2007 Africana Film Festival
Visions of the Diaspora
Presented By:
Brown University's Africana Studies and
Modern Culture and Media Departments
Sponsored By:
360 - 95.5 WBRU, Department of French Studies, the Sevaux Family Lectureships Fund, C.A.C, the Cogut Center for the Humanities, and the Africa Group
The 2007 Africana Film Festival is a celebration of the unique and provocative voices and visions that contribute to the ever-expanding history of the African diaspora.
This years festival will be held on October 17th-21st at the Cable Car Cinema, in Providence, RI.
Updated: We now have a list of scheduled events and films!
A guest pannel will include:
- actor and filmmaker Sylvestre Amoussou from Benin with his film "Africa Paradise"
- filmmaker, Khalo Matabane from South Africa with his 2-part series, "When We Were Black"
- distinguished filmmaker, Flora Gomes from Guinea Bisseau participating panelist on the work of filmmaker, Ousmane Sembene
- University of Massachusetts film scholar and filmmaker Samba Gadjigo
- Film Tribute and Panel Discussion Honoring the Father of African Cinema: Ousmane Sembene
Ticket Information
| Single Tickets: | Festival Pass: |
Students w/ID: $5
Non-Students: $8 | Students w/ID: $20 for 6 screenings
Non-Students: $35 for 6 screenings |
Tickets are available at the Cable Car Cinema -- please call: 401-272-3970
Tickets are also available from 9am-5pm at the following locations:
Africana Studies Department
155 Angell Street
Providence, RI, 02912
(map)
Modern Culture and Media Deparment
155 George Street
Providence, RI, 02912
(map)
More information will be coming soon, so please check back!
A history of the Africana Film Festival:
Since 2004, filmmakers from across the world have journeyed to Providence, RI for the annual Africana Film Festival. These distinguished filmmakers have illuminated the
landscape of cinema with their unique visions of the African diaspora. The Africana Film Festival, produced by Brown University, arose from the need and
demand to establish an event that allows the stories of the diasporic people to come into the light. With its unique ability to reach the mainstream while focusing on
a specific aspect of world history; the festival has garnered the distinction of being praised everywhere from the local community to French film journals.
The festival has hosted and honored some of the most notable filmmakers from the Diaspora including Flora Gomes, from Guinea Bissau as well as being the destination
for several notable premiers. The event regularly attracts fans and scholars from all over New England who come together to share in the sublime nature
of enlightenment, cultural diversity, and of course, great provocative cinema. The festival's appeal according to one of the producers and Brown professor
of Modern Culture and Media, Philip Rosen, is due to, "Good African cinema -- and there is a lot of it -- coming from distinctive African historical, cultural, and political
experiences seems to have a universal appeal." With this universal appeal the Africana Film Festival consistently delivers an event that challenges perspectives,
stimulates thought, and celebrates the human spirit.