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Welcome to ADIFF 2015!
Welcome to the world of the African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF). In
our reality, people of diverse origins, nationalities, orientations and backgrounds come
together to celebrate the world of images and ideas that depict the human experience of
people of color all over the world.
The international Black communities—whether in Europe, Latin America or Africa – continue to play a disproportionately marginal role in the art of cinema. Further, many creative
and visionary films lay languid, collecting dust without the light of a screening due to the
lack of distribution structures or movie theaters in the hands of more sensitive programmers. Stereotypical images, myths and persistent bad taste characterize many of the films
that pass for “good movies” in the name of a “numbers” game that determines whose
world will get to be shown and whose won’t.
By placing the spotlight on innovative films that otherwise would be ignored, ADIFF has
created a privileged platform for many of these films. The list of titles that have found a
distribution deal thanks to their participation in the festival is long and still growing.
We thank filmmakers, ADIFF’s old and new family of cinephiles, the theaters, ADIFF’s
former and current staff and all those who, against all odds, have helped us for the last
twenty two years in our mission to enhance the cultural DNA of New York City and beyond.
We thank you all and wish you a wonderful ADIFF 2015!
Reinaldo B. Spech
Diarah N’Daw-Spech
ADIFF Directors
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ADIFF 2015 - LEGEND
GALA Screenings
* Opening Night- THE MAN WHO
MENDS WOMEN
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* Centerpiece - CU-BOP
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* Gala Screening IF ONLY I WERE THAT WARRIOR Page 7
* Closing Night BADDDDD SONIA SANCHEZ
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Themed Programs
* LGBT Evening Page 9
* Black British Program
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* Let’s Talk About Chicago
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* African Women on the Move
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* Women in Egypt: Before & After
The Spring Revolution Page 14
* Ethiopia: Past & Present
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* ADIFF School Program
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* Public Award for the Best Film Directed
by a Woman of Color Page 16
* Democratic Republic of Congo
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* South Africa
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Festival Venues and Prices
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Films
Print Source Information
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Africa Africa and the West
Canada
Caribbean
Europe
Latin America
New Zealand
USA
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ADIFF 2015 - GALA Screenings
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THE MAN WHO MENDS WOMEN, THE WRATH
OF HIPPOCRATES – OPENING NIGHT
Fri, Nov. 27 @ 7:00PM – TC Chapel
US PREMIERE
THE MAN WHO MENDS WOMEN – THE WRATH OF HIPPOCRATES
is the portrait of the
impressive life and work of
internationally renowned
gynecologist Dr. Denis
Mukwege who medically
assisted over 40,000
sexually abused women
in 16 years of professional
practice.
Sexual violence against women has been used as a weapon of war for
years in the violence-ridden and poverty-stricken DRC. In order to provide
medical, psychological and emotional aid to the victims, Dr. Mukwege
founded the Panzi hospital in Bukavu in 1999. Besides his work as a
physician Dr. Mukwege also defends human rights and seeks to raise
global awareness on the issue of sexual violence in his country.
His work is not without danger, as Dr. Mukwege experienced in 2012,
when armed men entered his home and started shooting. Dr. Mukwege
and his family survived the attack, but his guard was killed. The doctor
now lives cloistered in his hospital in Bukavu under the protection of
the United Nation peacekeepers. The women, whose physical and
emotional integrity and dignity have been restored, stand beside him, true
activists for peace and justice. Directed by Thierry Michel and Colette
Braeckman, 2015, Belgium/Congo, 113min, documentary in French,
English, Swahili and Mashi with English subtitles.
Panel Discussion with Director Thierry Michel, Congolese
Journalist / activist Chouchou Namegabe, and other speakers
TBA. Moderator: Milton Allimadi, publisher and editor of
“Black Star News” - Followed by VIP catered reception.
Screening sponsored by ArtMattan Productions.
ADIFF 2015 - GALA Screenings
CU-BOP: CUBA-NEW YORK MUSIC
DOCUMENTARY – CENTERPIECE
Fri, Dec. 4 @ 6:30PM – MIST Harlem
NY PREMIERE
Separated by an ocean, two Cuban jazz musicians continue
to perform in spite of the difficulties they face. César López is
recognized as Cuba’s premier saxophonist, having founded his
landmark jazz band, the Havana Ensemble, in his native country.
The gifted young pianist Axel Tosca lives in New York City, the
leader of (U)NITY, a band which fuses Afro-Cuban culture with
modern jazz and hip-hop. With this documentary for all music
lovers, first-time filmmaker Shinichi Takahashi explores the African
roots of Cuban jazz and documents what happens when expats
return to the source of their inspiration. Directed by Shinichi
Takahashi, 2014 Cuba/Japan, 109 min., Documentary in
English and Spanish with English subtitles. Discussion with director after screening followed
by concert with Afro-Cuban pianist Axel Tosca
and his bad, (U)NITY.
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ADIFF 2015 - GALA SCREENINGS
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GALA SCREENING
Saturday, December 12 @ 8:30pm – Cowin Center, Teachers College
IF ONLY I WERE THAT WARRIOR
US PREMIERE
If Only I Were That Warrior is a feature documentary film focusing on
the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1935. Following the recent construction of a monument dedicated to Fascist general Rodolfo Graziani, the
film addresses the unpunished war crimes he and others committed in
the name of Mussolini’s imperial ambitions.
The stories of three characters, filmed in present day Ethiopia, Italy and
the United States, take the audience on a journey through the living
memories and the tangible remains of the Italian occupation of Ethiopia
— a journey that crosses generations and continents to today, where this
often overlooked legacy still ties the fates of two nations and their people.
Directed by Valerio Ciriaci, 2015, 72min, USA | Italy | Ethiopia, documentary in English, Italian and Amharic with English subtitles.
Discussion with director after the screening followed
by reception
ADIFF 2015 - GALA SCREENINGS
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CLOSING NIGHT
Sunday, December 13 @ 6PM – Cowin Center - Teachers College
BADDDDD SONIA SANCHEZ
Poet, playwright, activist; seminal figure in the 1960s Black Arts
Movement; mentor to generations of poets and hip-hop artists.
Champion for peace: in the classroom, on the street, around the
world. Sonia Sanchez plays all these roles. BaddDDD Sonia
Sanchez is a performance-filled documentary about this 80-year old
artist for whom writing is both a personal and political act. Directed
by Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon,
USA, 2014, 90min, documentary in English
Discussion with Sonia Sanchez after the screening
followed by a catered reception
ADIFF 2015 - THEMED PROGRAMS
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LGBT EVENING
Hosted by Filmmaker Kirk Shannon-Butts
Tuesday, December 1 - 179 GD, Teachers College
5:30pm - 6:30pm: Cocktail reception
JULIEN’S BED @ 6:30pm
WORLD PREMIERE
Julien’s Bed is the second feature film from
emerging filmmaker/visual artist, Kirk ShannonButts, whose highly acclaimed debut feature,
“Blueprint” screened at ADIFF in 2008. The Kar
Wai Wong inspired “Julien’s Bed,” veers into a
mélange of experimental, narrative, and docudrama, unfolding the lives of three men, Marvin
(American), Khalid (Arabic), and Julien (French), whose worlds intersect
in a Parisian apartment in a kaleidoscope of French, Arabic and English.
Directed by Kirk Shannon-Butts, 2015, France|USA, drama, 51 min,
French with English subt.
Screening followed by Discussion with director Kirk Shannon-Butts
WHILE YOU WERE NOT
LOOKING @ 8:30pm
While You Weren’t Looking is an
original story, set in Cape Town. The
protagonists are gay and lesbian, from
all walks of life, whose intertwining tales
present a humorous, inventive and
dramatic take on contemporary life in South Africa. It is through the eyes
and experiences of a cross-section of queers black, white and coloured,
cruisy singles, married couples with children, city and township dwellers,
apartheid survivors and born frees, professionals and slackers - that we see
the South African contemporary landscape unfold. Directed by Catherine
Stewart, South Africa, 2015, 104min, romantic drama English | Xhosa |
Afrikaans with English subtitles.
Sponsored by:
GBM News, Global Network of Black Pride, NYC Black Pride and FLICKERIA
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BLACK BRITISH PROGRAM
Hosted by actor/producer Paulette Harris-German
THE STORY OF LOVERS ROCK
Thurs, Dec. 10 @ 1pm - Bow Tie Chelsea
Lovers Rock, often dubbed ‘romantic reggae’ is a uniquely black
British sound that developed in the late
70s and 80s against a backdrop of riots,
racial tension and sound systems. Live
performance, comedy sketches, dance,
interviews and archive shed light on the
music and the generation that embraced
it. Lovers Rock allowed young people to
experience intimacy and healing through
dance- known as ‘scrubbing’- at parties and clubs. This dance provided
a coping mechanism for what was happening on the streets. Lovers
Rock developed into a successful sound with national UK hits and was
influential to British bands (Police, Culture Club, UB40) Directed by
Menelik Shabazz, 2011, 96mins, musical documentary, English.
HONEYTRAP
Thurs, Dec. 10 @ 3:15pm - Bow Tie Chelsea
Inspired by true events, it tells a story of fifteen-year-old Layla (Jessica
Sula - Skins), who sets up the boy in love with her to be killed. Fresh
off the boat from Trinidad and full of fairytale fantasies, Layla arrives to
live with her mother in Brixton, London. She is soon swept off her feet by
self-styled gang leader/rapper Troy. But in the dog-eat-dog world where
being Troy’s girl buys her envy as well
as status, social outsider Shaun
becomes her only true friend. When
Troy discards her, Layla is left in
ruins. She vows to rebuild herself as
a hardened player in order to win him
back and Shaun becomes a pawn in
her game. Soon the forces she has set
in motion are escalating out of control.
Directed by Rebecca Johnson, UK, 2014, 93min, drama in English
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LET THE MUSIC TALK
US PREMIERE
This documentary which looks
at black music in Britain and
the way in which lives of Black
British people is reflected in the
music.
Let The Music Talk tells
the story of black music in
Britain, from the calypso of
Lord Kitchener arriving on the
SS Windrush in 1948, gospel
choirs, griots from Grenada, steel pans in schools and at the Notting
Hill Carnival, jazz, Afro-rock, soul-funk with the Real Thing, reggae with
Misty in Roots and Eddy Grant. Directed by Yvonne Deutschmann,
1981, UK, 55min, documentary in English
SECOND COMING
NY PREMIERE
Award winning Black British
playwright Debbie Tucker Green
gets outstanding performances
from Idris Elba and Nadine
Marshal in Second Coming.
This is an emotional drama
about a middle-aged mum with
a history of miscarriages whose
family life is thrown into turmoil
by the prospect of another child she is carrying despite not having
been intimate with her husband, or any other man, for quite some time.
Directed by Debbie Tucker Green, UK, 2015, 105min, drama in
English.
Screenings followed by discussions
program will close with a reception
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LET’S TALK ABOUT CHICAGO
Sunday, December 6 - 179 GD, Teachers College
Hosted by filmmaker/producer Yvonne Welbon
70 ACRES IN CHICAGO: CABRINI GREEN @ 4:30pm
NY Premiere
20 years in the making, 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green follows the
story of a community displaced when their neighborhood is torn down in
the name of progress. Directed by Ronit Bezalel, USA, 2014, 53min,
documentary in English.
Screening followed with reading by Elaine Hegwood Bowen from
her book Old School Adventures from Englewood-South Side of
Chicago.
TAKIN’ PLACE @ 6:30pm
NY Premiere
Chicago’s South Side is rarely portrayed
in the media as a place of beauty
and positive energy. Ravishingly
photographed, Takin’ Place colorfully
captures the aura of the Washington Park
and Englewood neighborhoods from the chaos of a joyous Fourth of
July in the streets to girl talk in the intimate confines of a beauty salon.
Director Dowlatshahi, whose career encompasses work for Al-Jazeera,
National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel, takes a fly-on–thewall approach to discovering everyday life and culture on the South
Side in all its glorious diversity and complexity. Directed by Cyrus
Dowlatshahi, USA, 2015, 84 min, documentary in English
Screening followed by panel discussion & reception
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AFRICAN WOMEN ON THE MOVE
BARAKEDEN, THE LITTLE HOUSE MAIDS OF BAMAKO
US PREMIERE
shown with Childhood Destroyed
Wed, Dec. 9 @ 6:30pm - Chapel, TC
Sun, Dec. 13 @ 2pm - Chapel, TC
Oumou left her village at fourteen
years old to come and work as
a servant at Bamako. Endless
days, humilitations, low wages.
Like tens of thousands young
girls from Mali, she endures this
in the hope of a better life. In the
evening these young servants
meet up to release their anger.
Supported by a few activists, some start to organize themselves to
demand their rights. During this time, Hawa prepares to go to the capital
for the first time. Directed by Adeline Gonin, France, 2015, 57min,
documentary, Bambara, Minianka with English subtitles.
ON A GRÉVÉ / WE, STRIKING
US PREMIERE
They are Oulimata, Mariam, Géraldine, Fatoumata…They are about
20 hotel maids who, for months,
will confront the two largest hotel
chains in Europe. For the first time,
they no longer tolerate how they are
treated. They will hold on, with the
support of music and dance…
Directed by Denis Gheerbrant,
2014, France, 70min, documentary in French with English subtitles
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WOMEN IN EGYPT BEFORE & AFTER THE SPRING REVOLUTION
Saturday, December 5 – Teachers College, The Chapel
Hosted by Egyptian journalist Barbara Aziz
ScHEHEREZADE, TELL ME A STORY @ 1pm
Egypt, pre-Arab Spring. A popular talk show host causes controversy
in Cairo when she focuses her stories on women’s issues. Directed by
Yousry Nasrallah, 2009, 135 min, Egypt, fiction, Arabic with English
subtitle
PRIVATE REVOLUTIONS @ 3:50pm
US PREMIERE
A documentary about four young Egyptian women with different social aims and
backgrounds who smartly fight for their ideals and rights after the revolution.
Directed by Alexandra Schneider,2014, Egypt, 52 min, documentary in
Arabic with English subt.
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ETHIOPIA: PAST & PRESENT
ASNI: COURAGE & GLAMOUR IN ETHIOPIA
Sat, Dec. 12 @ 4pm - Chapel, Teacher’s College
“To separate Asnaketch from the the social and political climate of conservative
Ethiopia, particularly in 50’s and 60’s was impossible...So this
doc is as much about my country, my music, my culture as
it is about this original being, Asnaketch...” –Rachel Samuel,
Director. Directed by Rachel Samuel, Ethiopia, 2013,
80 min., documentary in Amharic with English
subtitles
BILATENA
NY PREMIERE
Sat, Dec. 12 6pm- Chapel, Teacher’s College
Abi, who is a hard working boy with two jobs, supports his poor mother and his
older, unemployed brother through their day to day lives. But
when their mother dies of Hepatitus B and Abi is also infected
by the virus, Zele must face the big challenge of supporting his
own life and keeping his younger brother alive. Directed by
Kinfe Banbu, 2014, Ethiopia, Drama, 105 min, Amharic w/
English subtitles
Q&A with director and producer after screening.
IF ONLY I WERE THAT WARRIOR - GALA SCREENING
US PREMIERE
Sat, Dec. 12 @ 8:30pm - Cowin Center, Teacher’s College
The stories of three characters, filmed in present day Ethiopia, Italy and the
United States, take the audience on a journey through the living memories
and the tangible remains of the Italian occupation of
Ethiopia — a journey that crosses generations and
continents to today, where this often overlooked legacy
still ties the fates of two nations and their people.
Directed by Valerio Ciriaci, 2015, 72min, USA | Italy
| Ethiopia, documentary in English, Italian and
Amharic with English subtitles.
Screening followed by discussion with director and reception
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ADIFF SCHOOL PROGRAM
THE BICYCLE
by James Richards
(Director attending)
Tues., Dec. 8 @ 11AM – Chapel
GOODBYE MOMO
ADIOS MOMO
by Leonardo Ricagni
Wed, Dec. 2 @ 11AM – Chapel
ASNI: COURAGE &
GLAMOUR IN ETHIOPIA
By Rachel Samuel
Sat, Dec. 12 @ 4pm - Chapel, TC
BEN & ARA
By Nnegest Likké
NY Premiere
Kirikou and the
Sorceress
by Michel Ocelot
Thurs, Dec. 3 @ 11AM – Chapel
Mon, Dec. 7 @ 11AM – Chapel
LIFT EVERY VOICE
by Dallas Alexis
(Director attending)
Fri, Dec. 4 @ 11AM – Chapel
MASAI: THE RAIN WARRIORS
By Pascal Plison
Tues., Dec. 1 @ 11AM – Chapel
competition best film
directed by woman of
color
a journey of
thousand miles
By Geeta Gandbhir and Sharmeen
Obaid Chinoyr
Fri, Dec. 4 @ 8:30pm - Chapel TC
Sun, Dec. 6 @ 2pm - 179GD, TC
Thurs, Dec. 3 @ 6:30pm, Chapel, TC
Sun, Dec. 6 @ 2pm –MIST Harlem
BAddDDD SONIA SANCHEZ
By Barbara Attie
Sun, Dec. 13 @ 6pm – Cowin
Center, TC
IMPUNITY
by Jyoti Mistry
US Premiere
Shown with Aces
Sun, Dec. 6 @ 8:30pm –
MIST Harlem
Mon, Dec. 7 @ 3:20pm – Bow Tie
Chelsea
mary lou william :
THE LADY WHO SWINGS
THE BAND
By Carol Bash
Thu, Dec. 3 @ 8:30pm – Chapel, TC
SECOND COMING
NY Premiere
By Debbie Tucker Green
Thurs, Dec. 10 @ 7:30pm - Bow
Tie Chelsea.
Sat, Dec. 12 @ 2pm - MIST Harlem
STAND DOWN SOLDIER
By Jeryl Prescott
Sun, Dec. 6 @ 6:15pm – MIST
Harlem
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF CONGO
SOUTH AFRICA
DRC Films hosted by journalist
in residence Milton Allimadi,
publisher and editor of “Black
Star News”
AN HONEST LIVING
By Zuko Nodada
US Premiere
Wed, Dec. 2 @ 8:30 pm –
179GD, TC
Sat, Dec. 5 @ 8:30pm MIST Harlem
The man who mends
women
By Thierry Michel & Colette
Braeckman
US Premiere
Fri, Nov. 27 @ 7 pm - Chapel, TC
Sat, Nov. 28 @ 6:10 pm Chapel, TC
Wed, Dec. 9 @ 7:30 pm –
Bow Tie Chelsea
hear me move
NY Premiere
Shown with Lazy Susan
By Scottnes L. Smith
Screenings hosted by Kevn
McIntosh from Rhythm n Dance
Wed, Dec. 9 @ 3pm –
Bow Tie Chelsea
Fri, Dec. 11 @ 8:45pm MIST Harlem
IMPUNITY
By Jyoti Mistry
US Premiere
Shown with Ace
Sun, Dec. 6 @ 2 pm – MIST Harlem
Mon, Dec. 7 @ 3:20 pm Bow Tie Chelsea
when elephants fight
by Michael Ramsdell
NY Premiere
soft vengence: ALBIE
SACHS AND THE NEW
SOUTH AFRICA
By Abby Ginzberg
Sat, Nov. 28 @ 3:50pm - Chapel,
TC
Fri, Dec. 11 @ 6:30 pm MIST Harlem
Mon, Dec. 7 @ 5:30 pm –
Bow Tie Chelsea
while you were not
looking
By Jesse Freeston & Beth Geglia,
Tues, Dec. 1 – @ 8:30pm –
179GD, TC
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ADIFF 2015
FESTIVAL VENUE
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Screenings, Panels, Receptions and SPECIAL EVENTS will
be held at:
* GRACE DODGE HALL - TEACHER’S COLLEGE, CU - 525 W 120th
* THE CHAPEL, TEACHERS COLLEGE, CU - 525 W 120th St.*408 ZANKEL, TEACHER’S COLLEGE, CU - 525 W 120th
* COWIN CENTER, TEACHERS COLLEGE, CU - Entrance between 120th
and 121th St. on Broadway
* MIST Harlem- 46 W 116th St, New York, NY 10026
* BOW TIE CHELSEA - 91 260 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
TICKET PRICE
$14 for regular shows; $12 Students & Seniors
$50 & $25 Opening Night $25 CENTERPIECE
$25 Gala, $25 Closing Night
$20 LGBT EVENING
$20 LETS TALK ABOUT CHICAGO PROGRAM
$30 BLACK BRITISH PROGRAM DAY PASS
$35 ETHIOPIA: PAST & PRESENT DAY PASS
GROUP DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR 10 OR MORE
WE ONLY ACCEPT CASH AT THE DOOR AT TEACHERS COLLEGE
A VAP Pass (Very Artsy Person Pass) is $260
A VAP Pass gives access to all festival events.
A Festival Pass is $160
A Festival Pass gives access to all regular PRICED screenings
A FAN PASS is $55
A Fan Pass gives access to any six regular PRICED
screenings during the festival.
To purchase a VAP or Festival Pass, indicate the name of the person to be printed
on the pass and enclose a passport size photo of that person together with the order
form and your check or money order. Pass holders should arrive at least 15 minutes
before screening to secure seats.
TICKETS ONLINE AT www.NYADIFF.org
or call (212) 864-1760
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ADIFF 2015 - FILM LISTINGS
AFRICAN FICTION
ADANGGAMAN
Mon, Nov. 30 @ 8:30pm – 408 Zankel, TC
Adanggaman is a provocative retelling
of the African slave experience, based
on facts. A rebellious young man, who
refuses to marry his parents’ choice of
a bride, flees his village one evening,
only to return to find his father and
girlfriend slain, his village destroyed
and his mother captured by a tribe of
Amazon warriors. Directed by Roger
Gnoan M’Bala, 2000, 90mins, Ivorian,
Burkinabé, French, Swiss and Italian
historical drama film, Bambara,
Baoulé and French with English
subtitle
Screening sponsored by
AN HONEST LIVING
US PREMIERE
Wed, Dec. 2 @ 8:30pm–179 GD, TC
Sat, Dec. 5 @ 8:30pm - MIST Harlem
After spending 5 years without a job,
William wants his son to have his
birthday gift, a pair of soccer boots.
Lindiwe wants to give him the means to
have them. But first, they must deal with
the dead body in her house… Directed
by Zuko Nodada, South Africa, 2014,
93min, drama in English, Xhosa &
Zulu with English subtitles.
ARUGBA
Fri, Nov. 27 @ 2:30pm – Chapel, TC
The king of an imaginary town brays
against corruption while rigorously
prosecuting economic reform and
handily welcoming foreign investors:
there’s no mistaking the parody of
President Obasanjo. The leadership
portrait emerges as the key sub plot in
an ornate romance featuring the Arugba
- the virgin who carries the sacrificial
calabash during the Osun Osogbo
festival - and a young dancer intent
on winning her. Directed by Tunde
Kelani, Nigeria, 2008, 95min, drama
in English and Yoruba with English
BILATENA
NY PREMIERE
Sat, Dec. 12 @ 6pm – Chapel, TC
Sun, Dec. 13 @ 2pm - MIST Harlem
Abi, a dynamic and resourceful twelve
year old boy, lives with his mother Degua
and his 26 year old unemployed university
graduate brother Zelalem (Zele). When
their mother dies of Hepatitus B Zele must
face the big challenge of supporting his
own life and keeping his younger brother
alive. Directed by Kinfe Banbu, 2014,
Ethiopia, Drama, 105 min, Amharic w/
English subtitles + Q&A
HEAR ME MOVE
NY PREMIERE
Shown with Lazy Susan
Screenings hosted by Kevn
McIntosh - Rhythm n Dance
Wed, Dec. 9 @ 3pm – Bow Tie Chelsea
Fri, Dec. 11 @ 8:45pm - MIST Harlem
Hear Me Move is South Africa’s first sbujwa
dance movie. Muzi, a mild-mannered
accounting student, and the son of a late
famous township pantsula dancer, is at a
crux in his life. He simultaneously attempts
to support his mother while trying to carry
the mantle of his father’s legacy and
finding out the truth about his life and
tragic death. Directed by Scottnes L.
Smith, 2015. South Africa. Drama.
103 min. English.
IMPUNITY
US PREMIERE
Shown with Aces
Sun, Dec. 6 @ 2pm – MIST Harlem
Mon, Dec. 7 @ 3:20pm - Bow Tie Chelsea
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implemented through its legal justice
system. Directed by C. Shemu
Joyah, Malawi, 2008, 102mins,
drama in English.
THE BLIND ORCHESTRA
L’ORCHESTRE DES
AVEUGLES
US PREMIERE
Investigating the gruesome murder of
a cabinet minister’s daughter, a special
investigator and a local police detective
find themselves knee-deep in political
corruption and conspiracy, in this sizzling
noir thriller set in post-apartheid South
Africa. Directed by Jyoti Mistry, South
Africa, 2014, 85min, noir thriller in
English/Zulu/Afrikaans with English
subtitles
SCHEHERAZADE,
TELL ME A STORY
Sat, Dec. 5 @ 1pm – Chapel, TC +
Q&A
Egypt, pre-Arab Spring. A popular talk
show host causes controversy in Cairo
when she focuses her stories on women’s
issues. Directed by Yousry Nasrallah,
2009, 135 min, Egypt, fiction, Arabic
with English subtitle. Part of Egypt:
Before & After Spring Revolution
SEASONS OF A LIFE
A housemaid, who is sexually abused by
her boss and made pregnant, is forced
to give up her son in order to go on with
her education. Six years later, she comes
back to claim her son. From Malawi comes
this moving story about sexual abuse,
women rights and the modernization and
democratization of an African country as
Sat, Nov. 28 @ 1:30pm - Chapel, TC
Tues, Dec. 8 @ 3pm, Bow Tie Chelsea
In the early years of the reign of Hassan
II, Houcine, a fan of the new king, is the
director of a popular orchestra and the
proud father of Mimou. This is a very
particular troupe, male musicians who
are sometimes forced to pretend that
they are blind in order to play at parties
reserved for women in conservative
Moroccan families. But then young
Minou runs into Chama, the neighbor’s
new maid...Directed by Mohamed
Mouftakir, France, Morocco, 2014,
120min, comedic-romantic drama in
Arabic with English subtitles.
THE PIROGUE
Wed, Dec. 9 @ 1PM - Bow Tie Chelsea
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AFRICAN SHORTS
ACES
Shown with Impunity
Sun, Dec. 6 @ 2pm – MIST Harlem
A group of African men and one woman
leave Senegal in a pirogue captained
by a local fisherman to undertake the
treacherous crossing of the Atlantic to
Spain where they believe better lives and
prospects are waiting for them. Directed
by Moussa Touré, 2012, Senegal/
France/Germany, 86 min, French,
Wolof, Spanish, English subt.
WHILE YOU WERE
NOT LOOKING
Tues, Dec. 1 @ 8:30pm – 179GD, TC
This is an original story, set in Cape Town.
The protagonists are gay and lesbian,
from all walks of life, whose intertwining
tales present a humorous, inventive and
dramatic take on contemporary life in
South Africa. It is through the eyes and
experiences of a cross-section of queers black, white and coloured, cruisy singles,
married couples with children, city and
township dweller, apartheid survivors
and born frees, professionals and and
skollies - that we see the South African
contemporary landscape unfold. Directed
by Catherine Stewart, South Africa,
2015, 104min, romantic drama, English,
English Subt. Part of LGBT Evening
Aces is the story of a young man who
fights against the battering of his mother
by his drunken father. The situation
escalates until Ace desperately stabs
his father to death, and is sent to jail for
a period of 15 years. Nine years later he
is out on parole. He kills again within a
day’s time of his release. Directed by
Ntandazo “Didi” Gcingca, 1999, 17
min, short drama, English
CHILDHOOD DESTROYED
Shown with Barakeden
Wed, Dec. 9 @ 6:30pm – Chapel, TC
11-year old Mariam works as a
domestic to provide for her guardian,
her unemployed Uncle Djimet, and
his family.
With her many tasks,
she is constantly under pressure
from the family. One day, Mariam is
arrested for having unwittingly thrown
rubbish in a prohibited place. She is
detained without her uncle or employer
even inquiring of her whereabouts.
Childhood destroyed denounces the
living conditions of young girls in Chad
in a delicate yet powerful way. Directed
by Zara M. Yacoub, Chad, 1999,
26 min, drama in Arabic dialectal/
French with English subtitles
LAZY SUSAN
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NY PREMIERE
Shown with Hear Me Move
AFRICA and the west
fiction
Susan, a friendly waitress, works at an
everyday Cape Town restaurant. With
some effort, she maintains both wit
and service in the face of obnoxious
customers–until a lousy tip gets the
better of her. Told from the perspective
of a single lazy susan (rotating tray), this
is dark comedy and social commentary
at its best. Directed by Stephen
Abbott, South Africa, 2015, 10min
short comedy in English and Xhosa
w/English subtitles.
MASAI: THE RAIN
WARRIORS
Tues, Dec. 9 @ 3pm – Bow Tie Chelsea
Fri, Dec. 11 @ 8:45pm - MIST Harlem
AFRICAN DOCUMENTARIES
ASNI: COURAGE &
GLAMOUR IN ETHIOPIA
“It was a privilege for me to direct a
documentary on this extraordinary
artist who is as much a cultural icon
to Ethiopians as Billie Holiday is to
Americans and Edith Piaf to the French...
To separate Asnaketch from the social
and political climate of conservative
Ethiopia, particularly in the 50’s and
60’s was impossible...So this doc is as
much about my country, my music, my
culture as it is about this original being,
Asnaketch, who is a substantive part of
the fabric of Ethiopia, past and present.”
–Rachel Samuel, Director. Directed by
Rachel Samuel, Ethiopia, 2013, 80
min., documentary in Amharic with
English subtitlesDrama, English. Part
of Ethiopia: Past & Present program
Tues., Dec. 1 @ 11am – Chapel, TC
Faced with a drought that endangers the
continuity of their people, Masai elders
are convinced that they have been
cursed by the Red God -- the God of
Vengeance. Following the death of the
war chief, a group of adolescents must
bring back the mane of a legendary
lion, which appears at every critical
period of the Masai history to appease
the wrath of the God and bring back
the rains.Directed by Pascal Plisson,
2005, 94min, France/Kenya, drama
in Masai, English Subtitles. Part of
School Program
KIRIKOU AND
THE SORCERESS
Thurs, Dec. 3 @ 11am – Chapel, TC
Mon, Dec. 7 @ 11am – Chapel, TC
This animated film recounts the tale of
tiny Kirikou, born in an African village in
which Karaba the Sorceress has placed
a terrible curse. Kirikou sets out on a
quest to free his village of the curse and
find out the secret of why Karaba is so
wicked. Directed by Michel Ocelot,
1998, 74 min, animated feature in
English.
AFRICA and the west
documentaries
BARAKEDEN, THE LITTLE
HOUSE MAIDS OF BAMAKO
US PREMIERE
Shown with Childhood Destroyed
Wed, Dec. 9 @ 6:30pm – Chapel, TC
Oumou left her village at 14 years old to
come and work as a servant at Bamako.
Like tens of thousands young girls from
Mali, she endures this in the hope of a
better life. In the evening these young
servants meet up to release their anger.
Supported by a few activists, some start
to organize themselves to demand their
rights. During this time, Hawa prepares to
go to the capital for the first time. Directed
by Adeline Gonin, France, 2015, 57min,
documentary, Bambara, Minianka with
English subtitles. Part
of African
Women on the Move program
IF ONLY I WERE
THAT WARRIOR
NY PREMIERE
GALA
Sat, Dec. 12 @ 8:30pm – Chapel, TC
+Q&A
This documentary focuses on the
Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1935.
Following the recent construction of a
monument dedicated to Fascist general
Rodolfo Graziani, the film addresses the
unpunished war crimes he and others
committed in the name of Mussolini’s
imperial ambitions. Directed by Valerio
Ciriaci, 2015, 72min, USA | Italy |
Ethiopia, documentary in English,
Italian and Amharic with English
subtitles. Part of Ethiopia: Past &
Present Program
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SEXY MONEY
Shown with Joy
Fri, Nov. 27 @ 4:30pm –
Chapel, TC+Q&A
In recent years, a growing group of
illegal prostitutes from West Africa
has settled in the suburbs of major
cities both in the Netherlands and in
the rest of Europe. The film listens
to these women talk about their
European adventure and shows the
development of two women who,
after returning to Nigeria, try to build a
new life. Music, as a source, pleasure
and beauty plays an important role
in the lives of women and also in the
film, with songs especially composed
for it by Nneka, one of Nigeria’s best
singer/songwriters.
Directed
by
Karin Junger, 2014, 85min, Nigeria/
Netherlands, documentary, English.
SOFT VENGEANCE:
ALBIE SACHS AND THE
NEW SOUTH AFRICA
Mon, Dec. 7 @ 5:30 pm –
Bow Tie Chelsea + Q&A
Soft Vengence is a film about Albie
Sachs - lawyer, writer, art lover and
freedom fighter. It is set against the
dramatic events leading to the overthrow
of the apartheid regime in South Africa.
Shining a spotlight on Albie’s story
provides a prism through which to view
the challenges faced by those unable
to tolerate a society found on principles
of slavery and disempowerment of
South Africa’s majority black population.
Directed
by
Abby
Ginzberg,
2014, South Africa / USA, 84min,
documentary in English
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PRIVATE REVOLUTIONS
US PREMIERE
Sat, Dec. 5 @ 3:50pm –
Chapel, TC + Q&A
A documentary about four young
Egyptian women with different
social background who smartly fight
for their ideals and rights after the
revolution. Directed by Alexandra
Schneider,2014, Egypt, 52 min,
documentary in Arabic with English
subt. Part of Egypt: Before & After
Spring Revolution
THE MAN WHO MENDS
WOMEN, THE WRATH OF
HIPPOCRATES
OPENING NIGHT
Fri, Nov. 27 @ 7pm - Chapel, TC
ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS
Sat, Nov. 28 - 6:10pm - Chapel, TC
Wed, Dec. 9 - 7:30pm - Bow Tie Chelsea
All screenings followed by Q&A
Winner of the Sakharov Prize 2014,
Doctor Mukwege is internationally known
as the man who mends thousands of
women who have been raped during
the 20 years of conflicts in the East of
the Democratic Republic of Congo.
His endless struggle to put an end
to these atrocities and denounce the
impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators is
not welcome. But the women to whom
he has restored physical integrity and
dignity stand beside him as true activists
for peace and justice. Directed by
Thierry Michel & Colette Braeckman,
2015, Belgium | Congo | USA, 112min,
documentary in French with English
subtitles.
WHEN ELEPHANTS FIGHT
NY Premiere
Fri, Dec. 11 @ 6:30pm – MIST Harlem
The DRC has been called a geological
scandal due to its mineral rich soil.
Unfortunately, those minerals, necessary
to sustain today’s technology, are funding
the deadliest war since WWII. Narrated
by Golden Globe award winner, Robin
Wright, When Elephants Fight follows
the fight for minerals in Congo which
has brought poverty, war and corruption
to the Congolese while corporations,
nations and armed groups have made
billions. Directed by Michael Ramsdell,
Democratic Republic of Congo, 2015,
87 min, documentary in Swahili
& Lingala & French with English
subtitles.
CANADIAN FICTION
BLACK / NWA
NY PREMIERE
Sun, Nov. 29 @ 6:30pm - TC 179 GD +Q&A
Mon, Nov. 30 @ 6:30 @ TC 408 Zankel
Wed, Dec. 9 @ 5:15pm - BowTie Chelsea
Black chronicles the lives of four people
living in a neighborhood plagued by
poverty and violence, aspiring to freedom
and happiness. Directed by Yves
Christian Fournier, 2015, Canada,
Drama, 110 min, French/Creole with
English
CARIBBEAN FICTION
SAND DOLLARS /
DÓLARES DE ARENA
Wed, Dec. 9 @ 9:40 pm –Bow Tie
In an idyllic seaside city in the Dominican
Republic, the long-time relationship
between a beautiful and impoverished
young local girl and her wealthy European
lover (Geraldine Chaplin) is put to
the test as issues of class, inequality
and exploitation rise to the surface.
Directed by Israel Cárdenas, Laura
Amelia Guzmán, 2014, Dominican
Republic | Mexico | Argentina, 84 min,
drama in English and Spanish with
English subtites.
CARIBBEAN DOCUMENTARY
CU-BOP
CENTERPIECE
NY PREMIERE
Fri, Dec. 4 @ 6:30pm – MIST Harlem +
Q&A
Separated by an ocean, two Cuban
jazz musicians continue to perform in
spite of the difficulties they face. César
López is recognized as Cuba’s premier
saxophonist, having founded his landmark
jazz band, the Havana Ensemble, in his
native country. The gifted young pianist
Axel Tosca lives in New York City, the
leader of (U)NITY, a band which fuses
Afro-Cuban culture with modern jazz
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lovers, first-time filmmaker Shinichi
Takahashi explores the African roots
of Cuban jazz and documents what
happens when expats return to the
source of their inspiration. Takahashi;
SCR Ayako Futada. Cuba/Japan,
2014, color, 109 min. In English and
Spanish with English subtitles. Q&A
and concert t o follow screening EUROPEAN FICTION
FEVERS
FIEVRES
Tues, Dec. 8 @ 5:25pm - Bow Tie Chelsea
Thurs, Dec. 10 - 6pm - Chapel, TC
At only thirteen, Benjamin is a little soldier
at war with life, adults and with himself.
Since the age of five, the troubled kid
goes back and forth into foster homes.
But when his mother goes to jail and
reveals to Benjamin the existence of his
father, the young boy is determined to
get out of foster care. So when the social
worker gives him the choice, he decides
to go live at his unknown father’s place.
Directed by Hicham Ayouch, 2014, 90
min, France/Morocco, UAE, French,
drama, English subt.
HONEYTRAP
Thurs, Dec. 10 @ 3:15pm Bow Tie Chelsea + Q&A
Inspired by true events, it tells a story of
fifteen-year-old Layla, who sets up the
boy in love with her to be killed. Fresh off
the boat from Trinidad and full of fairytale
fantasies, Layla arrives to live with her
mother in Brixton, London. She is soon
swept off her feet by self-styled gang
leader/rapper Troy. But in the dog-eat-dog
world where being Troy’s girl buys her envy
as well as status, social outsider Shaun
becomes her only true friend. When Troy
discards her, Layla is left in ruins. She vows
to rebuild herself as a hardened player in
order to win him back and Shaun becomes
a pawn in her game. Soon the forces she
has set in motion are escalating out of
control. Directed by Rebecca Johnson,
UK, 2014, 93min, drama in English
Part of Black British Program
IMAGE
US PREMIERE
Sat, Dec. 5 @ 8pm - Chapel, TC + Q&A
Eva Hendrickx, an ambitious young journalist
working as part of television legend Herman
Verbeeck’s team, is determined to cover a
story about riots in the suburbs of Brussels.
She meets Lahbib, a Moroccan with a dark
past who is her guide to his complex and
brutal world. But Herman sees a way to
exploit Eva’s story in the ever-competitive
media game. Directed by Adil El Arbi and
Bilall Fallah, Belgium, 2014, 100 min,
thriller in French with English subtitles.
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SECOND COMING
NY PREMIERE
Thurs, Dec. 10 @ 7:30pm Bow Tie - Q&A
Award winning Black British playwright
Debbie Tucker Green gets outstanding
performances from Idris Elba and
Nadine Marshal in Second Coming, an
emotional drama about a middle-aged
mum with a history of miscarriages
whose family life is thrown into turmoil
by the prospect of another child she
is carrying despite not having been
intimate with her husband, or any other
man, for quite some time...Directed
by Debbie Tucker Green, UK, 2015,
105min, drama in English
EUROPEAN
DOCUMENTARIES
DENNIS RODMAN’S BIG
BANG IN PYONGYANG
NY PREMIERE
Sat Nov. 28 @ 8:45pm –Chapel ,TC Shown with China Remix
Tues, Dec. 8 @ 9:40pm - BowTie Chelsea
Shown with China Remix
A documentary chronicling flamboyant
celebrity and former NBA basketballer
Dennis Rodman’s friendship with
leader Kim Jong-un that sends him
on a controversial mission to improve
relations between North Korea and the
US by staging a historic basketball game
between the two countries. Directed
by Colin Offland, UK, 2015, 92min,
documentaries in English.
LET THE MUSIC TALK
US PREMIERE
Thurs, Dec. 10 @ 5:30pm BowTie Chelsea + Q&A
This documentary looks at black music
in Britain and the way in which lives
of Black British people is reflected
in the music. Directed by Yvonne
Deutschmann, 1981, UK, 55min,
documentary in English. Part of
Black British Program
WE, STRIKING
ON A GRÉVÉ
NY Premiere
They are Oulimata, Mariam, Géraldine,
Fatoumata…They are about 20 hotel
maids who, for months, will confront
the two largest hotel chains in Europe.
For the first time, they no longer tolerate
how they are treated. They will hold on,
with the support of music and dance…
Directed by Denis Gheerbrant, 2014,
France, 70min, documentary in
French with English subtitles
THE STORY OF
LOVERS ROCK
Thurs, Dec. 10 @1pm Bow Tie Chelsea + Q&A
Lovers Rock, often dubbed ‘romantic
reggae’ is a uniquely black British
sound that developed in the late 70s
and 80s against a backdrop of riots,
racial tension and sound systems. Live
performance, comedy sketches, dance,
interviews and archive shed light on the
music and the generation that embraced
it. Lovers Rock allowed young people
to experience intimacy and healing
through dance known as ‘scrubbing’ - at
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parties and clubs. This dance provided
a coping mechanism for what was
happening on the streets. Lovers
Rock developed into a successful
sound with national UK hits and was
influential to British bands (Police,
Culture Club, UB40). Directed
by Menelik Shabazz, 2011, 96mins,
musical documentary, English.
lATIN american
FICTION
GOOBYE MOMO
ADIOS MOMO
Wed, Dec. 2 @ 11am – Chapel, TC
Obdulio, an 11-year-old Afro-Uruguayan
boy who lives in Montevideo, sells
newspapers in the streets to help out
with the household expenses and
has no interest in attending school.
One night he meets the “Maestro,” a
charismatic watchman who possesses
magical gifts.Through poetry and
the lyrics of the “Murgas” (Carnival
Pierrots) during the mythical nights of
the irreverent Uruguayan carnival, the
magician introduces Obdulio to a world
of literacy and a different perspective
about the meaning of life. Directed
by Leonardo Ricagni, 2005, 100 min,
Uruguay, drama, Spanish, English
subt. Part of School Program
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lATIN american
documentaries
NEW ZEALAND FICTION
WHITE LIES
Shown with White Like the Moon
TANGO NEGRO,
THE AFRICAN ROOTS
OF TANGO
Tues, Dec. 8 @ 1pm - Bow Tie Chelsea
Sun, Nov. 29 @ 2pm – TC 179 GD
Mon, Dec. 7 @ 1pm – BowTie Chelsea
TangoNegro explores the expression of
African-ness inherent in the dance of the
“tango” and the contribution of African
cultures to the dance’s creation. Angolan
director, Dom Pedro Pedro, details the
dance’s early cultural significance as a
depiction of the social life of captured
African slaves and provides an expansive
compilation of musical performances
and interviews from tango enthusiasts
and historians alike.
Tango Negro
provides a novel insight into the depth
of tango’s sub-Saharan African musical
influence, a presence that has crossed
oceans and endured the tides of forced
bondage. Directed by Dom Pedro,
2013, France, Documentary, 93 min,
French, Spanish, English subt.
Based on a novel by “Whale Rider”
writer Witi Ihimaera, White Lies –
New Zealand’s entry in the 2014
Oscar competition for best foreignlanguage film – is an intense drama
that explores with great humanity and
sensitivity such difficult topics as race
relations, skin bleaching and abortion.
Directed by Dana Rotberg, 2014,
New Zealand, 96mins, Drama,
English and Maori with English
subt.
USA FICTION
BEN & ARA
NY PREMIERE
Thurs, Dec. 3 @ 6:30pm Chapel,TC + Q&A
Sun, Dec. 6 @ 4:10pm MIST Harlem +Q&A
Religious and cultural tensions
escalate when a woman from the
Nation of Islam has an affair with an
agnostic man. Directed by Nnegest
Likké, USA, 2015, 87min, romantic
drama , English, English subt.
JULIEN’S BED
WORLD PREMIERE
Thurs, Dec. 1 @ 6:30pm 179GD, TC + Q&A
Upon his arrival into Paris, a young
American, Marvin, learns his
French journalist boyfriend, Julian,
has been called away to Nigeria,
leaving him behind in his oversized Parisian apartment under the
tutelage of his non English speaking flatmate,Khalid, a struggling
university student from Algeria.
Communicating via text messages,
illustrations, cultural gestures and
a melange of Arabic, English and
French, Marvin, Khalid and Julian
navigate the culturally diverse boulevards of the City of Light. Directed by Kirk Shannon-Butts, 2015,
France|USA, drama, 51 min,
French with English subt. Part of
LGBT Evening
SHELTER
Tues, Dec. 8 @ 7:25pm – Bow Tie Chelsea
Sat, Dec. 12 @ 6:20pm – MIST Harlem
Tahir (Anthony Mackie), a Nigerian
Muslim with an expired visa, and Hannah
(Jennifer Connelly), a suicidal heroin
junkie fall in love while homeless on the
streets of New York. They have different
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beliefs
owing
to
different
backgrounds,
but
they
find
dependence and strength in each
other. Through their love story,
Shelter explores the bleak reality
of living homeless. Directed by
Paul Bettany, USA, 2014, 105min,
drama in English.
STAND DOWN SOLDIER
Mon, Nov. 30 @ 6:30pm 408 Zankel, TC
After Sergeant Stacy Armstrong
returns
home
from
three
deployments, suffering with PTSD,
she and her husband find their 20year marriage is about to be another
casualty of war. Infidelity, addiction,
and a tragic accident test the couple’s
commitment.
Directed by Jeryl
Prescott, 2014, USA, 82mins,
drama, English.
THE BICYCLE
Tues, Dec. 8 @ 11am –
Chapel, TC + Q&A
Bobbi cannot stand Teddy and Teddy
isn’t exactly thrilled with Bobbi either.
Now that’s all right on the playground,
but Teddy is 36 and Bobbi is 10 and
they live in the same house; Teddy is
about to marry Bobbi’s mother, Cheryl
When Bobbi is jumped and her bicycle
is stolen, Teddy realizes that finding
the bully and getting the bicycle back is
t he perfect opportunity to repair their
relationship. But their journey through
the many worlds that make up their
community ends up connecting them
in a way neither could have imagined.
Directed by James Richards, 2013,
72 min, USA, drama, English. Q&A
after screening. Part of School
Program
THE CHALLENGER
Featuring Michael Clarke Duncan in
his last role, the inspirational boxing
drama follows a struggling Bronx auto
mechanic Jaden Miller (Kent Moran)
ready to do everything in his power
to save he and his mother (S. Epatha
Merkerson) from living on the streets
after they are evicted from their home.
With the help of legendary trainer, Duane
Taylor (Michael Clarke Duncan), Miller
soon finds that boxing is their ticket to
a better life. Directed by Kent Moran,
USA, 2015, 95min, drama, action &
adventure in English.
WHITE WATER
Sun, Dec. 6 @ 8:30pm - MIST Harlem
Mon, Dec. 7 @ 7:40Pm - Bow Tie Chelsea
An aura of innocence and an immense
sense of humor are qualities that director
Cundieff (Fear of a Black Hat) brings
to this story of a little boy’s eye-opening
encounter with the facts of segregation
in his Alabama hometown. Based on the
novel by Michael Bandy and Eric Stein,
the film charts a curious seven-yearold’s growing obsession with tasting
the rare, special water that he believes
will flow from the “Whites Only” public
drinking fountain. Light-hearted but
not lightweight, White Water creates a
lovely panorama of small-town black life
against the reality of the 1960s South.
Directed by Rusty Cundieff, USA,
2015, 95 min, drama, English
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USA
DOCUMENTARIES
70 ACRES IN CHICAGO
CABRINI GREEN
NY PREMIERE
Sun, Dec. 6 @
4:30pm - 178GD,
TC + Q&A
20 years in the
making, 70
Acres
in
Chicago: Cabrini
Green follows
the story of a community displaced
when their neighborhood is torn down
in the name of progress. Directed by
Ronit Bezalel, USA, 2014, 53min,
A JOURNEY OF A
THOUSAND MILES
Fri, Dec. 4 @ 8:30pm - Chapel TC
Sun, Dec. 6 @ 2pm - 179GD, TC
Directed by Academy Award Winner
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and Geeta
Gandbhir, the documentary A Journey
Of A Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
follows three women in an all female,
predominantly Muslim unit of police
officers sent to post-earthquake Haiti
as UN Peacekeepers for one year. The
mission challenges these women while
shattering commonly held stereotypes.
The film had its World Premiere at the
Toronto International Film Festival this
year. Directed by Geeta Gandbhir
and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, USA/
Pakistan, 2015, 95min, documentary in
English, Creole and Bengali w/English
subtitles.
ADIFF 2015- FILM LISTINGS
BaddDDD SONIA SANCHEZ
CLOSING NIGHT
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INVISIBLE HEROES:
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
NY PREMIERE
Sun, Dec. 13 @ 6pm - Cowin, TC
Poet, playwright, activist; seminal figure
in the 1960s Black Arts Movement;
mentor to generations of poets and hiphop artists. Champion for peace: in the
classroom, on the street, around the
world. Sonia Sanchez plays all these
roles. BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez is a
performance-filled documentary about
this 80-year old artist for whom writing is
both a personal and political act. Directed
by Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater
and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, USA,
2014, 90min, documentary in English
+ Q&A
Sun, Nov. 29 @ 4:30pm – 179GD, TC
Thurs, Dec. 10 @ 8:30pm - Chapel, TC
2800 North Americans volunteered to
defend the Republic of Spain during the
Spanish civil war, but few people know
that many of the volunteers were African
Americans. This documentary tells their
story & their fight for democracy and for
the civil rights that were denied to them
in their own country. The documentary
includes interviews with volunteers
and archival footage and pictures from
the era. This documentary thoroughly
researches a little known episode of XX
century history. Directed by Alfonso
Domingo and Jordi Torrent, 2015,
Spain, 77min, documentary in English
and Spanish with English subtitles.
LICENSE TO OPERATE
NY PREMIERE
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the sound of 20th century America.
And like the dynamic, turbulent nation
in which she lived, Williams seemed
to redefine herself with every passing
decade. Directed by Carol Bash,
2015, USA, 60mins, documentary
in English
TAKIN’ PLACE
Sun, Dec. 13 @ 4:30pm – MIST HARLEM
Across the country, there is a growing
distrust between members of the
community and those who are meant
to protect it. In Los Angeles, a group
of former gang members have joined
forces with community leaders and
law enforcement on a mission to break
the cycle of violence that they were
once a part of creating. At its heart,
License to Operate is a film about
redemption, hope and change. It’s
about rebuilding relationships and
forging new alliances. It’s about healing
the wounds of a community. It’s about
how the effort of a few can change the
direction of an entire city. Directed by
James Lipetzky, 2015, USA, 101min,
MARY LOU WILLIAMS:
THE LADY WHO SWINGS
THE BAND
Thurs Dec. 3 @ 8:30pm–
Chapel, TC + Q&A
She was ahead of her time, a genius.
During an era when Jazz was the nation’s
popular music, Mary Lou Williams was
one of its greatest innovators. As both a
pianist and composer, she was a font of
daring and creativity who helped shape
Sun, Dec. 6 @ 6:30pm – 179GD, TC
NY PREMIERE
Chicago’s South Side is rarely
portrayed in the media as a place
of beauty and positive energy.
Ravishingly photographed, Takin’
Place colorfully captures the aura of
the Washington Park and Englewood
neighborhoods from the chaos of a
joyous Fourth of July in the streets to
girl talk in the intimate confines of a
beauty salon. Director Dowlatshahi,
whose career encompasses work for
Al-Jazeera, National Geographic, and
the Discovery Channel, takes a flyon–the-wall approach to discovering
everyday life and culture on the
South Side in all its glorious diversity
and complexity. Directed by Cyrus
Dowlatshahi, USA, 2015, 84 min,
documentary in English + Panel
discussion and reception
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THE BLACK PANTHERS:
VANGUARD OF THE
REVOLUTION
USA SHORT
CHINA REMIX
Shown with Dennis Rodman’s
Big Bang in Pyongyang
Sat, Dec. 12 @ 8:30pm MIST Harlem + Q&A
The rise and fall of the Black Panther
Party during the 1960s and beyond is
a uniquely American story of a growing
pride in black culture, and more militant
demands for justice and racial equality,
with a cast of larger-than-life personalities
including: Huey Newton, Bobby Seale,
Eldridge and Kathleen Cleaver, and Fred
Hampton. Renowned documentarian
Stanley Nelson masterfully assembles
rare archival footage that contextualizes
the history of the Panthers – begun in
response to racism and police brutality.
Directed by Stanley Nelson, Usa •
2015 • 116 mins, documentary in
English. Q&A with Stanley Nelson and
former Black Panther Party member
after screening.
Tues, Dec 8 @ 9:40pm Bow Tie Chelsea + Q&A
The city of Guangzhou is home to China’s
largest community of African immigrants.
This short documentary explores the
city’s burgeoning African entertainment
industry through the lives of three
African hip-hop artists who are trying
to find success in the face of China’s
challenging labor and immigration laws.
Directed by Melissa Lefkowitz and
Dorian Carli-Jones , USA, 2015, 29
mins short documentary, English
and Mandarin with English subtitles
JOY
Shown with Sexy Money
Fri, Nov. 27 @ 4:30pm – Chapel, TC
A Nigerian woman living in America,
struggles to convince her traditionalist
husband not to circumcise their ten-yearold daughter. Directed by Solomon
Onita Jr., Nigeria, 2015, 15min, short
in English
ADIFF 2015 - TALENT ATTENDING THE FESTIVAL
LIFT EVERY VOICE
NY Premiere
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TALENT attending the
festival
Abby Ginzberg- Director, Soft Vengeance
Alfonso Domingo- Director, Invisible Heroes:
African Americans in the Spanish Civil war
Barbara Aziz- Egyprian Journalist, hostess for
Egypt: Before & After Spring Revolution
Chouchou Namegabe- Congolese Journalist,
panelist for The Man Who Mends Women
Fri, Dec. 4 @ 11am - Chapel, TC
The Regents Exams are mandatory
assessment tests for every
student who wishes to graduate
from a New York State/City High
School with a prestigious Regents
Diploma. This movie sheds light on
how a teacher was able to get her
students motivated and interested
into the exam and their education
by incorporating RAP and HIPHOP into her lectures! Directod by
Dallas Alexis, 2014, USA, 21 min.
short fiction in English. Q&A
after screening
WHITE LIKE THE MOON
Showin with White Lies
Sun, Nov. 29 @ 2pm – TC 179 GD
Mon, Dec. 7 @ 1pm – BowTie Chelsea
A Mexican-American girl struggles to
keep her identity when her mother
forces her to bleach her skin. White
Like the Moon is a revealing film
about a dilemma not very well known
outside Latino communities; that of
the myth of the light skin superiority
in Indigenous and Indigenous
descendant communities. Directed
by Marina Gonzales Palmier,
2001, USA, 23 min, short drama in
English
Dalla Alexis- Director, Lift Every Voice
Danielle Coleman - Founder, flexvote.org, hostess
for Sexy Money
Geeta Gandbhir - Director, A Journey of a
Thousand Miles
James Richards - Director, The Bicycle
Kevin McIntosh - Founder, Rythm n Dance, host for
Hear Me Move
Kirk Shanon-Butts - Director, Julien’s Bed, host for
LGBT Evening
Kinfe Banbu - Director, Bilatena
Melkam Yideg - Producer, Bilatena
Milton Allimadi - Publisher/Editor - Black Star
News, host for DRC film screenings
Mireia Sentis - Producer, Invisible Heroes: African
Americans in the Spanish Civil War
Nnegest Likke - Director, Ben & Ara
Paulette Harris-German - Producer, The Story of
Lover’s Rock, hostess for Black British Program
Rusty Cundieff - Director, White Water
Shinichi Takahashi - Director, Cu-Bop
Sonia Sanchez - Artist, BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez
Stanley Nelson - Director, The Black Panthers:
Vanguard of the Revolution
Thierry michell - Director, The Man Who Mends
Women
Valerio Ciriaci - Director, If Only I Were That
Warrior
Yves Christian - Director, Black / Nwa
Yvonne Welbon - Producer, hostess for Let’s Talk
About Chicago Program
ADIFF 2015 - FESTIVALOPERATION
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STAFF
CONCEPT/REALIZATION/MANAGEMENT/FUNDRAISING
Reinaldo Barroso-Spech and Diarah N’ Daw-Spech
PROGRAMMING
Reinaldo Barroso-Spech and Diarah N’ Daw-Spech
OUTREACH & SCHOOL PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Lerato Bokako, Reinaldo Barroso-Spech and Diarah N’ Daw-Spech
OPERATIONS ASSISTANS / VOLUNTEERS
Janet Clark, Terri Robinson, and Yolanda Hawkins
WEB SITE DESIGN / EDITORIAL CREDITS
Diarah N’Daw Spech - African Diaspora Film Festival, Inc.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TThe African Diaspora International Film Festival would like to thank the following
individuals and organizations for their support and collaboration: the festival team:
Lerato Bokako, Terri Robinson, Yolanda Hawkins, and Janet Clark for their continued
support, hard work and dedication; The friends of the festival who have contributed
to this year’s success: Milton Alilmadi, Paulette German-Harris, the TC technical
team: Rudy Caba, Stephen Sean Hewett, Alain Paradis and Erick Raphael; and
the festival sponsors: ArtMattan Productions; the Office of the Vice President for
Diversity and Community Affairs, Teachers College, Columbia University; Massawa
Restaurant; MIST Harlem; the New York City Council in the Arts; New York City
Council Member Inez E. Dickens; the Consulate General of Switzerland in New
York; Ethiopian Airlines; the Délégation Générale du Québec à New York; TV5
Monde; The Village Voice; WBAI; Martinique Promotion Bureau; NYWIFT; the Black
Documentary Collective; GBM News; The Black Star News; Global Network of Black
Pride; NYC Black Pride; FLICKERIA; donordirectaction.org; and Public funds from
the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Special thanks to the filmmakers, producers and distributors who gave us the
opportunity to share their work with our audience, all the members of the press
who provided coverage for ADIFF 2015, TC Media Services, the team at Bow Tie
Cinemas, MIST Harlem, the administration of Teachers College, especially Janice
Robinson, for their continued support; the panelists; the audience, and especially
all the friends of the festival who come back every year to support this great event.
THANK YOU!
ADIFF 2015 - PRINT SOURCE INFORMATION
70 ACRES IN CHICAGO
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ASNI
Print Source: Ronit Bezalel
Print Source: Rachel Samuel
1239 W. Ardmore #2, Chicago, IL, 60660 E: [email protected]
T: 773-603-0631
E: [email protected]
BADDDDD SONIA SANCHEZ
Print Source: Sabrina Gordon
A JOURNEY OF A
THOUSAND MILES
Print Source: Geeta Gandbhir
ACES
Director: Ntandazo “Didi” Gcingca
Print Source: Artmattan Productions
Email: [email protected]
www.africanfilm.com
ADANGGAMAN
Director: Roger Gnoan M’Bala
www.africanfilm.com
ADIOS MOMO / GOOBYE
MOMO
www.africanfilm.com
AN HONEST LIVING
Print Source: Winter Night Media
Nomcebo Ngema
T: +27 83 422 9514
ARUGBA
[email protected]
www.africanfilm.com
BARAKEDEN, THE LITTLE
HOUSE MAIDS OF BAMAKO
Print Source: L’echanhgeur
T: +336-1894-8314
BEN & ARA
Print Source: Constance Ejuma
6501 Orange St # 103, Los Angeles, CA,
90048
T: 240-476-5931
THE BICYCLE
Print Source: James Richards
2358 98th St, Queens, NY, NY, 11369
T: 646-623-6551
BILATENA
Print Source: Melkam Yideg Teshome
Addis Ababa
T: +251-0910-06-14-67
BLACK / NWA / NOIR
Print Source: Melkam Yideg Teshome
Addis Ababa
T: +251-0910-06-14-67
ADIFF 2015 - PRINT SOURCE INFORMATION (continued)
BLACK PANTHERS
Print Source: Long Shot Factory
Emily Rothschild
E; [email protected]
T: 215-407-9724
THE BLIND ORCHESTRA
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DENNIS RODMAN’S BIG
BANG IN PYONGYANG
Print Source: Chief Prodcutions
Collin Offland
T: +44 161 832 6001
www.chiefproductions.co.uk
Print Source: Avalanche Productions
Emmanuel Preuost
FEVERS
27 Rue d’Enghlen 75010, Paris
T: +331-4770-1300
E: [email protected] www.africanfilm.com
THE CHALLENGER
Print Source: Wishing Well Pictures,
Inc
3012 Arrowhead Drive, Los Angeles,
CA, 90068
T: 213-400-4772
HEAR ME MOVE
Print Source: Coal Stove Productions
T: +27 11 403 1446
E; [email protected]
HONEYTRAP
Print Source: Bright Pictures
Sarah Sulick
CHILDHOOD DESTROYED 52 Talbot Road, London, N6 4QP, UK
Print Source: Artmattan Productions E: [email protected]
T: 0788-768-994
www.africanfilm.com
CHINA REMIX
Print Source: Melissa Lefkowitz
T: (813) 843-0361
CU-BOP
IF ONLY I WERE THAT
WARRIOR
Print Source: Awen Films
www.ifonlyiwerethatwarrior.com
IMAGE
Print Source: Shinichi Takahashi
Print Source: A Team Productions
130-0026 Murasawa - bldg 1 - 3F, 1-3-9 E: [email protected]
Ryogoku Sumridoku, Tokyo, Japan
T: 090-1208-1208
IMPUNITY
Print Source: Florian Schattauer
T: +27 11 440 0485
INVISIBLE HEROES
Print Source: Jordi Torrent
T: 646-342-6669
JOY
Print Source: Solomon Onita Jr.
JULIEN’S BED
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THE MAN WHO MENDS
WOMEN
Print Source: Artmattan Produtions
www.africanfilms.com
MARY LOU WILLIAMS: THE
LADY WHO SWINGS THE
BAND
Print Source: Kirk Shannon-Butts
Print Source: Carol Bash
T: 919-414-3324
KIRIKOU & THE
SORCERESS
MASAI THE RAIN
WARRIORS
LAZY SUSAN
THE PIROGUE
Print Source: Artmattan Productions Print Source: Artmattan Productions
www.africanfilm.com
www.africanfilm.com
Print Source: Stephen Abbott
T: +27 83 367 9330
LET THE MUSIC TALK
Print Source: Yvonne Deutschman
T: +44 7931-752-833
LICENSE TO OPERATE
Print Source: Anna Nesser
T: 212-427-6400
LIFT EVERY VOICE
Print Source: Dallas Alexis
T: 917-687-7969
www.africanfilm.com
PRIVATE REVOLUTION
Print Source: Film Delights
Alexandra Schneider
T: +43-1-944 30 35
SAND DOLLARS
Print Source: Breaking Glass Pictures
Michael Repsch
133 North 4th Street
Philadelphia, Pa, 19106
E:[email protected]
T: 267-324-3934
SCHEHEREZADE, TELL ME
A STORY
www.africanfilm.com
SEASONS OF A LIFE
www.africanfilm.com
SECOND COMING
Print Source: Chief Prodcuti
SEXY MONEY
www.africanfilm.com
SHELTER
Print Source: Screen Media Films
Thomas Yagielski
757 Third Ave. - 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
T: (212) 308-1790 x144
SOFT VENGEANCE: ABLIE
SACHS & THE NEW SOUTH
AFRICA
Print Source: Abby Ginzberg
T: 510-367-3499
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TANGO NEGRO
www.africanfilm.com
THE STORY OF LOVERS
ROCK
www.africanfilm.com
WE, STRIKING / ON A
GREVE
Print Source: Awen Films
www.ifonlyiwerethatwarrior.com
WHEN ELEPHANTS FIGHT
Print Source: Under The Hood
Productions
E: mike@underthehoodproductions.
com
T: 770-634-0790
WHLE YOU WERE NOT
LOOKING
Print Source: The Film Collaborative
Jeffrey Winter
137 N. Larchmont Blvd., #606
Los Angeles, CA 90004
T: (323) 207-8321
STAND DOWN SOLDIER
WHITE LIES
TAKIN’ PLACE
WHITE LIKE THE MOON
Print Source: Artmattan Prodcutions
www.africanfilm.com
www.africanfilm.com
www.africanfilm.com
FILM INDEX IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
70 Acres in Chicago p12, p30
A Journey of a Thousand Miles p16, p30
Aces p21
Adanggaman p19
Adios Momo / Goodbye Momo p16, p27
An Honest Living p17, p19
Arugba p19
Asni p14, p16, p22
BadddDD Sonia Sanchez p8, p16, p31
Barakeden, the little house maids of
Bamako p13, p23
Ben & Ara p16, p28
The Bicycle p16, p29
Bilatena p15, p19
Black /NWA / Noir p24
Black Panthers p33
The Blind Orchestra p20
The Challenger p30
Childhood Destroyed p21
China Remix p33
Cu-Bop p6, p25
Dennis Rodman p26
Fevers p25
Hear Me Move p17, p19
Honeytrap p10, p26
If Only I were That Warrior p7, p15, p23
Image p26
Impunity p16, p17, p20
Invisible Heroes p31
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Joy p33
Julien’s Bed p9, p29
Kirikou & the Sorceress p16, p22
Lazy Susan p22
Let The Music Talk p11, p27
License to Operate p32
Lift Every Voice p16, p34
The Man Who Mends Women p5, p17, p24
Mary Lou Williams p16, p32
Masai Warrior p16, p22
The Pirogue p21
Private Revolution p14, p24
Sand Dollars p25
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story p14, p20
Seasons of a Life p20
Second Coming p11, p16, p26
Sexy Money p23
Shelter p29
Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New
South Africa p17, p23
Stand Down Soldier p29
Takin’ Place p12, p32
Tango Negro, The African Roots of Tango
p28
The Story of Lovers Rock p10, p27
We, Striking / On a Greve p12, p27
When Elephants Fight p17, p24
While You were not Looking p9, p17, p21
White Lies p28
White Like the Moonp34
GET YOUR AFRICAN and
AFRICAN DIASPORA DVDs
TODAY!
Visit
AfricanDiasporaDVD.com
and discover award winning films
showcased in the festival in
previews years
ADIFF IN IMAGES
Page 41
ADIFF NY 2014 SCHOOL PROGRAM
OPENING NIGHT AT
FIFDA PARIS 2014
THIERRY MICHEL,
DIRECTOR OF “THE MAN
WHO MENDS WOMEN”
ADIFF IN IMAGES
Page 42
ADIFF CHICAGO 2015 PANEL FOR
“DANCING LIKE HOME”
KIARA C. JONES,
DIRECTOR OF
“CHRISTMAS WEDDING
BABY”
ADIFF NY 2014 CLOSING
NIGHT SCREENING FOR
“BOUND: AFRICANS VS.
AFRICAN AMERICANS

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