uses the visual and performing arts as a point of departure for exploring new artistic production across a variety of disciplines. Through exhibitions, community programming and educational initiatives centered in social justice, MoCADA incites dialogue on pressing social and political issues facing the African Diaspora and fosters a dynamic space for the creation and continuous evolution of culture.
About Cinema Awujo!
Cinema Awujo is our online streaming platform. You can watch the film screening on this page during the dates and times of the event. Learn More
Films
Aug 28 - Sep 1, 2020
"Supa Modo" /
Likarion Wainaina
/ Kenya and Germany / 2018
/ 74mins
Jo is a nine-year-old, terminally ill Kenyan girl whose ultimate dream—to be a superhero like the ones in the movies she loves—captivates and inspires her entire community.
Sept 1 - 5, 2020
"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.
Sept 5 - 9, 2020
"Subira" /
Ravneet Chadha
/ Kenya / 2018
/ 99mins
Brenda Wairimu stars as the free-spirited titular character, who struggles to live out her dream of swimming in the ocean, against local customs and an arranged marriage.
Sept 14 - 18, 2020
"Africa United" /
Debs Paterson
/ Rwanda and UK / 2010
/ 90mins
Africa United tells the extraordinary story of three Rwandan children and their bid to achieve their lifelong dream to take part in the opening ceremony of the 2010 Football World Cup in Johannesburg.
Sept 17 - 20, 2020
"Bilal: A New Breed of Hero" /
Khurram Alavi & Ayman Jamal
/ United Arab Emirates / 2015
/ 105mins
Over 1,000 years ago, a boy with dreams of being a great warrior and his sister were abducted and taken to a faraway land. Growing up in a world of greed and injustice, he finds the courage to make a change.
Sept 21, 2020
"The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun / La Petite Vendeuse de Soleil" /
Djibril Diop Mambéty
/ Senegal / 1999
/ 45mins
This film is a luminous portrait of a young handicapped girl, Sili, and her determination to be a street vendor of "Le Soleil," the national newspaper of Senegal, against the wishes of the other street boys.
+ courtesy of Metrograph Pictures
Sept 22 - 25, 2020
"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.
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