Brown's First Annual African Film Festival brings to Providence the latest and greatest in cinema from around the continent.

Eighteen screenings will be held over five days, from April 14-18 2004, at the Cable Car Cinema, 204 South Main Street, Providence. (401)272-3970

Sixteen films from twelve African nations will be shown: Egypt, Morocco/Tunisia, Guinea Bissau, Congo-Kinshasa, Benin, Guinea, Burkina Faso/France, South Africa, Cameroon, Senegal, Tanzania, Ivory Coast

Related events will include a retrospective of distinguished filmmaker Flora Gomes (Guinea Bissau), director talks, discussions with film scholars Olivier Barlet (France) and Claire Andrade-Watkins (Emerson), panels, presentations and more.


All tickets must be purchased in person at the Cable Car. 272-3970

Tickets are available for advance purchase at 11:00 am on the day each film will be screened. Festival passes will be available for sale starting Sunday April 11.

Students:
$3.00/show
$15.00 pass
(8 shows)
General:
$4.00/show
$18.00 pass
(8 shows)


Published by African Film Festival Inc.

NY AFF traveling series

Sponsored by the Malcolm S. Forbes Center for Research in Culture and Media Studies and the Department of French Studies.

With generous support from The Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, the Brown University Africa Group, the English Department and the Department of Comparative Literature. Thanks also for the coooperation of The Africana Studies Department, the Watson Institute, and to the Providence Black Repertory Company, the African Alliance and more.

Directors:

Philip Rosen
Meadow Dibble-Dieng
Richard Manning

Advisors: Modou Dieng, Réda Bensmaïa, Elliott Colla
Support: Susan McNeil, Carole Cramer, Liza Hebert


Le site et la revue de référence des cultures africaines

For information contact Meadow Dibble-Dieng (401)863-3138

Brown University // Providence, Rhode Island 02912 // 401.863.1000
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