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2012 African History Month Film Festival
Come and make a difference in the world you live in using a high level of artistic excellence to express your views and inspire your friends, family and community.
Date: Every Saturday, February 4 - March 3, 2012
Time: 3:00pm-6:00pm
Location: St. Mark’s Day School
1346 President Street (between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.)
Take 2 or 5 train to President Street
Admission: FREE!
RSVP: arts@ifetayo.org
2011 Pop Off 1st Place Winners
Congrats to Last Year's Winners!
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Kiriku and the Sorceress (Animation)
France In a little village in Africa, Kirikou is born. But he's not a normal boy, because already can speak and walk. An evil sorceress has dried up their spring and eaten all of males of the village except of one. Little Kirikou decides, he will go with the last warrior to the sorceress and may be the last hope of the village. |
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Kiriku and the Beast - II (Animation, Subtitled) France Tiny Senegalese hero Kirikou is back in this sumptuous follow-up to the universally beloved Kirikou and the Sorceress. Using his wits and speed, brave Kirikou once again sets out to thwart the evil Sorceress Karaba and save his village from supernatural and environmental perils. |
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Madagascar (Animation) USA Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, assisted by four penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar. |
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Puddin (Animation) USA Follow Puddin' and her best friend Ling in their adventures around the big city. From independent Director, Mark Stanberry. |
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Chika (Animation) African A young woman shows how brave a woman can be when given a chance. |
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Black Panther (Animation, Action Hero)
USA Black Panther is the ruler and protector of the African nation of Wakanda. Using technology, wits, and extraordinary fighting ability he must protect his nation from an invasion led by Ulysses Klaw, the man who killed his father. |
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Avatar (Animation) USA A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. |
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Rize (Dance, Documentary) USA Rize chronicles a dance movement that rises out of South Central Los Angeles with roots in clowning and street youth culture. |
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Besouro (Brazil) Based on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission. |
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Quilombo (Palmares, Brazil) Palmares is a 17th-century quilombo, a settlement of escaped slaves in northeast Brazil. In 1650, plantation slaves revolt and head for the mountains where they find others led by the aged seer, Acotirene. She anoints one who becomes Ganga Zumba, a legendary king. In 1694, the Portuguese import a ruthless captain from São Paulo to lead an assault on the free Blacks. Can Zumbi keep Palmares free? |
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Queimada (Burn) (Palmares, Brazil) The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests. |
| February 11 The Caribbean |
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Sugar Cane Alley Euzhan Palcy, Director, Screenwriter (Subtitles) Rue cases nègres - (original title) Young José and his grandmother live in a small village. Nearly everyone works cutting cane and barely earning a living. The way to advance is to do well in school. José studies hard and is allowed to attend school in the capital. With only a partial scholarship, José and his grandmother move to Fort-de-France. |
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Black In Latin America – PBS Haiti, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico Black in Latin America, a new four-part series on the influence of African descent on Latin America, is the 11th and latest production from renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
| February 25 African-American |
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Harriet Tubman - Underground Rail Road - Go Down, Moses - The Great Adventure Harriet Tubman, herself a runaway slave, helps other slaves escape via the underground railroad. Harriet: Ruby Dee. Rit: Ethel Waters. Bailey: Brock Peters. Ross: Ossie Davis. Tillie: Mimi Dillard. Mary Ann: Gloria Calomee. Elizabeth: Betty Harford. Dr. Thompson: Roy Barcroft. |
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Stormy Weather featuring Lena Horne, Bill Bojangles Robinson, Cab Calloway, and the Choreography and performance of Katherine Dunham The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African American entertainers of the early 1900s. |
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Daughter of the Dust – Julie Dash, Director, Screenwriter Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last bastion of these mores in America. Set in 1902. Written by John Sacksteder |
| March 3 Theme: Food |
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Special Presentation: Soul Food Junkies Bryon Hurt (Ifetayo Parent) Director/Producer Food traditions are hard to change, especially when they're passed on from generation to generation. In this PBS documentary, award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt shares his journey to learn more about the African American cuisine known as soul food. |
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