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Join the African Diaspora International Film
Festival for a series showcasing Independent African-American cinema!
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PARALYSIS - Q&A
The psychological horror film Paralysis centers around Nia Fairweather as an emotionally fragile photographer with a sleep disorder. After moving into a new apartment, she fears that she may be haunted by a supernatural entity.
(Dir. R. Shanea Williams, 2015, 20 min, USA, Short Drama, English)
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BURIED TREASURE - Q&A
Buried Treasure begins with a banal trip of a photographer; however, as she heads out on a nice day to take some pictures, she suddenly finds herself in a nightmare. It isn’t long before she begins having disturbing visions out in the woods due to her psychic abilities—the visions flood her consciousness and a mystery begins to unfold.
(Dir. Gregory Thomas, 2015, 10 min, USA, Drama, English)
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A retired bus driver, unable to mourn the loss of his wife, turns to his television for comfort. When the TV breaks, he is forced to look outside his close world.
(Dir. Richard Turke, 2015, 26 min, USA, Short Drama, English)
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White Like the Moon - Q&A
A Mexican-American girl struggles to keep her identity when her mother forces her to bleach her skin. White Like the Moon is a revealing film about a dilemma not very well known outside Latino communities; that of the myth of the light skin superiority in Indigenous and Indigenous descendant communities.
(Dir. Marina Gonzales Palmier, 2001, USA, 23 min, Short Drama in English)
Lift Every Voice - Q&A with director
The Regents Exams are mandatory assessment tests for every student who wishes to graduate from a high school in the state of New York. Lift Every Voice sheds light on how one teacher was able to get her students motivated and interested their education and passing the exam by incorporating elements of Black musical styles into her lectures.
(Dir. Dallas Alexis, 2014, 21 min., USA, Short Drama, English)
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After Sergeant Stacy Armstrong returns home from three deployments, suffering with PTSD, she and her husband find their 20-year marriage is about to be another casualty of war. Infidelity, addiction, and a tragic accident test the couple’s commitment.
Directed by Jeryl Prescott, 2015, USA, 82mins, Drama, English.
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On a trip to London with his daughter, Dr. Matt Younger (Sidney Poitier) meets beautiful dignitary Catherine Oswandu and quickly falls for her. But something is amiss—strange men seem to be following her wherever she goes, and Younger assumes she’s at the center of some political intrigue. His heart sinks when he learns the layered truths about the woman he loves. A beautiful, romantic film about adult love and loss, not to be missed.
(Dir. Sidney Poitier, 1973, USA, 99 min, English)
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HOGTOWN is set in 1919 Chicago against the backdrop of the race riots of that year. The story follows an investigation into the disappearance of a millionaire theatre owner during a snowstorm. HOGTOWN is a murder mystery that celebrates the most American of American cities while exploring the intimate lives of many of its people. This period piece is much more a period-less piece, shot in black and white in the often undisguised contemporary city. The film involves a multi-racial, ensemble cast of more than 70 characters, a full symphony orchestra score, and evolves directly from the ensemble process of the making our previous feature, Chicago Heights (now The Last Soul on a Summer Night).
(Dir. Daniel Nearing, 2015, USA, 95 min, English)
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Set in Brooklyn, New York this Dutch film is based on a true story that appeared on a New York newspaper in 1980. Desirée lives in the past and has difficult relationships with people in her current life. Rejected by all because of her pregnancy, Desirée blames her child as the source of evil. She is then possessed by evil and wants to exorcise it. The only way is to get rid of her daughter…
(Dir. Felix de Rooy, 1984, USA, 96min, English)
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One of the first films made in digital by an Independent African-American filmmaker, FLMKR is a quirky, comic thriller, which traces the odyssey of filmmaker Veronica Davidson, as professional setbacks are amplified by personal betrayals; then she realizes something more sinister has taken over the film industry in America. FLMKR explores the agonies of film making, from personal compromises, to the concessions required of an entertainment-addicted society. All seen through the eyes of one paranoid filmmaker, living and working in the heart of the “conspiracy capital of the world”, Dallas, Texas.
(Dir. John Carstarphen, 1999, USA, 89 min, satirical comedy in English)
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Following a beautiful restoration by the Pacific Film Archive and a beautifully-accomplished digital re-edit by the director Charles Burnett, My Brother’s Wedding is an eye-opening revelation—it is wise, funny, heartbreaking and timeless. Pierce Mundy works at his parents’ South Central dry cleaners with no prospects for the future and his childhood buddies in prison or dead. With his best friend just getting out of jail and his brother busy planning a wedding to a snooty upper-middle-class black woman, Pierce navigates his conflicting obligations while trying to figure out what he really wants in life. Par of the UCLA program: L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema
(Dir. Charles Burnett, 1999, USA, 89 min, satirical comedy in English)
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WHERE:
Teachers College, Columbia University - NY 10027
525 West 120th Street -- 263 Macy + Thompson 136
WHEN: May 27 to 29, 2016
TICKETS: Fri: FREE,
Sat & Sun: $12 gen., $10 std/sen.
WEEKEND PASS:$35
Please Note: Picture ID required to enter the building.
Free street parking on Saturday and Sunday. Train #1 to 116th
DVDs of films from Africa and the African Diaspora will be on sale at the theater! |
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ADIFF Independent African-American Film Series
Friday, May 27 2016
6:30pm - African-American Shorts - Q&A
Saturday, May 28
1pm - White Like the Moon & Lift Every Voice - Q&A
3pm - Stand Down Soldier
5pm - A Warm December
7:30pm - Hogtown - Sneak Preview
Sunday, May 29
2pm - Desiree
4pm - FLMKR
6pm - My Brother's Wedding
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