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01/31/2024

Since 1991, the Cascade Festival of African Films has brought African cinema to Portland. CFAF shows us Africa through African lenses. In 2024, CFAF is thrilled to partner with Multnomah County Library in streaming films for home audiences. The curated list below provides films from past festivals and books related to this year's films. Please check out the CFAF website for all the details about this year's films and in-person festival events https://www.africanfilmfestival.org/

01/10/2023

33rd Annual Cascade Festival of African Films
February 3 – March 4, 2023
In celebration of Black History Month at Portland Community College
Details here: https://2023.africanfilmfestival.org/

February 3 – March 4, 2023 In celebration of Black History Month at Portland Community College A hybrid virtual/in-person festival Free and open to the public The Cascade Festival of African Films shows us Africa through the eyes of Africans, rather than a vision of Africa packaged for Western vie...

06/08/2022

Join us for a FREE Juneteenth Screening of Wax Print
From June 18th to June 21st, join DER for an exclusive free screening of Wax Print in celebration of Juneteenth!

The film traces the vast and multi-stranded global history of a fabric that has become an iconic symbol of Africa and her children worldwide. This beautiful, transnational two-year journey has taken director Aiwan Obinyan around the world, in search of African wax prints and the untold story of how wax print fabric came to symbolize a continent, its people, and their struggle for freedom.

Register here to get the screening link and promo code and watch the film June 18th-June 21st.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-juneteenth-commemoration-screening-of-wax-print-june-18th-june-21st-tickets-358653581517?mc_cid=3edb7cb6c2&mc_eid=fb6f9c51ea

WAX PRINT traces the vast and multi-stranded global history of a fabric that has become a symbol of Africa and her children worldwide.

03/11/2022

Join the celebration!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyc2d1NW58g
A year ago, "The Radio and Other Stories" was released to universal acclaim. Readers around the world started "tuning in" to the Radio and this phenomenon gradually took a life of its own. To mark the book's anniversary, we're releasing a video that showcases a cross-section of those who "tuned in".
Grab your popcorn (or cup of tea), sit back and watch the video's premiere at 8AM GMT +1 (Berlin).

Slideshow produced by Bone Studios LLC

One year on, this video showcases wide range of people that have "tuned in" to the phenomenon that has become "The Radio" by Gil Ndi-Shang. Thank you all to ...

08/27/2020

POV SEASON 33
FEATURE FILM | 08/03/2020 | 52 MINS

"Sabine is a charismatic, larger-than-life personality crammed into a tiny shop in the immigrant Brussels district of Matonge. Here, she and her employees style extensions and glue on lashes while sharing rumors about government programs to legalize migrants and talking about life back home in Cameroon."

http://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/chezjoliecoiffure/

Meet Sabine, the charismatic Cameroonian proprietor of an underground hair salon.

02/15/2019

Colours of the Alphabet

Colours of the Alphabet tells the story of three children and their families over two school terms, and asks the question: does the future have to be in English? The official language in Zambia is English, but there are seven national languages and 72 ethnic languages spoken in the country. How does anyone communicate in this living Tower of Babel?

http://www.der.org/films/colours-of-the-alphabet.html directed by Alastair Cole produced by Nick Higgins color, 80 min, 2016 in Soli, Nyanja, Bemba, English ...

02/10/2019

Black History Month at the NFB

To celebrate the history of the Black Communities in Canada, we've selected a few of the NFB's films that can only scratch the surface of such a rich and multi-layered culture.
NFB

https://www.nfb.ca/film/everybodys_children/

10/17/2018

6 African films enter the Oscars race

1. Egypt, "Yomeddine", A.B. Shawky, director
2. Kenya, "Supa Modo", Likarion Wainaina, director
3. Malawi, "The Road to Sunrise", Shemu Joyah, director
4. Morocco, "Burnout", Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, director
5. Niger, "The Wedding Ring", Rahmatou Keita, director
6. South Africa, "Sew the Winter to My Skin", Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, director

Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, 22 January 2019 with the 91st Oscars ceremony that will be held on Sunday, 4 February 2019, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles.

10/06/2018

TELL THEM WE ARE RISING

THE STORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

The rich history of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) began before the end of slavery, flourished in the 20th century, and profoundly influenced the course of the nation for over 150 years — yet remains largely unknown. With Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, the latest documentary from Stanley Nelson (Black Panthers, Freedom Riders) and Marco Williams, the powerful story of the rise, influence, and evolution of HBCUs comes to life.

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/tell-them-we-are-rising/

09/06/2018

A powerful inspiration to all who ever dreamed of making films in indigenous languages!

TIFF premiere: Sgaawaay K'uuna, the first feature film about the Haida people

Sgaawaay K'uuna (Edge of the Knife) is a feature film project that works to entertain audiences and revitalize language.

01/06/2018

Africa in pictures. Awesome shots!

A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this week:Images courtesy of AFP, EPA, PA, Reuters and Getty Images

12/08/2017

The Harder They Come
http://www.tiff.net/films/the-harder-they-come/?mc_cid=c74cec1e51&mc_eid=367e735cae

TIFF is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film.

12/08/2017

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Distinctly referred to as "a redwood tree, with deep roots in American culture," Dr. Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928-May 28, 2014) led a prolific life. As a singer, dancer, activist, poet and writer, she inspired generations with lyrical modern African-American thought that pushed boundaries. Best known for her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Random House), she gave people the freedom to think about their history in a way they never had before.

With unprecedented access, filmmakers Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack trace Dr. Angelou's incredible journey, shedding light on the untold aspects of her life through never-before-seen footage, rare archival photographs and videos and her own words.

http://regis.kanopystreaming.com/video/maya-angelou-and-still-i-rise

Distinctly referred to as "a redwood tree, with deep roots in American culture," Dr. Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928-May 28, 2014) led a prolific life. As a singer, dancer, activist, poet and writer, she inspired generations with lyrical modern African-American thought that pushed boundaries. Best known...

12/07/2017

Mother of George

In this dazzlingly beautiful romantic drama, a Nigerian woman living in Brooklyn must make a choice which could have dire consequences when she has failed to conceive a child a year after her glorious wedding.

Winner of a Cinematography Award and nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Winner of an AAFCA Award for Best World Cinema from the African-American Film Critics Association.

"It's a powerfully sensual movie, gorgeously lensed colors and textures conveying its characters emotional states while thoughtfully exploring the range of human sexuality through Adenike's experience." - Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic

"Just when it seems as if there are no new worlds for cinema to explore, a movie like "Mother of George" comes along to prove otherwise." - Marc Mohan, Oregonian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF7IPYNElKA

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12/06/2017

Hotel Splendid

Selected to screen at the prestigious Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival, this award-winning film is an intimate account of a community of migrants from Africa who are living in an Italian hotel converted into an emergency refugee camp.

The film recounts the migrants' dramatic voyage to Europe -- the violence and abuse -- and the Kafkaesque, almost surreal experiences they encounter during the evaluation process.

The film has been screened in many international festivals and won Best Documentary Film at Valdarno Cinema Fedic in Italy.
http://regis.kanopystreaming.com/video/hotel-splendid

Selected to screen at the prestigious Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival, this award-winning film is an intimate account of a community of migrants from Africa who are living in an Italian hotel converted into an emergency refugee camp. The film recounts the migrants' dramatic voyage to E...

11/20/2017

Framing the Other

https://youtu.be/K65zwVkiLNo

Purchase: http://www.der.org/films/framing-the-other.html The Mursi tribe resides in the basin of the Omo River, in the east African state of Ethiopia. Mursi...

11/17/2017

A Snake Gives Birth to a Snake
https://youtu.be/IjqbxTU8rcA

http://www.der.org/films/snake-gives-birth-to-a-snake.html by Michael Lessac color, 101 min, 2014 in Afrikaans, Albanian, Bosnian, English, Xhosa, Zulu, Alba...

11/13/2017

Under African Skies To Open Encounters
https://youtu.be/jw6eTs8mw70

Directed by Emmy and Peabody winner Joe Berlinger, the documentary tells the inside story of Paul Simon’s trip to South Africa to record Graceland and his return last year to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The bestselling, Grammy-winning album introduced South African music to the world and has been included in numerous Best Album of All Time lists by the likes of Rolling Stone and Time, but the trip was heavily criticized at the time, as it undermined the cultural embargo against Apartheid.

Under African Skies was a favourite at Sundance earlier this year, where The Hollywood Reporter called it “pure bliss.”

Another of Berlinger’s films, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, which he co-directed with Bruce Sinofsky, will also screen at Encounters. This is the conclusion to his gripping, three-part courtroom drama about the West Memphis Three, who allegedly murdered three children in Arkansas, USA in 1993. Purgatory was nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar in March.

Best of PaulSimon: https://goo.gl/j3WY2Z Subscribe here: https://goo.gl/XFhtQp "Music video by Paul Simon performing ""Under African Skies"" Trailer. (C) 201...