ADFF 2009 SPECIAL EVENTS

OPENING NIGHT - WOLE SOYINKA: CHILD OF THE FOREST by Akin Omotoso & NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH by John Kani
Fri, Nov 27 @ 8:00PM - Anthology Film Archives
Sponsored by ArtMattan Productions


painting journey

A PAINTING JOURNEY
Sun, Nov. 29, ALL DAY - Thalia Cinema - Symphony Space
Sponsored by ArtMattan Productions and The Consulate General of Switzerland in New York


Night in Martinique

 

A NIGHT IN MARTINIQUE - FULL MOON AT VOLGA BEACH & THE 16 OF BASSE-POINTE
Sun, Nov. 29 @ 6:40PM - Anthology Film Archives

Sponsored by Martinique Bureau


CENTERPIECE - INSIDE BUFFALO by Fred Kudjo Kuwornu
Fri, Dec 4 @ 8:00PM - Cowin Center (Teachers College)
Sponsored by the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University

 

 

GALA - THE HARIMAYA BRIDGE by Aaron Woolfolk
Sun. Dec 6 @ 5:30PM - Thalia Theatre (Symphony Space)

 

A NIGHT IN MOROCCO - THE TALE OF A CHAOUCHI WRESTLER / MOUSSEM LAMCHAOUCHA by Mohamed Ahed Bensouda
Tue, Dec. 8 @ 6:30PM - Thalia Theatre (Symphony Space)
Sponsored by the French Cultural Services


THE AFRICA CHANNEL GALA - THE SOUL OF ASHANTI by Kevin Merz & ARUGBA by Tunde Kelani
Wed, Dec. 9 @ 8:30PM - Anthology Film Archives
Sponsored by The Africa Channel


WOMEN INDIES NIGHT - THE LITTLE BLACK SCHOOL HOUSE & PORTIA WHITE, THINK ON ME by Sylvia D. Hamilton
Thu, Dec. 10 @ 8:30PM - Schomburg Center
Sponsored by NYWIFT (New York Women in Films and Television)
closing ceremony CLOSING CEREMONY - screening ADFF 2009 Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color - Live Performance by GERARLD ALSTON - Lead Singer of the Manhattans - Reception
Sun, Dec. 13 @ 3:00PM - Cowin Center