African Diaspora International Film Festival
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Date(s) - 12/11/2022
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Cinema Village
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0-60 USD USD
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NEW YORK, NY
The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) will celebrate its 30th anniversary from Nov. 25 to Dec. 11 with 89 narratives and documentaries from 44 countries to be presented in seven different venues in Manhattan.
To celebrate its anniversary, ADIFF NYC 2022 has expanded its footprint in the city through partnerships with various institutions that will host FREE ADIFF COMMUNITY SCREENINGS. These include the Schomburg Center in Harlem, the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem and Baruch College.
ADIFF NYC will also present a retrospective of past Winners of The Public Award for the Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color including the landmark documentary and 2021 winner She Had a Dreamby Raja Amari, a film that explores what it means to be a young Black woman in a North African society.
ADIFF 2022 FACT SHEET
WHAT: 30th Annual African Diaspora International Film Festival
WHEN: November 25 to December 11, 2022
WHERE:
* MILBANK CHAPEL, TEACHERS COLLEGE, CU – 525 W 120th St.- 125 Zankel & 177GD/179GD
* COWIN CENTER, TEACHERS COLLEGE, CU – Entrance between 120th and 121th St. On Broadway
* CINEMA VILLAGE – 22 E 12th St (between 5th Ave. and University Place)
* SCHOMBURG CENTER – 515 Malcolm X Blvd at 135th
* BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HARLEM – 521 W 145th St
* BARUCH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER- Engelman Recital Hall – 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010
* THALIA CINEMA – 2537 Broadway at 95th street
TICKETS: From $0 to $30 depending on screening/event.
Opening, Galas, Closing, Special Presentations
· PRESENTATION: Leveraging the Law to Finance, Make and Distribute Your Film
· PANEL DISCUSSION “Portraits of Women Leaders of African Descent”
· Meet DeShuna Elisa Spencer, Founder & CEO of KweliTV
· PANEL DISCUSSION “Black Actors in European Cinema”
· MASTER CLASS with Byron Hurt, Director Hazing
· PANEL DISCUSSION “Afro-Brazilian Cinema”
10 PROGRAMS:
School Program; Afro-European Actors Program; Spotlight on Afro-Brazilian Cinema; Cuba And The World Program; Great Men Of The Caribbean Program; Gnawa Music Program; Spotlight On Jamaica Program; Free Community Screenings; Public Award For The Best Film Directed By A Woman of Color 2022 Entries; Public Award For The Best Film Directed By A Woman Of Color Past Award Winners Retrospective.
7 FREE COMMUNITY SCREENINGS:
· Sidney – Cinema Village
· The Cave of Adullam – Schomburg Center
· She Had a Dream – Schomburg Center
· The Daphne Project – Schomburg Center
· Women Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement Program: Fanny Lou Hamer & Ella Baker – Schomburg Center
· Badddd Sonia Sanchez – Baruch Performing Arts Center
· Afro-Latino Music Program with Sons of Benkos & Susana Baca, Memoria Viva – Boys & Girls Club of Harlem
89 FILMS IN 44 COUNTRIES:
Algeria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guadeloupe, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, UK, Uruguay, USA, Zambia.
