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18th Annual KIDflix Film Fest of Bed-Stuy!
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"Selma, Lord, Selma," by Charles Burnett / USA / 1999 / 94mins / Historical Drama / English
Details
The KIDflix Film Festival is the longest running film festival dedicated for kids in Brooklyn. Hosted by MoCADA for the last 18 years, this annual, interactive program offers kids access to an outdoor, free film screening every Friday in the month of August. The festival’s biggest highlight is its closing event, which always includes a special screening of The Wiz, featuring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, and a costume party, complete with popcorn, performers, face painters and more.
About our Summer Series
During this annual series, AFF presents free programs throughout NYC, in public venues and city parks, including screenings of African cinema and family-friendly events such as the annual Family Day Celebration on Governors Island. Learn More
Films
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
Laurens Grant
/ USA / 2016
/ 60mins
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement is an original documentary film that chronicles the evolution of the Black Lives Matter movement through the first person accounts of local activists, protesters, scholars, journalists and others.
Selma, Lord, Selma
Charles Burnett
/ USA / 1999
/ 94mins
In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when she joins others in the famed march from Selma to Montgomery.
The Wiz
Sidney Lumet
/ USA / 1978
/ 134mins
Featuring an all-star cast, The Wiz follows Dorothy and her dog, Toto as they are transported to the mysterious Land of Oz, where she is informed that the only possible way to find her way back home is through the assistance of the powerful wizard in the Emerald City.
