New York African Film Festival
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Reaching back into the past and forward into the unknown, the New York African Film Festival takes cinema of all genres throughout Africa and the African Diaspora to weave a story of the present. From the archival to the experimental, classic fictional narrative to documentary, the festival, now in its 26th year, selects treasured stories of the past to contextualize the present and all of its possible futures.
Co-presented by Film at Lincoln Center and African Film Festival, Inc. Organized by Mahen Bonetti, Francoise Bouffault, and Dara Ojugbele, African Film Festival, Inc.
Thursday, May 30
Walter Reade Theater
Friday, May 31
Francesca Beale Theater
Francesca Beale Theater
Saturday, June 1
Francesca Beale Theater
Francesca Beale Theater
Francesca Beale Theater
Francesca Beale Theater
Sunday, June 2
Francesca Beale Theater
Francesca Beale Theater
Francesca Beale Theater
Francesca Beale Theater
Monday, June 3
Francesca Beale Theater
Francesca Beale Theater
Francesca Beale Theater
Francesca Beale Theater
Tuesday, June 4
Francesca Beale Theater
Francesca Beale Theater
Francesca Beale Theater
HERO: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life and Times of Mr. Ulric Cross
Opening Night
Frances-Anne Solomon’s film tells the story of Ulric Cross, a West Indian lawyer who joined the Pan-African independence movements sweeping the world in the 1960s. HERO explores not only the life but also the dynamic and transformative times that Ulric was born into.
The Mercy of the Jungle
Centerpiece · With Q&A
At the outbreak of the Second Congo War, the stoic Sergeant Xavier and the eager young recruit Private Faustin are accidentally left behind in the jungle. With only each other to rely on, the Rwandan soldiers embark on an odyssey through the most violent forest on earth, faced with the depths of their own war-torn souls. Preceded by The Letter Carrier.
Bigger Than Africa
With Q&A
When the slave boats carrying African people docked in America, Brazil, Cuba, and the Caribbean, hundreds of cultures, traditions, and religions landed with them. Today, only one remains prominent in the new world: the culture of the Yorubas.
Black Goddess
With Q&A
Black Goddess is a classic Nigerian-Brazilian film from director Ola Balogun that journeys into the past and present of Africa.
Chez Jolie Coiffure
With Q&A
An immigrant from Cameroon journeys first to Lebanon and then to Belgium, where she finds employment at a beauty salon, a place where undocumented immigrants can escape the daily difficulties and harsh realities of their lives. Preceded by Little Girl.
Chosen
With Q&A
In 1964, following the death of her mother, 14-year-old Nana Banyina Horne becomes the mother figure to eight younger siblings. Years later, after living and teaching in America, Nana is chosen to be Queen Mother back in Ghana. This is an existential tale of departures, exile, loss, trauma, and the burdens of responsibility and sacrifice.
Fatwa
Q&A at June 4 screening
Brahim Nadhour is a Tunisian living in France who returns to his home country to bury his son, Marouane, who was killed in a motorcycle accident. While there, Brahim finds out that Marouane was active in a radical Islamist group.
Oga Bolaji
Q&A at June 1 screening · Introduction at June 3 screening
Oga Bolaji centers on the simple, happy-go-lucky life of a retired, 40-year-old musician (Gold Ikponmosa) whose life changes forever when he crosses paths with a 7-year-old girl.
Rattlesnakes
With Q&A
A family man and yoga instructor is ambushed by three masked strangers accusing him of sleeping with their wives. He pleads his innocence, though what he does reveal will change all of their lives forever. But will it be enough to save his?
Sarraounia
With introduction
Based on historical accounts of Queen Sarraounia, who led the Azans into battle against the French colonialists at the turn of the century, Med Hondo’s sweeping epic rivals any that American cinema has produced.
Le Wazzou Polygame
New York African Film Festival 2019 Shorts Program
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Shorts Program
With Q&A
Born in Porto-Novo, Benin, and raised in Senegal, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (1925-1987) was a filmmaker and a historian, and one of the most important figures in all of African cinema.Tickets are on sale May 10. To begin the purchase process, log in to your account. Don’t have an account? Sign up for one today.
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