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Congratulations to Pratibha Parmar, Director of Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth which just won the "Public Award for Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color" at the 2013 African Diaspora International Film Festival!  The Runner Up is Spies of Mississippi by Dawn Porter.   Director Pratibha Parmar with Gloria Steinem & writer Sapphire at ADIFF 2013's Gala Screening. (Photo by producer Shaheen Haq) ADIFF ON ABC'S "HERE AND NOW" http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=9362414 Two African-American women filmmakers present their film on ABC during ADIFF 2013's interview on Here and Now! If you missed Spies of Mississippi and/or Birthright Crisis, come see these and a few of the most critically acclaimed and popular films of ADIFF 2013 at Teachers College, Colombia University from Jan. 10 to 12, 2014 during THE BEST OF ADIFF. More info here: http://www.NYADIFF.org/  Secure your seat: get you tickets today! ALICE WALKER, BEAUTY IN TRUTH Winner ADIFF 2013s Public Award for the Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color Sat, Jan. 11 @ 6:30PM - Milbank Chapel - TICKETS HERE Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth is the compelling story of an extraordinary woman's journey from her birth in a paper-thin shack in the cotton fields of Eatonton, Georgia to [...] Read More GO FOR SISTERS - SPECIAL PRESENTATION Sat, Jan 11 @ 2PM - Milbank Chapel - Teachers College - TICKETS HERE Two time Academy Award nominee John Sayles (Lone Star) returns to the border in this new thriller starring LisaGay Hamilton and Edward James Olmos. Bernice (LisaGay Hamilton) and Fontayne (Yolonda Ross) grew up the closest of friends, but took very different [...] Read More TULA, THE REVOLT Sat, Jan. 11 @ 4:30PM - Chapel - Tickets Here   Starring Danny Glover, Tula, The Revolt is an international English spoken feature length movie about the leader of the big slave uprising on the island of Curacao, a Dutch colony in 1795. It tells the true story of a man who dared to stand [...] Read More SPIES OF MISSISSIPPI Runner Up ADIFF 2013s Public Award for the Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color Sunday, Jan 12 @ 6:30PM - Milkbank Chapel - TICKETS HERE SPIES OF MISSISSIPPI Directed by Dawn Porter, 2013, 53min, USA NY Premiere Spies of Mississippi tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state [...] Read More TANGO NEGRO: THE AFRICAN ROOTS OF TANGO & CANDOMBE Sunday, Jan. 12 @ 4pm - Milbank Chapel - TICKETS HERE TANGO NEGRO, THE AFRICAN ROOTS OF TANGO Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango by Angolan filmmaker Dom Pedro explores the expression of Tango's Africanness and the contribution of African cultures in the creation of the tango. Tango was a reflection of the social [...] Read More TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE The International Organization of La Francophonie The Permanent Mission of Haiti to the United Nations And The African Diaspora International Film Festival Present the encore screening of long awaited two-part epic film TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE Toussaint Louverture - Back by Popular Demand Fri, Jan. 10 @ 6.30PM - The Chapel,Teachers College - Tickets here Toussaint Louverture [...] Read More JEWS OF EGYPT Sun, Jan. 7 @ 2PM - Milbank Chapel - Teachers College - Tickets Here A documentary that captures fragments of the lives of the Egyptian Jewish community in the first half of the twentieth century until their second grand exodus after the tripartite attack of 1956. An attempt to understand the change in the identity [...] Read More HAITI, APOCALYPSE NOW - January 12, 2010 HAITI PROGRAM Sat, Jan 11 @ 3PM - 179 Grace Dodge - Teachers College - TICKETS HERE The first Haitian made documentary about the 2010 earthquake tells of the signs of the disaster that would hit the country. Signs known to many but ignored for years When the disastrous earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010, [...] Read More BIRTHRIGHT CRISIS 2013 Birthright Crisis 2013 Sat, Jan. 11 @ 3PM  - 179 Grace Dodge, Teachers College - Tickets here People of Haitian descent are systematically denied citizenship rights in the Dominican Republic. This video is about the Haitian-Dominican community's resistance in the face of illegal deportations, scapegoating, and exclusion. Directed by Haitian Women 4 Haitian Refugees, 2013, [...] Read More LOOKING FOR LIFE HAITI PROGRAM Sat, Jan 11 @ 3PM - 179 Grace Dodge - Teachers College - TICKETS HERE "Looking for Life" introduces the viewer to two women, Anne-Rose and Rosemene, who each one has their own particular way of battling through life. The former makes lunches in a factory yard in Port-au-Prince and sells her meals [...] Read More    Sponsored by ArtMattan Productions   SUPPORT The African Diaspora International Film Festival! There  are several ways to help the festival:  You can buy tickets in advance and get a discount, buy a T-Shirt or a DVD for you or your friends or simply make a donation to the festival so we can continue our mission of bringing thought provoking independent  films from all over the world to audiences. The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 organization that brings together an exciting line up of films from all over the world that center on the human experience of people of color. Support ADIFF!  MAKE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY!   Support ADIFF by clicking        BEST OF ADIFF AT A GLANCE Fri, Jan. 10 @ 6:30pm Toussaint Louverture   Sat, Jan. 11 @ 2pm Go For Sisters Sat, Jan. 11 @ 3pm   Haiti Program with Looking for Life Haiti, Apocalypse Now Birthright Crisis Sat, Jan. 11 @ 4:30pm Tula The Revolt Sat, Jan. 11 @ 6:30pm   Alice Walker, Beauty in Truth Sun, Jan. 12 @ 2pm Jews of Egypt   Sat, Jan. 12 @ 4pm Tango Negro & Candombe Sat, Jan. 12 @ 6:30pm Spies of Mississippi    ADIFF FESTIVAL PASS AVAILABLE NOW! $50 FAN PASS Gives access to any 6 regular screenings. Can be shared with friends and family. Order your pass today  online here        If you can't come to the festival, the festival can come to you! Buy Films Online at www.AFRICANDIASPORADVD.com  or   WATCH SOME OF THEM   ON VOD!    NEW FILMS ON VOD  HOMECOMING, a film version of the hit mini-series, follows three veteran soldiers of the African National Congress who return to South Africa after years in exile to pick up the pieces of their lives and careers. Charlie wants to open a club; Thabo struggles to reacquaint himself with his wife and family; and Peter remains in politics to uncover the hard truths about those who betrayed the ANC. Norman Maake, South Africa, 2005, 90 mins. in English. Watch the film on VOD HERE ---------------------   DESIREE Set in Brooklyn, New York this US/Dutch film is based on a true story. Desirée lives in the past. A series of flashbacks expose us to her psychologically troubled childhood very much affected by a promiscous mother. Her present life revolves around three people: her employer Mrs. Resnick, Freddy, her lover and Father Siego, leader of the church "The True Confessors".   Rejected by all because of her pregnancy, Desirée blames her child as the source of evil... Felix De Roy, Netherlands/USA, 1984, 96min, Drama,  English  Watch the film on VOD HERE  ---------------------   THE BIG BANANA Banned in Cameroon,The Big Banana illustrates the poor working conditions in banana  plantations and exposes the adverse impact on the people of a corporatocracy government  that affords super profits for corporations at the expense of the local population.     Franck Bieleu, Cameroon, 2011, 85min, Doc. in French with English subtitles  Watch the film on VOD HERE   MORE FILMS ON VOD SEASONS OF A LIFE  by Shemu Joyah   CLICK HERE  WATCH  SCHEHERAZADE, TELL ME A STORY  by Yousry Nasrallah   CLICK HERE  WATCH  AVA & GABRIEL   by Felix De Rooy    CLICK HERE   WATCH  NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH  by John Kani     CLICK HERE    WATCH  TIME AND JUDGEMENT  by Menelik Shabazz      CLICK HERE  WATCH MASAI, THE RAIN WARRIORS     CLICK HERE  WATCH   MADE IN JAMAICA ONLINE    CLICK HERE WATCH RETURN TO GOREE ONLINE   CLICK HERE WATCH DARATT /DRY SEASON ONLINE  CLICK HERE WATCH KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS ONLINE CLICK HERE Or purchase your DVD copy Visit www.AFRICANDIASPORADVD.com    I LOVE THE AFRICAN DIASPORA T-Shirt $15 Size:   The I LOVE THE AFRICAN DIASPORA T-Shirt is designed to show your support of the African Diaspora International Film Festival. The heart in green, yellow, and red symbolizes your love for Africa. The front design is placed on the left hand side of the shirt, above your heart. The back of the shirt shows the name of the festival in big golden letters.  Classy and discreet, the T-Shirt is a great statement of support to ADIFF - http://www.NYADIFF.org  Black. Classic-Cut, 100% cotton. Available in small, medium, large, X large and XX large. PURCHASE AN ADIFF TSHIRT OR ANY 2 DVDS and   GET A LARGE POSTER OF  KIRIKOU & THE SORCERESS      and SIA, THE DREAM OF THE PYTHON   FREE!