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It’s that time of year again! Starting July 9th, 2010, “Cinema Under the Stars” a free summer outdoor event co-presented by the African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF), hosts eleven nights of film, music, dance and workshops during the 11th Annual Summer Outdoors Series.
The films in this year’s festival range from powerful narratives to topical documentaries, and include familiar classics and cutting-edge works. The Festival is held in parks throughout the boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx and Manhattan.
AFF is pleased to once again join forces with the Queens Museum of Art (QMA), the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Central Park Conservancy, St. Nicholas Park, the International. Caribbean American Diaspora Film,Inc., Countee Cullen New York Public Library, and Governors Island in Manhattan, the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts (MoCADA) and Le Grand Dakar in Brooklyn, for continued free outdoor events, throughout the summer of 2010!
Schedule
Passport Fridays
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
directions
Rain venue: Queens Museum of Art
Friday, July 9, 6:30 pm
Live Performance: Dance by S.A.G.A (South African Girls Abroad) and Music by Tuelo Minah
Film: Streetball (Demetrius Wren, USA, 2010, 80m.) synopsis
African Night at St. Nicholas Park
St. Nicholas Park, Manhattan (135th St. & St. Nicholas Ave.)
directions
Rain venue: Please see website or call for further information
Friday, July 30, 7:30 pm
Live Performance: Sing- Sing Rhythms and Dance Performance
Film: Hyenas (Djibril Diop Mambety, Senegal, 1992, 113m.) synopsis
Groundwork's Cinema Under the Stars Film Series
Groundwork/PS 328 Community Playground, Brooklyn
(Alabama Ave. between Sutter & Blake Aves.)
Tuesdays – July 20 & 27, August 3, 7:00 pm
Enjoy an evening with the entire family as Groundwork, Inc. and African Film Festival, Inc. present a selection of must-see summer films under the Brooklyn sky. The series will present three evenings of homegrown and blockbuster cinema for all ages, including: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Where the Wild Things Are, African Booty Scratcher, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Train Train Medina and more! So, bring your blankets and beach chairs and don’t forget to stay for the special raffle at the end of each screening!
KIDflix Film Festival
Fulton Park, Brooklyn (Stuyvesant St. & Fulton St.)
directions
Rain Date: The following Saturday night
Fridays August 6, 13, 20, 27 - 7:30 pm
Live Performance: Indoda Entsha (8/6), Purelements (8/13), Restoration Youth Arts Academy (8/20), Special Tribute to Michael Jackson and Lena Horne (8/27)
Presented in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), KIDflix guarantees four evenings of entertaining and educational films for kids and families. Screenings include Kirikou and the Sorceress, a beautifully shot animated film about a young warrior, who wants to rid his African village of an evil curse, cast by the wicked sorceress Karaba; Crooklyn, a classic Spike Lee film about a young girl and her family, living in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, during the 1970s; Cornbread, Earl and Me focuses on three youths, one of whom is the first from the community to enter college on an athletic scholarship; and the grand finale screening of The Wiz, complete with a costume and dance contest! Come as your favorite Wiz character for the costume contest. Each feature in the month-long series will be preceded by Brooklyn-based short films produced by Strongwind Enterprises, Ali Santana & Spec Boogie and Blitz the Ambassador.
Family Day Celebration
Governors Island, Manhattan
directions
Saturday, August 7, 12:00pm–5:00pm
Rain date: Sunday, August 8, 12:00pm - 5:00pm
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The sights and sounds of Africa are just a seven minute ferry ride away! Please join African Film Festival, Inc. for this exceptional all-day celebration on Governors Island. This event will feature FREE dance classes with world-renowned artists from Brazil, Senegal, and Guinea. There will also be FREE storytelling, double-dutch and quilting demonstrations and workshops. Short African films by emerging directors will be shown continually throughout the day. African food vendors will be on site.
First Fridays! Africanismo 4!
Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx (1125 Grand Concourse at McClellan St.)
directions
Rain venue: The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse
Friday, August 13, 6:00pm
Live Performance: Dj Laylo spins afro-beat and reggae performance by Asase Yaa
Film: Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love (Chai Vasarhelyi, Senegal/USA, 2008, 102m.) synopsis
The film will be preceded by two animated shorts by artist Piniang (Formally artist-in-residence at The Bronx Museum of the Arts).
A Clearing in the Forest Series
Great Hill, Central Park, Manhattan (106th St & Central
Park West)
directions
In case of rain: Please visit our website for more information.
Saturday, August 14, 7:00 pm
Football clinic
Live Performance: Kotchegna Dance Company
Film: Football Fables (Baff Akoto, 2009, Ghana, 52m.) synopsis
Saturday, August 21, 7:00 pm
Live Performance: Mouminatou Camara with Seewe African Dance Company
Film: Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (Bénédicte Galup and Michel Ocelot, France, 2005, 95m.) synopsis
Kirikou and the Sorceress was screened last summer during A Clearing In The Forest. Come out and enjoy the sequel! The feature film will be preceded by Jungle Beat Animation Shorts.
Le Dakar Block Party
Le Grand Dakar, Brooklyn (285 Grand Ave. Clifton Pl. & Lafayette Ave.)
Rain venue: Le Grand Dakar Restaurant
September 12th, 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
Live Performance: Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew (including other performers)
Film: Sex, Okra and Salted Butter (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chad/France, 2008, 80m.) synopsis