NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: African Diaspora Film Festival 2009 (NYC)

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Monday, October 19, 2009

African Diaspora Film Festival 2009 (NYC)

African Diaspora Film Festival 2009

WHAT: COME CELEBRATE WITH US THE 17TH ANNUAL AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL!!
- 101 films
- 63 world, US and NY premieres
- 46 countries

WHEN: Starting on Thanksgiving Weekend, Friday November 27 and running until December 15

WHERE: Six different venues in Manhattan

UPCOMING SCREENINGS - SPECIAL EVENTS:

OPENING NIGHT - Wole Soyinka & Nothing But the Truth - Fri, Nov 27 @ 8:00PM - Anthology Film Archives

CENTERPIECE - Inside Buffalo - Fri, Dec 4 @ 8:00PM - Cowin Center (Teachers College)

GALA SCREENING - Harimaya Bridge - Sun. Dec 6 @ 5:30PM - Thalia Theatre (Symphonie Space)

A NIGHT IN MOROCCO - The Tale of a Mchaouchi Wrestler / Moussem Lamchaoucha - Tue, Dec. 8 @ 6:30PM - Thalia Theatre (Symphonie Space)

GALA SCREENING - Arugba - Wed, Dec. 9 @ 8:30PM - Anthology Film Archives

WOMEN INDIES NIGHT - The Little Black Shool House & Portia White, Think on Me - Thu, Dec. 10 @ 8:30PM - Schomburg Center