Festival:
The 25th New York African Film Festival
Dates:
May 16-22
About:
This long-running series celebrates African and African diaspora cinema, and includes four documentaries among its 13 new feature offerings.
TAHAR CHERIAA: UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE BAOBAB
Two of these are profiles of notable figures of African film culture: Valérie Osouf’s
ABDERRAHMNE SISSAKO: BEYOND TERRITORIES profiles the filmmaker behind work like BAMAKO and TIMBUKTU; while Mohamed Challouf’s
TAHAR CHERIAA: UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE BAOBAB is about the Tunisian who founded Africa’s first film festival in Carthage.
BURKINABÈ RISING
The remaining docs are also arts-focused: Iara Lee’s
BURKINABÈ RISING, on nonviolent resistance by artists and others in Burkina Faso; and Joanne Hock’s
PURPLE DREAMS, about the impact of musical theatre arts education on a predominantly African-American southern high school.
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