Women Who Fight Back Film Series

The African Diaspora International Film Festival and the Office of the VP for Diversity & Community Affairs, Teachers College, Columbia Univ. are presenting The Women Who Fight Back Film Series, which will be held at Teachers College from June 3-5.
By: Diarah N'Daw-Spech
 
May 28, 2011 - PRLog -- From Mali to the USA, from Colombia to Canada, there are Black women everywhere fighting to defend women's right to exist as full human-being. ADIFF has compiled a program of ten powerful films that tell stories of women who fight to keep their family, their culture and their integrity alive and strong.

Faraw, Mother of Dunes by Abbdoulaye Ascofaré (Mali, 90mins)
Zamiatouis the mother of two quarrelsome boys and a depressed teenage girl struggles hard to survive in a poor and desolate area. She is ready to face anything to keep the family alive except prostituting her beautiful daughter. FREE SCREENING. Fri, June 3 @ 6PM

JOSEPHINE BAKER: BLACK DIVA IN A WHITE MAN’S WORLD by Annette von Wangenheim (Germany/USA, 45mins)  
A tender, revealing documentary about one of the most famous and popular performing artists of the 20th century. Fri, June 3  @ 8:30pm

Family Motel by Helene Klodawsky (Canada, 88mins)
Raising teenaged daughters is not easy, especially for Ayan, a Somalian refugee living in Canada who also supports a husband and two sons left behind in Somalia. But Ayan keeps her faith and dignity throughout the challenging times she faces and, with great fortitude, strives to make the best of her difficult situation. Sat, June 4  @ 2pm

Soraya, Love Is Not Forgotten by Marta Rodríguez and Fernando Restrepo (Colombia, 52mins) & Susana Baca : Memoria Viva by Mark Dixon (Peru/Belgium, 54mins)  
Two films that follow strong Afro-Latino women -from Colombia and Peru - fighting to keep their family and culture alive and strong. Sat, June 4  @ 4pm

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story by Yousry Nasrallah (Egypt, 134 mins)
Hebba Younisis a contemporary, fiercely independent Egyptian talk-show host must shift away from hard politics to devote her program to social issues - the so-called "women's stories,” to please her ambitious husband. But she discovers lives and struggles that may be even more damaging to reveal in this surprising, engrossing and thoughtful film about modern gender politics in Egypt. Sat, June 4  @ 7pm

Hearing Radmilla by Angela Webb (USA, 82mins)  
This film is a portrait of Radmilla Cody, who was Miss Navajo Nation from 1997 to 1998. It follows her reign as the first biracial Miss Navajo, then explores her pursuit of a singing career, and finally addresses the cruel realities that led to serious legal consequences for her.  Sun, June 5  @ 1pm

Umoja- the village where men are forbidden by Jean Crousillac and Jean-Marc Sainclair (France/Kenya, 52mins)
The film tells the story of brave Samburu women who, after being raped and dishonored, gathered and created Umoja, a village forbidden to men, which rapidly became a refuge for those in a similar plight. Sun, June 5  @ 3pm

Compensation by Zeinabu irene Davis (US, 92mins)
Presents two unique African-American love stories between a deaf woman and a hearing man. Screening will be followed by a conversation with a representative of the of the New York City Black Deaf Advocates Chapter.  Program will also include an interpreter. Sun, June 5 @ 4:30pm

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks by Lisa Gay Hamilton (USA, 90mins)
Celebrates the life of legendary African American actress, poet and political activist Beah Richards, best known for her Oscar nominated role in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. Sun, June 5  @ 7pm, followed by a reception with Sugar Hill Beer courtesy of HarlemBrew.

Teachers College, Columbia University is located at 525 West 120th St. - Room 263 Macy
Take train 1 to 116th street and walk uptown four blocks. Entrance between Broadway & Amsterdam. Picture ID  to enter building.. For a full schedule and to order advance tickets online please or visit http://www.NYADIFF.org.  

6PM Friday Screening is free and open to the public.  For the 8:30pm show on Friday and the Saturday and Sunday screenings ticket prices are as follows: Weekend pass $20;
Day pass $15; $6 per show.   All screenings are free with valid TC ID.

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Held in NYC, Chicago, DC and Jersey City, the African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) features programs around urban, classic, foreign & independent films that explore the richness and diversity of the life experience of people of color all over the world.
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