Year-Round Community Engagement
Program
About
AFF brings African films directly to New York neighborhoods with limited cultural resources, taking African cinema out of the art house and into the community. These screenings reach many who may be unable to attend our annual Festival due to cost or location.
Community-based program partners have included cultural institutions and city agencies, such as Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Staten Island Arts, Aaron Davis Hall, City College, and the CityParks Foundation, The Trust for Governors Island, Queens Museum, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Columbia University Institute of African Studies, among others. Along with our partners, we bring free film screenings, music and dance, workshops, panels and art shows to the public.
Events
Fri, Sep 8 at 7:50 PM
"Xala," by Ousmane Sembène at Film Forum, New York
Sat, Mar 18 at 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Let’s Talk About Water & Mayors Make Movies Celebrate NY Water Week at Florence Gould Hall, French Institute Alliance Française, New York
Wed, Feb 22 at 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
"Elder’s Corner," by Adesiji Awoyinka (+ Q&A with the director and musician, Taiwo Lijadu) at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York
Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Alfreda’s Cinema & AFF Present: Let’s Just Do It Ourselves (+ Q&A with Sandye Wilson, moderated by Melissa Lyde) at Anthology Film Archives, New York
Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 7:30 PM
"You’re Watching Video Music Box," by Nasir "Nas" Jones at Grandchamps, Brooklyn
Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM
"You’re Watching Video Music Box," by Nasir "Nas" Jones at Jackie Robinson Park Playground, Brooklyn
Wed, May 11, 2022 at 7:30 PM
Art + Activism: Personal and Collective Freedoms at David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, New York
Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 6:00 PM
"Farewell Amor," by Ekwa Msangi (+ Q&A with Ekwa Msangi) at Maysles Cinema, New York
Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Day of Film & Dance with Afro’Dance Emerges at The People's Forum, New York
Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
"Bigger Than Africa," by Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye (+ followed by a Q&A) at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York
Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 6:00 PM
"La Femme Anjola," by Mildred Okwo at MCC Theater, New York
Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
"Wallay," by Berni Goldblat (+ Sabar dance class led by Babacar Mbaye!) at Tappen Park, Staten Island
Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 4:00 PM to 8:30 PM
"Elder’s Corner," by Adesiji Awoyinka at MoCADA, Brooklyn
Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM
"Cosmic Africa," by Craig Foster & Damon Foster at The Bronx Zoo, Bronx
Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM
"Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony," by Lee Hirsch at Jackie Robinson Park Playground, Brooklyn
Partners & Sponsors
