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

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