22nd New York African Film festival
Thursday, May 14th - Sunday, May 17th
Curated by Mahen Bonetti and Hellura Lyle
The New York African Film Festival was established in 1993 with festival co-organizer, the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Screenings feature critically acclaimed releases of feature - and short-format works by African directors of the global diaspora and their counterparts. The New York African Film Festival is presented annually at the Walter Reade Theater by African Film Festival, Inc. and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and at BAMcinématek and the Maysles Cinema.
Thursday, May 14th, 7:00pm
Pirating Pirates
David Čálek,Kenya, Somalia, Czech Republic, 2014, 85 min
Intending to make a film about the pirate phenomenon in Somalia, the filmmakers of Pirating Pirates had no idea that they’d have to lay their original plans aside. The film takes a surprising turn as they become entangled in a web of lies and deceptions.
Q&A with filmmakers to follow screening.
BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1596871
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgAjfUFKhwA
Friday, May 15th, 7:00pm
You Laugh But It’s True
David Paul Meyer, South Africa,USA, 2011, 84 min
The Daily Show’s new host, Trevor Noah, was born to an interracial couple in South Africa, at a time when such a union was illegal. You Laugh But It’s True reveals the story of an outsider who has somehow figured out a way to relate to everyone through his comedy.
BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1596879
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5PZcU9VE2k
Saturday, May 16th, 4:00pm
The New York African Film Festival (NYAFF)
Portrait of a Lone Farmer
Jide Tome Akinleminu, Denmark, Germany, 2013, 75 min
Portrait of a Lone Farmer is a feature documentary about a Danish-Nigerian family torn apart by geography. When Jide, for the first time in five years, visits his father’s poultry farm, we see through his camera the unfolding of a story about family, love, and legacy. It is a quiet and stunning portrait of a broken family trying to heal.
Q&A with director Jide Tome Akinleminu to follow screening.
BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1596888
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/83983028
Saturday, May 16th, 5:30pm
Flying Stars
Ngardy Conteh George & Allan Tong, Canada, 2014, 50 min
During Sierra Leone’s civil war, rebels amputated countless limbs. Most of the victims are orphans, outcasts in a society that refuses to face its past. For some of them, only the amputee soccer league offers a chance at a better life.The Flying Stars documents the daily challenges facing young men broken by life, trying to overcome a cruel fate.
Q&A with director Ngardy Conteh George to follow screening.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5M72s6vs_s
Ghosts of Amistad
Tony Buba, USA, 2014, 57 min
Ghosts of Amistad follows a group of historians and a film crew to Sierra Leone, as they attempt to interview elders about surviving local memory of the Amistad case.
Q&A with filmmakers following screening.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWlNzRLM3YA
BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1596897
Saturday, May 16th, 8:00pm
Maybe Dreams Can Come True
Electra Weston, France, Germany, USA, 2014,100 min
In this contemporary mix of narrative, experimental and documentary filmmaking, Chocolat is torn between nurturing her love relationship in the USA and maintaining a booming entertainment career in Europe. Looking for answers to her deepest questions, she uses a small video camera to explore and question her life by interviewing her friends abroad.
Q&A with director Electra Weston to follow screening.
BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1596905
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/58760210
Sunday, May 17th 2:00 PM
The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo
Yaba Badoe, Ghana, 2014, 78 min
The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo explores the artistic contribution of one of Africa's foremost women writers. Director Badoe charts Aidoo's creative journey over seven decades, from colonial Ghana, through the tumultuous era of independence, to a more sober present day Africa where nurturing women's creative talent remains as hard as ever.
BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1596913
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/105223124
Sunday, May 17th, 4:00pm
Mind of a Chef: Senegal
Claudia Woloshin, USA, Senegal, 2013, 23 min.
Travel to Senegal with Chef Sean Brock to understand how West Africa influenced the ingredients of America.
Networks of Hate
Rokhaya Diallo, France, 2014, 52 min
When Rokhaya Diallo, an avid user of social media, received a tweet inciting others’ to rape her for her liberal views, the battle against hate speech became personal. Networks of Hate documents her journey for justice.
Q&A with director Rokhaya Diallo to follow screening.
BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1596914
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