BAMcinématek series Creatively Speaking will screen Ebony Goddess Queen of Ile Aiye as part of the Women on the Verge… aka For Colored Girls… (shorts program). This year, the Creatively Speaking series celebrates what the UN has declared “the Year of People of African Descent,” bringing together a selection of films representing the breadth and diversity… Read more »
Tag: Brooklyn Academy of Music
Kinshasa Symphony Opened the New York African Film Festival
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vTk0XsgZV4] In case you missed the Opening Night of the New York African Film Festival, here’s a trailer for the documentary Kinshasa Symphony, which examines the extraordinary musical group L’Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste (Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra) from Democratic Republic of the Congo. About the festival: The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) and African Film Festival,… Read more »
Fundraiser aims to save "Style Wars" film
Fundraiser aims to save “Style Wars” film, a 1984 graffiti doc on PBS The Brooklyn Academy of Music is hosting a Sept. 9 restoration fundraiser for a historic graffiti/hip-hop documentary that aired on PBS in 1984. “Style Wars” is widely regarded as the first doc to focus on the cultural genres. “Nearly 25 years since… Read more »
17th Annual New York African Film Festival, April 7th to May 31st
New York City — The place to celebrate! The NYAFF kicks off their 17th annual festival today! The New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) was established in 1993 with our festival co-organizer, the Film Society of Lincoln Center. This flagship program of screenings and panel discussions was presented bi-annually until 1998 and is now an… Read more »