“Sidney” sponsored by APPLE
The African Diaspora International Film Festival New York returns to NYC from November 25 – December 11, 2022
— ADIFF NYC
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, November 4, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) will have fun its 30th anniversary from Nov. 25 to Dec. 11 with 89 narratives and documentaries from 44 nations to be introduced in seven totally different venues in Manhattan.
To have fun its anniversary, ADIFF NYC 2022 has expanded its footprint within the metropolis via partnerships with numerous establishments that can host FREE ADIFF COMMUNITY SCREENINGS. These embrace the Schomburg Center in Harlem, the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem and Baruch College.
ADIFF NYC may even current a retrospective of previous Winners of The Public Award for the Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color together with the landmark documentary and 2021 winner SHE HAD A DREAM by Raja Amari, a movie that explores what it means to be a younger Black girl in a North African society.
As all the time, ADIFF NYC 2022 brings you a mixture of comedies, dramas, romances and thought upsetting and entertaining documentaries from main movie festivals together with Berlinale, Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, FESPACO and Durban – in addition to movies by American and worldwide unbiased filmmakers.
Of observe this 12 months is a free group screening of SIDNEY by Reginald Hudlin – sponsored by APPLE – concerning the lifetime of Sidney Poitier; a highlight on Afro-Brazilian Cinema; the Afro-European Actors Program and robust movies by unbiased African American filmmakers together with Opening Night movie The Woodstock of House by Chicago filmmakers Senuwell Smith & Rodrick F. Wimberly and Closing Night Film A Brother’s Whisper by New York primarily based award successful actor turned filmmaker Jacinto Taras Riddick.
Also to not be missed is a pleasant number of new and basic South African movies together with Durban 2022 Closing Night movie YOU ARE MY FAVOURITES PLACE by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, the World premiere screening of A PLACE AT THE TABLE by Jerret Engle , the thriller BLIND EYE by Mengameli Nhlabathi, the LGBTQ drama VALLEY OF A THOUSAND HILLS by Bonie Sithebe and basic documentary MAMA AFRICA: MIRIAM MAKEBA by Mika Kaurismäki .
OTHER HIGHTLIGHTS INCLUDE THE PREMIERE SCREENINGS:
• DANCING THE TWIST IN BAMAKO by Robert Guédiguian set in 1962 Mali, when the youth of Bamako dance the twist and rock and roll music newly imported from the West and dream of political renewal.
• AS FAR AS I CAN WALK by Stefan Arsenijević (Serbia) a love story between Strahinja and his spouse Ababuo, two refugees in Serbia who left Ghana with a dream of a greater life in Europe
• ANEGELS ON DIAMOND STREET by Petr Lom (USA) about three ladies combating for social justice in an African-American church in Philadelphia;
• LOIMATA, THE SWEETEST TEARS by Anna Marbrook (New Zealand), a poignant but tender story of a household’s unconditional love for one another as they confront intergenerational trauma.
• EXECUTIVE ORDER by Lazaro Ramos. In a dystopian close to future in Brazil, an authoritarian authorities orders all residents of African descent to maneuver to Africa – creating chaos, protests, and an underground resistance motion that evokes the nation.
For extra details about the 30th Annual African Diaspora International Film Festival, please e-mail [email protected]. Festival web page: www.nyadiff.org, Facebook and twitter is @nyadiff, Instagram: ny_adiff
The African Diaspora International Film Festival is a 501(c)(3) not for revenue group.
ADIFF 2022 FACT SHEET
WHAT: 30th Annual African Diaspora International Film Festival
WHEN: November 25 to December 11, 2022
WHERE:
• COWIN CENTER, TEACHERS COLLEGE, CU – Entrance between a hundred and twentieth and 121th St. On Broadway
• MILBANK CHAPEL, TEACHERS COLLEGE, CU – 525 W a hundred and twentieth St.- 125 Zankel & 177GD/179GD
• CINEMA VILLAGE – 22 E twelfth St (between fifth Ave. and University Place)
• SCHOMBURG CENTER – 515 Malcolm X Blvd at one hundred and thirty fifth
• BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HARLEM – 521 W 145th St
• BARUCH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER- Engelman Recital Hall – 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010
• THALIA CINEMA – 2537 Broadway at ninety fifth road
TICKETS: From $0 to $30 relying on screening/occasion.
10 SPECIAL EVENTS:
Opening, Galas, Closing, Special Presentations
MOMENTS OF REFLECTION
• PRESENTATION: Leveraging the Law to Finance, Make and Distribute Your Film
• PANEL DISCUSSION “Portraits of Women Leaders of African Descent”
• Meet DeShuna Elisa Spencer, Founder & CEO of KweliTV
• PANEL DISCUSSION “Black Actors in European Cinema”
• MASTER CLASS with Byron Hurt, Director Hazing
• PANEL DISCUSSION “Afro-Brazilian Cinema”
10 PROGRAMS:
School Program; Afro-European Actors Program; Spotlight on Afro-Brazilian Cinema; Cuba And The World Program; Great Men Of The Caribbean Program; Gnawa Music Program; Spotlight On Jamaica Program; Free Community Screenings; Public Award For The Best Film Directed By A Woman of Color 2022 Entries; Public Award For The Best Film Directed By A Woman Of Color Past Award Winners Retrospective.
7 FREE COMMUNITY SCREENINGS:
• Sidney – Cinema Village
• The Cave of Adullam – Schomburg Center
• She Had a Dream – Schomburg Center
• The Daphne Project – Schomburg Center
• Women Leaders within the Civil Rights Movement Program: Fanny Lou Hamer & Ella Baker – Schomburg Center
• Badddd Sonia Sanchez – Baruch Performing Arts Center
• Afro-Latino Music Program with Sons of Benkos & Susana Baca, Memoria Viva – Boys & Girls Club of Harlem
89 FILMS IN 44 COUNTRIES:
Algeria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guadeloupe, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, UK, Uruguay, USA, Zambia.
38 PREMIERES
35 SPECIAL GUESTS
17 DAYS
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African Diaspora International Film Festival
Established in 1993, the African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) is a Harlem primarily based minority-led not-for revenue worldwide movie pageant that presents, interprets and educates about movies that discover the human expertise of individuals of coloration all around the world so as to encourage imaginations, disrupt stereotypes and assist rework attitudes that perpetuate injustice.
The mission of The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) is to increase the normal views and perceptions of what
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