Pan African Film Festival

Schedule:

12:30 PM - BLACK IMMIGRANTS: TELLING OUR STORIES & VISIONING THE FUTURE

Film screening and powerful discussion exploring the needs, challenges, and aspirations of Black immigrants. This event will also examine the deep connections between Black displacement, migration, and the systemic forces of racial capitalism and global anti-Blackness driving these issues. Featuring the short films: BOAT PEOPLE, CARTES, and MEXICO IS HELL FOR BLACK MIGRANTS. Hosted by Ryan Darbonne, co-founder of the Black Auteur Film Festival.

3:30 PM - LEGACY: THE DE-COLONIZED HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Apartheid was dismantled in 1994, yet three decades later, South Africa still remains the most unequal country in the world. The roots of this inequality are revealed in this insightful exploration into South Africa, exposing why they persist today. A perspective-shifting documentary that features, in unprecedented access, the grandson of the “Architect of Apartheid,” who takes an honest look into his ancestry, exposing not only the systemic strings that apartheid still holds over South Africa but also the psychological strings. Hosted by Ryan Darbonne, co-founder of the Black Auteur Film Festival.

7:30 PM - SUN RA: DO THE IMPOSSIBLE 

A kaleidoscopic portrait of the visionary jazz musician, composer, and poet known as Sun Ra and the musical, historical, and philosophical currents that shaped him.

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