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We’re a “Black Star” official selection!
Watch out Philly, here we come! This August, we’ll be showing at the very popular and well-loved Black Star Film Festival! VERY excited!
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“Farewell” makes its Brooklyn debut on June 24th!
We’re happy to announce our next appearance and Brooklyn debut at the Weeksville Freedom Film Festival on Saturday June 24th at 5pm. We’re in the company of some fierce female filmmakers so it promises to be quite a treat! Don’t miss it! Get your tickets on eventbrite here!
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Women Filmmakers: Immigrant Stories
Our next New York screening is on Thursday May 25th at 7pm as part of the New York Women in Film & TV Immigrant Stories Series. Don’t miss it! RSVP here.
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Tickets on Sale NOW for the US Premiere!
The US Premiere takes place at the New York African Film Festival on Monday May 8th @ 6:45pm in the NY Shorts Section. Tickets are moving fast so get them now! Click here for the link.
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US Premiere this coming May!
It’s with great excitement that we announce our US Premiere which will take place at the New York African Film Festival on Monday May 8th at 6:30pm. Save the date!
The African Film Festival has been a wonderful and warm supporter of all of my work, and has always been a fabulous platform to jump off from. It’s like having a wonderful celebration with your family before going out into the big, bad world! I hope you all can join us. Details about the screening to follow soon!
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African Women in Cinema Blog Interview
Tanzanian-American Ekwa Msangi: storytelling, filmmaking through the lens of multiple identities.
[Read the full interview HERE]
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We’re Your Freedom Fighters
From An Independent African Filmmaker: We’re Not Just Today’s Griots, We’re Your Freedom Fighters
I grew up in Kenya at a time when 99 percent of all television, film and music programming leaned to the West (The stats have changed a great deal since then for television and music, but film is still mostly Western produced). It’s hard to explain what it means to never see one’s own image reflected in any type of realistic way, but the closest example I can share is when I travelled abroad on my own for the first time at 16-years-old. […]
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