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The 15th Annual New York African Film Festival
April 9 - 15, 2008

Admission: $11 general public; $7 Film Society members & students; $7 seniors weekday matinee screenings only. Please note: there is a $1.25 service charge per ticket ordered online and cash only transactions at the box office.

African Film Festival Series Pass: Admits one person to five titles in the series. $30 for members; $40 for the public. Available only at the Walter Reade Theater box office (cash only). The pass does not include admission to the Wole Soyinka and Charles Burnett receptions.

The African Film Festival, Inc. is hosting a reception with Charles Burnett on Wed Apr 9 at 6pm and another reception on Sat Apr 12 at 7:30pm with Wole Soyinka. The receptions will be held in The Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery adjacent to the Walter Reade Theater. Tickets to each reception are $20; they are available online and at the Walter Reade Theater's box office.

For film descriptions click on the pictures. Please note: all non-English African Film Festival films are subtitled in English. To purchase tickets online click on the SHOWTIME under Buy Tickets.


 


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Africa Paradis
Sylvestre Amoussou, France, 2007; 86m
NY Premiere
screening with
Sierra Leone Independence
Archival footage, UK, 1961; 6m
US Premiere

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Fri Apr 11: 7:30
Tue Apr 15: 7:45

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The African Slave Trades: Across the Indian Ocean
Diane Seligsohn & Richard Rein, US, 2007-08; 26m
US Premiere

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Sat Apr 12: 5:30
Sun Apr 13: 1:30

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Awaiting for Men /En attendant les hommes
Katy Lena Ndiaye, Belgium, 2007; 56m
US Premiere
screening with
Meteni: The Lost One
Wondessen Deresse, Ethiopia, 2002; 30m
US Premiere

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Sat Apr 12: 3:30
Tue Apr 15: 1:30

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Baa Baa Black Girl
Gül Büyükbese Muyan, Turkey, 2007, 47m
US Premiere
screening with
Bushman’s Secret
Rehad Desai, South Africa, 2006, 64m
US Premiere

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Wed Apr 9: 1:30
Sun Apr 13: 3:30

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Black Business
Osvalde Lewat-Hallade, Cameroon/France, 2007, 90m
NY Premiere

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Thu Apr 10: 5:45
Tue Apr 15: 3:30


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Brothers in Arms
Jack Lewis, South Africa, 2007; 83m
US Premiere

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Sat Apr 12: 7:30
Tue Apr 15: 9:30


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Bunny Chow
John Barker, South Africa, 2006; 95m
screening with
Meokgo and the Stick Fighter
Teboho Mahlatsi, South Africa/Lesotho, 2006; 19m

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Fri Apr 11: 9:45


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Cuba: An African Odyssey
Jihan El Tahir, France, 2006-7; 118m

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Sun Apr 13: 9:30



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Ezra
Newton I. Aduaka, Nigeria/France, 2007; 110m

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Wed Apr 9: 5:15

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Goodbye Mothers
Mohamed Ismail, Morocco, 2007; 110m
NY Premiere

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Sat Apr 12: 1:15
Tue Apr 15: 5:30


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Independently Guinea
Archival footage, USSR, 1959; 40m
US Premiere
screening with
The President of Guinea in the USSR
Archival Footage, USSR, 1959; 20m
US Premiere
screening with
Hello Guinea
Archival footage, USSR, 1961; 20m
US Premiere

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Wed Apr 9: 3:45
Sun Apr 13: 5:45


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Iron Ladies of Liberia
Daniel Junge & Siatta Scott Johnson, Liberia/US, 2007; 77m

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Thu Apr 10: 1:15


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Juju Factory
Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2006; 97m

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Thu Apr 10: 10


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Namibia: The Strugglefor Liberation
Charles Burnett, Namibia, 2007; 161m
NY Premiere

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Wed Apr 9: 7:30


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Shoot the Messenger
Ngozi Onwurah, UK, 2006; 100m

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Thu Apr 10: 7:45
Sat Apr 12: 9:30


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This is My Africa
Zina Saro-Wiwa, African continent/Nigeria/UK, 2008; 55m
US Premiere
screening with
Fantôme Afrique
Isaac Julien, UK, 2005; 16m

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Fri Apr 11: 5:45
Sun Apr 13: 7:45

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