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African Film Festival, Inc., in collaboration with Mid-Manhattan Library, kicks-off a month-long African cinema sci-fi series. The series launches, this Sunday, with a screening of John Akomfrah Last Angel of History. Akomfrah is one of the most dynamic African filmmakers working today. While there is already much buzz around his newest film, Nine Muses, which…See More

The sights and sounds of Africa are just a seven-minute ferry ride away! Please join African Film Festival, Inc. and The Trust for Governors Island for this exceptional all-day celebration on Governors Island. This event will feature FREE dance classes with world-renowned choreographers and master teachers from Brazil, Senegal, and Guinea. There will also be FREE storytelling, double-dutch and quilting demonstrations and workshops. Short African films by emerging directors will be shown…See More

The sights and sounds of Africa are just a seven-minute ferry ride away! Please join African Film Festival, Inc. and The Trust for Governors Island for this exceptional all-day celebration on Governors Island. This event will feature FREE dance classes with world-renowned choreographers and master teachers from Brazil, Senegal, and Guinea. There will also be FREE storytelling, double-dutch and quilting demonstrations and workshops. Short African films by emerging directors will be shown…See More

The sights and sounds of Africa are just a seven-minute ferry ride away! Please join African Film Festival, Inc. and The Trust for Governors Island for this exceptional all-day celebration on Governors Island. This event will feature FREE dance classes with world-renowned choreographers and master teachers from Brazil, Senegal, and Guinea. There will also be FREE storytelling, double-dutch and quilting demonstrations and workshops. Short African films by emerging directors will be shown…See More

  African Film Festival, Inc. and Mid-Manhattan LibraryPresentsThe Sunday Movies at Mid-Manhattan Library@2:00 p.m. Come join African Film Festival and Nigerian director, Nqozi Onwurah, for a special presentation of the film 'Shoot the Messenger' at the Mid-Manhattan Library, Annex! Shoot the Messenger*Ngozi Onwurah, UK, 2006, 100 min.Joe is determined to save the black youngsters at his school from a life of gangs, crime and underachievement. When a seemingly minor incident escalates out of…See More

Doc Watchers presents the African Film Festival, April 29 through May 1st at the Maysles Cinema! The series includes independently produced African documentaries hailing from across the continent.  To view the schedule and find out how to purchase tickets, visit the Maysles Cinema website hereSee More

Doc Watchers presents the African Film Festival, April 29 through May 1st at the Maysles Cinema! The series includes independently produced African documentaries hailing from across the continent.  To view the schedule and find out how to purchase tickets, visit the Maysles Cinema website hereSee More

African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF), in partnership with the Museum of Art and Design (MAD), will celebrate both entities' spotlight on the contemporary artistic voices of the Diaspora  The 18th New York African Film Festival and 'The Global Africa Project', through a panel discussion and film screening at the Museum of Art and Design Theater. The African Diaspora focus of both AFF and MAD is timely as 2011 has been designated the 'International Year of the Peoples of African Descent' by the…See More

African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF), in partnership with the Museum of Art and Design (MAD), will celebrate both entities' spotlight on the contemporary artistic voices of the Diaspora  The 18th New York African Film Festival and 'The Global Africa Project', through a panel discussion and film screening at the Museum of Art and Design Theater. The African Diaspora focus of both AFF and MAD is timely as 2011 has been designated the 'International Year of the Peoples of African Descent' by the…See More

Viral Mediaocracy (VMO) -  VMO is virtual gallery that will feature curated audio, video, image and text in viral multi-media exhibitions. For this project, creativity will be valued over artistic merit. Therefore, we encourage anyone who believes that they have compelling and thought-provoking content to submit to the site. VMO is for any individual who happens to capture a provoking slice of life, be it a snippet of a conversation, sounds of a bustling city, a written pondering, a haiku, an…See More