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Follow on Google News |  Gems of the African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF)ADIFF will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year. Join us to (re)discover films that had their US or New York premiere in ADIFF and received great reviews in Variety. These films illustrate the depth and range of ADIFF.
By: African Diaspora International Film Festival A film series of critically acclaimed films presented in ADIFF over the last 20 years The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year. From June 29 to July 1, join us to (re)discover films that had their US or New York premiere in ADIFF and received great reviews in Variety. These films illustrate the depth and range of ADIFF. Some of them have enjoyed a successful career in the USA while others disappeared after touring the festival circuit. FILM SERIES DETAILED PROGRAM FRIDAY, JUNE 29 @ 6PM OTOMO Award winning actors Isaac de Bankole (Chocolat, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samourai, Manderlay) and Eva Mattess (Enemy at the Gates) star in this powerful film portraying institutionalized racism and police brutality and provides a convincing look at the everyday world of refugees, who are continuously surrounded by tension and insecurity. "A shocking portrayal of rampant racism." - Variety FREE SCREENING. FRIDAY, JUNE 29 @ 8PM THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILL This award-winning, powerful documentary which received its world premiere during the 10th ADIFF in 2002 at the Schomburg Center, recounts how the murder of this young man was a catalist for the Civil Rights Mouvement in the USA. "A powerful account of a hate crime in mid-century segregated Mississippi." SATURDAY, JUNE 30 @ 2PM NO TIME TO DIE "Ghanaian helmer King Ampaw's beguiling English-speaking comedy, about the romantic travails of a lovestruck hearse driver, effortlessly shuttles between city and bush, from genre to fable and back again." - Variety SATURDAY, JUNE 30 @ 4PM SIA, THE DREAM OF THE PYTHON "A delightful, pointed fable of religious and political extremism that's extra-relevant at present [Sia, the Dream of the Python is a] smart, briskly paced mix of costume exotica and punchy thematic universalism. - Variety SATURDAY, JUNE 30 @ 6PM FISH ABOVE SEA LEVEL "Tyro Jordanian writer-director Hazim Bitar's laid-back minimalist approach works to surprising dramatic effect in "Fish Above Sea Level," a character-driven two-hander about the grandson of a white loan shark and the grandson of his black victim thrown together by the economic downturn." - Variety SATURDAY, JUNE 30 @ 8PM DANCING FOREVER FAIS DANSER LA POUSSIERE "Based on Marie Do's autobiographical novel, ["Dancing Forever"] neatly balances the two dominant factors in its heroine's destiny: her mixed-race heritage and her passion for dance. "Dancing Forever's" consistently upbeat tone matches its heroine's indomitable spirit. Featuring fully fleshed-out, juicily ambivalent characters coping with complexities of racism in 1960s France, and a wealth of colorful, well-executed terpsichorean material performed by a talented, real-life ballerina lead, pic satisfies on a number of levels." - Variety SUNDAY, JULY 1@ 2PM DESAMORES "Spiffy Puerto Rican noir with a black private eye as hero, based on the novel "Desamores" by political writer Wilfredo Mattos-Cintron, brings some nice ironic class tensions back into the genre. The story hovers over the uglier aspects of the beautiful people as the cynical detective walks a thin line between a corrupt plutocracy and a psychopathic criminal underclass on the streets of San Juan. " - Variety SUNDAY, JULY 1 @ 4PM SCHEHERAZADE, TELL ME A STORY "Though treating women's oppression as a political issue isn't exactly new, the clarity with which it's spelled out in "Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story" is both bold and brave. Together with scribe Waheed Hamed, helmer Yousry Nasrallah presents women's sexuality as an expression of self-determination, making clear the parallels with an ever-degenerating political system." - Variety SUNDAY, JULY 1 @ 6:30PM CURACAO "With razor-sharp irony, Dutch documakers Sander Snoep and Sarah Vos limn a damning portrait of the legacy of colonialism in "Curacao." The slyly acerbic pic juxtaposes letters from 18th- and 19th-century magistrates and ship captains, matter-of-factly enumerating everyday horrors of the slave trade, with scenes of contemporary Hollanders wining and dining in gated communities; WHAT: GEMS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WEB SITE: http://www.nyadiff.org/ WHEN: June 29 - July 1, 2012 WHERE: Teachers College, Columbia University 525 West 120th Street - Room 263 Macy Train 1 to 116th Street FREE PARKING on weekends Photo ID required to enter the building Ticket price: * Free on 6/29 @6PM * $11, $9 for seniors and students per show on 6/29 @ 8PM, 6/30 and 7/1 * Day Pass: $20 * Weekend Pass: $30 Tel: (212) 864-1760 Buy $30 Weekend Pass, a $20 Day Pass Online or an individual ticket for any of the films HERE DVDs of films from Africa and the African Diaspora will be on sale at the venue. $15 per DVD; $25 for 2 DVDs; $35 for three DVDs and $10 for each additional DVD. Thanks to Sponsors: The GEMS OF ADIFF Film Series is made possible thanks to the support of the following institutions and individuals: End
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