May 19- May 25, 2022
The 29th New York African Film Festival is presented under the banner Visions of Freedom: tuning into diverse and interconnected notions of freedom pertinent to Africa, the diaspora, and the world at large. This year’s festival presents programs that recall activisms past and usher in new anthems of the future to embrace a united front for liberation and expression.
The Last Shelter
Ousmane Samassékou, 85M
El Maestro Laba Sosseh
Maky Madiba Sylla, Lionel Bourqui, 70M
Thomas Sankara, The Human
Boubié Richard Tiéné, 71M
Sankara’s Orphans
Géraldine Berger, 84M
Abu Saddam
Nadine Khan, 89M
When a Farm Goes Aflame
Jide Tom Akinleminu, 112M
Night Nursery
Moumouni Sanou, 67M
Death and Cash
Lionel Doyigbé, 44M
Shorts Program
(Screening In Person)
This Thing is Not For You
Becoming Black Lawyers
A Real Dancer Cannot Stand Still
From the Caves Mouth
Kasongo (Im)Materiel
VIRTUAL PROGRAM
Feature Films
10 Songs for Charity
Karin Junger, 115M
When Women Speak
Aseye Tamakloe, 90M
Aya
Simon Coulibaly Gillard, 90M
SHORT FILMS
How the Turtoise Cracked its Shell
An Ode to a Time I Loved Bread
Ele of The Dark
Winter Insect, Summer Flower
