FRI, DEC. 2
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Q&A with director after the screening!
 Teachers College @ 6PM
The traditional practice of trance has captivated French filmmaker Rahma Benhamou El Madani ever since she was a small girl watching her mother meditate and enter a state of self-induced hypnosis to 'Gnawa' music. Years later, she discovers the band Gnawa Diffusion which plays a blend of 'Gnawa' music, fused with Western and Arabic elements. Motivated by her discovery, El Madani sets out on an odyssey to Morocco, Algeria and Mali to discover the roots of this fascinating ancient and haunting sound.
France/Algeria/ Morocco, 2010, 80mins, Arabic, Doc. in French with English subtitles, Rahma Benhamou El Madani, dir.
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Teachers College @ 8PM
This exploration of Haitian society of the late 19th and early 20th centuries focuses on the tormented life of one of Haiti's most important authors and prominent political figures, Jacques Roumain. In his perceptive writings, Roumain raised questions about the issues facing Haiti that remain relevant today. Some of Jacques Roumain's best writings were translated by the legendary African-American poet Langston Hughes. The question is raised: what legacy has Jacques Roumain left for the future of Haitian youth?
Haiti, 2008, 111min, Doc, French with English subtitles, Arnold Antonin, dir.
Co-presented with the New-York Historical Society.
Starting 11-11, the New-York Historical Society will reopen and explore the Haitian, French & American Revolutions in a new exhibit Revoltuion! The Atlantic World Reborn http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/revolution-the-atlantic-world-reborn
| Opening Night Film Quad Cinema @ 9:40PM  Lovers Rock, often dubbed 'romantic reggae' is a uniquely black British sound that developed in the late 70s and 80s against a backdrop of riots, racial tension and sound systems. Live performance, comedy sketches, dance, interviews and archive shed light on the music and the generation that embraced it. Lovers Rock allowed young people to experience intimacy and healing through dance- known as 'scrubbing'- at parties and clubs. This dance provided a coping mechanism for what was happening on the streets. Lovers Rock developed into a successful sound with national UK hits and was influential to British bands (Police, Culture Club, UB40) These influences underline the impact the music was making in bridging the multi-cultural gap that polarized the times. The film sheds light on a forgotten period of British music, social and political history.
Q&A with director Menelik Shabazz.
Read the reviews about the film. 100% positive reviews!
|  Quad @ 1pm & 7:25pm
An unprecedented insider's view of the political, economic and social forces at work in Ghana during the 2008 presidential elections depicting the pride and humanity of the larger-than-life politicians, party operatives and citizens who battle for the soul of their country. An African Election will have Oscar-qualifying screenings in the context of the festival.
Ghana/Switzerland, 2010, 90 min, Doc, English, Jarreth Merz, dir.
Q&A with director Jarreth Merz after the screening
100% of the critics liked the film! Read more here | Quad @ 5:25pm
Thirty years after Bob Marley's death, it is time to pay tribute to Leonard Percival Howell, The First Rasta At the beginning of the last century, the young Leonard Percival Howell (1893- 1981) left Jamaica, became a sailor and traveled the world. On his way, he chanced upon all the ideas that stirred his time. From Bolshevism to New Thought, from Gandhi to Anarchism, from Garveyism to psychoanalysis, he sought to find his promised land. With this cocktail of ideas Leonard "Going" Howell returned to Jamaica and founded Pinnacle, the first Rasta community. France/Jamaica, 2011, 90 min, Doc, English, Hélène Lee, dir.
Read The New York Times review here
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| | SCREENINGS, FRI. DEC. 2
|  | THE GREAT BAZAAR 11:00 AM - Teachers College
The Great Bazaar by Licinio Azevedo (Mozambique) | [View Event] | |  | TAGNAWITTUDE 6:00 PM - Teachers College
TAGNAWITTUDE by Rahma Benhamou El Madani (Morocco/France/Algeria) | [View Event] | |  | JACQUES ROUMAIN: PASSION FOR A COUNTRY 8:00 PM - Teachers College
Jacques Roumain: Passion for a Country by Arnold Antonin (Haiti) | [View Event] | | | | |  | An African Election
1:00 PM - Quad Cinema
An African Election by Jarreth Merz (Switzerland/Ghana) | [View Event] | |  | Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story 2:50 PM - Quad Cinema
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story by Yousry Nasrallah (Egypt) | [View Event] | |  | The First Rasta November 30, 2011 5:25 PM - December 06, 2011 5:25 PM
The First Rasta by Hélène Lee (Jamaica/France) | [View Event] | | | | | |  | The Story of Lovers Rock 9:40 PM - - Quad Cinema
The Story of Lovers Rock by Menelik Shabazz (UK) | [View Event] | |
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CENTERPIECE SCREENING Sat, Dec. 3 @ 7:00PM @ Teachers College
DAVID IS DYING  | | David Is Dying Movie Traile |
A multidimensional story of a man torn between love and sex in contemporary London. A young, successful hedge fund manager has just been told that he is HIV positive. He is informed of the possibility that his unborn child could also be infected and so too the child's mother, his long-term fiancée, Carla. Winner "Best Director" & "Best Actor" at the American Black Film Festival 2011.Directed by Stephen Lloyd Jackson, 2011, UK, 90 mins. Shown with BUMP
 | | BUMP_short film_trailer | Trevor wakes up with an unknown woman in unknown surroundings. As he struggles to put the pieces together, we follow him through NY as he finds the match to what ignited his night of haze... USA, 2011, 19 min, Drama, English, Rodney Lee, dir. Q&A after the screening followed by a catered reception. | | 
 | SING YOUR SONG December 08, 2011 6:00 PM
SING YOUR SONG by Susanne Rostock (USA) | [View Event] |
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