ADIFF TRANSCULTURAL DIALOGUES FILM SERIES
When a person leaves a country, it is often because dialogue has broken down. Upon arriving somewhere new, another kind of dialogue begins—between cultures, between people, and within oneself. Sometimes it flows easily. Sometimes it resists, or fails.
Across stories of migration, exile, identity, and memory—from Peru to Germany, North to South Korea, the United States to Europe and the Caribbean—the films in this series explore the many forms this dialogue can take. They reflect encounters between past and present, between communities, and between different ways of understanding the world.
The program also opens space for dialogue beyond the screen, through conversations with filmmakers and a panel on Black migration, identity, and visibility, as well as a closing program where music becomes its own form of exchange across the African diaspora.
Presented at Teachers College, Columbia University, the series invites you to watch, listen, and take part in an ongoing conversation.
TRANSCULTURAL DIALOGUES FILM SERIES AT A GLANCE
Friday, April 24 – Room 408 Zankel
6:00 PM – Naomi’s Journey (Peru / Germany)
8:00 PM – A Poet of the River (South Korea)
Saturday, April 25 – Room 408 Zankel
African Americans in Europe
1:00 PM – Black Paris: African Americans in the City of Light (USA / France)
2:30 PM – Invisible Heroes: African Americans in the Spanish Civil War (USA / Spain) + Zoom Q&A with co-producer Mireia Sentis
4:30 PM – Angels on Diamond Street (USA)
6:30 PM – The Invisible Color: Black Cubans in Miami (USA)
Followed byPanel Discussion: Black Migration, Identity, and Visibility with Abraham Paulos (Black Alliance for Just Immigration – BAJI) and Dr. Reinaldo B. Spech (ADIFF Co-Director). Moderated by Diarah N’Daw-Spech.
Sunday, April 26 – Room 408 Zankel
1:00 PM – Remaining Native (USA)
3:00 PM – Sneak Preview: Silent Legacy (Finland / Burkina Faso)
5:00 PM – Transcultural Sound Program (Music Shorts):
Candombe (Uruguay) + Afrissippi (USA) + Tambu (Jamaica)
Followed by Q&A with Laurie Lambert (director of Tambu, Fordham University)