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Sunday Films at Mid-Manhattan Library

"Last Angel of History," by John Akomfrah / UK and Ghana / 1995 / 45mins / Documentary, Sci-fi / English

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Free

Sun, Jul 31, 2011
to Sun, Oct 30, 2011

Mid-Manhattan Library Annex
476 5th Ave
New York, NY 10018

Every Sunday, African Film Festival, Inc. and Mid-Manhattan Library will present screenings of cutting-edge classic and contemporary works from Africa and the Diaspora to the Midtown community and present a diverse and dynamic portrait of people of African heritage, through the cinematic exploration of history, culture and art.

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Films

Last Angel of History

John Akomfrah / UK and Ghana / 1995 / 45mins

This film displays, in sci-fi drama/documentary fashion, an Afro-futurism and black unpopular culture. A computer hacker enters a Faustian pact in which he trades his soul for secrets of his future.

Pumzi / Air

Wanuri Kahiu / Kenya and South Africa / 2009 / 33mins

Pumzi / Air is set in the East African region, 35 years after World War III, in a world with no water and toxic soil. The story is told through the eyes of Asha, a curator at a virtual natural history museum in the Maitu Community.

Aristotle’s Plot

Jean-Pierre Bekolo / Cameroon / 1996 / 72mins

Two people, Cinema and Cineaste, fight over which kind of films African audiences should see, Hollywood action or serious indigenous films.

Saint Louis Blues / Un Transport en Commun

Dyana Gaye / Senegal and France / 2009 / 48mins

This sweet musical takes us on a cross-country trip through Senegal, from Dakar to Saint Louis in a battered taxi, as passengers sing their stories.

I Bring You Frankincense

Ngozi Onwurah / UK / 1997 / 33mins

Sunshine Brown is a young mixed-race boy, who is raised by a white hippie mother, growing up in an all-white English community in the early 1970's. He's not sure why, but he feels he doesn't quite fit in.

Meokgo and the Stick Fighter

Teboho Mahlatsi / South Africa and Lesotho / 2006 / 19mins

A haunting tale spiced with magical realism, Meokogo & the Stick Fighter is the story of Kgotso, a recluse stickfighter who lives a solitary life high up in the Maluti Mountains of Lesotho.

Black Orpheus / Orfeu Negro

Marcel Camus / Brazil / 1958 / 106mins

Black Orpheus is the retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice Greek legend set in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival.

Festival in the Desert: The Tent Sessions

Sean Barlow & Banning Eyre / Mali and USA / 2003 / 42mins

An intimate performance documentary about the 2003 festival featuring Ali Farka Touré, Tartit, Robert Plant and Justin Adams, a host of exquisite musicians playing astounding music.

Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness

Llewellyn Smith / USA / 2006 / 57mins

The 20th century anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits re-defined black history and black people, making it possible for a people formerly despised as “Negroes” to pride themselves as African-Americans.

Welcome II the Terrordome

Ngozi Onwurah / UK / 1995 / 90mins

In the Terrordome, racial tensions between blacks and whites explode in the wake of a child's death.

Battle for the Hearts and Minds

Shani Peters / USA / 2006 / 10mins

Battle for the Hearts and Minds depicts a battle of words between historical black legends W.E.B. DuBois and Marcus Garvey.