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A New Color
Film
A New Color
Directed by Marlene “Mo” Morris
African American artist, educator, and activist Edythe Boone has been changing the world one mural at a time…
Slate One
A Taste Of Our Land
Film
A Taste Of Our Land
Directed by Yuhi Amuli
Set in an unnamed African country, A Taste of Our Land is a film about greed told against…
Slate Two
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Film
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Directed by Zacharias Kunuk
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner is an epic film made by and about the Inuit peoples of the Canadian…
Back Of The Moon – ADIFF 2020 Centerpiece
Film
Back Of The Moon – ADIFF 2020 Centerpiece
Directed by Angus Gibson
1958, Sophiatown. On the eve of his home being demolished by aparheid police, notorious gangster Badman decides that…
Slate Three
BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez
Film
BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez
Directed by Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
This film offers unprecedented access to the life, work and mesmerizing performances of renowned poet and activist Sonia…
Barrow: Freedom Fighter
Film
Barrow: Freedom Fighter
Directed by Marcia Weekes
Narrated by former United States Attorney General Eric Holder whose father is from Barbados, the Errol Barrow docudrama,…
Slate Two
Conscience Point
Film
Conscience Point
Directed by Treva Wurmfield
Exploring the roots of American inequity, greed and pollution, Conscience Point contrasts the values of those for whom…
Slate Three
Dark City Beneath The Beat
Film
Dark City Beneath The Beat
Directed by TT the Artist
Dark City Beneath The Beat is an audiovisual experience that defines the soundscape of Baltimore city.
Dọlápọ̀ is Fine
Film
Dọlápọ̀ is Fine
Directed by Ethosheia Hylton
Soon to leave her very British boarding school, Dọlápọ̀ is pressured to conceal her natural hair, and to…
Filling The Gap
Film
Filling The Gap
Directed by Tyrone Young
Conceived as an effort to alter the way African-American children see themselves and their ancestors, this docu-drama highlights…
Finding Sally – ADIFF 2020 Winner
Film
Finding Sally – ADIFF 2020 Winner
Directed by Tamara Dawit
A personal investigation into the mysterious life of the director's Aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared after…
Slate Two
Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker
Film
Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker
Directed by Joanne Grant
Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker reveals the instrumental role that Ella Baker, a friend and advisor to…
Slate Two
Good Thanks, You?
Film
Good Thanks, You?
Directed by Molly Manning Walker
In the aftermath of an attack, Amy is left voiceless, trapped in a whirlwind of incompetence. She must…
Slate Three
Gramercy – GALA SCREENING
Film
Gramercy – GALA SCREENING
Directed by Jamil McGinnis, Pat Heywood
Shaq, a young man grappling with depression, returns to his New Jersey hometown, where his exploration of grief…
Slate One
Intruder In The Dust
Film
Intruder In The Dust
Directed by Clarence Brown
In 1940’s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice…
Slate Three
Jump!
Film
Jump!
Directed by Shari Petti
“Jump!” follows the three-month journey of the JumpTT programme which used parkour and physical theatre as an aesthetic…
Francophone Cinema
Kirikou and the Sorceress
Film
Kirikou and the Sorceress
Directed by Michel Ocelot
This animated film exquisitely recounts the tale of tiny Kirikou born in an African village in which Karaba…
Francophone Cinema
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Slate Two
Kuessipan
Film
Kuessipan
Directed by Myriam Verreault
Adapted from Naomi Fontaine's acclaimed novel, Kuessipan is Myriam Verreault's first narrative feature.
Francophone Cinema
Lil’ Buck: Real Swan – ADIFF 2020 Closing Night Film
Film
Lil’ Buck: Real Swan – ADIFF 2020 Closing Night Film
Directed by Louis Wallecan
Bringing his experience in the ballet world with him, Lil Buck heads back to South Memphis to teach…
Slate Three
Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba
Film
Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba
Directed by Mika Kaurismaki
Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always…
Slate Three
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings The Band
Film
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings The Band
Directed by Carol Bash
She was ahead of her time, a genius. During an era when Jazz was the nation's popular music,…
Slate Two
Mr. Weekend
Film
Mr. Weekend
Directed by McKenzie Woodward
Mr. Weekend is a neo-noir set in Black Los Angeles centered around a middling bookie and how his…
Slate Three
Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond The Mask
Film
Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond The Mask
Directed by Frederick Lewis
Documentary on the life and legacy of the first African American to achieve national fame as a writer.
Slate Three
Pink Opaque
Film
Pink Opaque
Directed by Derrick Perry
While struggling to finish his thesis documentary required to graduate, Travis Wolfe reconnects with his estranged uncle and…
Slate Three
River City Drumbeat
Film
River City Drumbeat
Directed by Anne Flatté, Marlon Johnson
Edward "Nardie" White devoted his life to leading the African-American drum corps he co-founded with Zambia Nkrumah in…
Slate One
Sergeant Rutledge
Film
Sergeant Rutledge
Directed by John Ford
Lieutenant Tom Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) is sent to defend Sergeant Braxton Rutledge (Woody Strode), a black cavalry soldier,…
Slate One
Something of Value
Film
Something of Value
Directed by Richard Brooks
In Kenya, Peter (Rock Hudson), the son of a white settler, forms a tight friendship with Kimani (Sidney…
St. Louis Blues – ADIFF 2020 Opening Night Film
Film
St. Louis Blues – ADIFF 2020 Opening Night Film
Directed by Allen Resiner
Will Handy (Nat 'King' Cole) grows up in Memphis with his preacher father (Juano Hernandez) and his Aunt…
STRIKE FOR FREEDOM – FREDERICK DOUGLASS IN SCOTLAND
Film
STRIKE FOR FREEDOM – FREDERICK DOUGLASS IN SCOTLAND
Directed by Parisa Urquhart
Strike for Freedom chronicles new efforts to memorialize Frederick Douglass’s abolitionist work in Scotland. In the 19th-century, Edinburgh…
Slate Two
Sweet Country
Film
Sweet Country
Directed by Warwick Thornton
Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial…
Slate Three
Take Out Girl – GALA SCREENING
Film
Take Out Girl – GALA SCREENING
Directed by Hisonni Johnson
Tera Wong delivers Chinese food for her mother's struggling restaurant located in a territory referred to as the…
Slate One
The Last Mambo
Film
The Last Mambo
Directed by Rita Hargrave
The Last Mambo is an optimistic documentary that showcases Bay Area Afro-Latin music as a potent social force...
Slate Two
The Letter
Film
The Letter
Directed by Christopher King, Maia Lekow
Filmed with a gentle pace and incredible closeness, The Letter is an intimate family portrait that ascends into…
Slate One
The Passing On
Film
The Passing On
Directed by Nathan Clarke
James Bryant, a renowned embalmer, hopes a promising mortuary student will overlook his feelings of rejection within the…
Slate One
The Pawnbroker
Film
The Pawnbroker
Directed by Sidney Lumet
A Jewish pawnbroker (Rod Steiger), victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man - including…
The Souls Of Black Girls
Film
The Souls Of Black Girls
Directed by Daphne Valerius
The Souls of Black Girls is an award-winning provocative news documentary that raises the question of whether or…
Slate Three
The Story of Lovers Rock
Film
The Story of Lovers Rock
Directed by Menelik Shabaz
Lovers Rock developed into a successful sound with national UK hits and was influential to British bands (Police,…
Slate Two
The Tracker
Film
The Tracker
Directed by Rolf de Heer
The year is 1922 and The Tracker (David Gulpilil, Walkabout, Rabbit-Proof Fence) has the job of pursuing The…
Slate Three
Time and Judgement
Film
Time and Judgement
Directed by Menelik Shabazz
Time and Judgement is an overview of the African Liberation Movement that spans a period of 400 hundred…
Slate Two
Warrior Women
Film
Warrior Women
Directed by Christina D. King, Elizabeth A. Castle
Warrior Women is the story of Madonna Thunder Hawk, one such AIM leader who shaped a kindred group…
Slate Two
White Lies
Film
White Lies
Directed by Dana Rotberg
Based on a novel by Whale Rider writer Witi Ihimaera, White Lies - New Zealand's entry in the…
Slate One
Women In Blue
Film
Women In Blue
Directed by Deirdre Fishel
Filmed between 2017 - 2020, this documentary follows the stories of the women police officers in Minneapolis who…
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