ADIFF Cinematheque, School Program

THE GOLDEN CHILD / BILATENA

Bilatena tells us the story of Abi, a young boy who is representative of million of children in Africa who do not attend school and work to sustain their families.  

TAZZEKA

Growing up in the Moroccan village of Tazzeka, Elias learned the secrets of traditional Moroccan cuisine from his grandmother who raised him. Years later, meeting a top Paris chef and a young woman named Salma inspires him to leave home

THE MAN WHO MENDS WOMEN

Portrait of the impressive life and work of gynecologist from the Democratic Republic of Congo Dr. Denis Mukwege, recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for his struggle against sexual violence.

Gala & Special Screenings

KINSHASA MAKAMBO

Christian, Ben and Jean-Marie are fighting for political change of power and free elections in their country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But the incumbent President refuses to relinquish power. How can the course of events be changed? Must they join forces with the historical opposition leader and his…

ADIFF Cinematheque, Windrush Program

THE NAKED POET

Poet Lazarus, finds himself caught in a love triangle with long term lover Louise and new found love interest Simone. A heartfelt romantic comedy with a twist set to a beautiful London backdrop.

Gala & Special Screenings, Windrush Program, Women of Color Filmmaker Competition

CENTERPIECE: NO SHADE

Told through the prism of love, relationships, dating and marriage, No Shade provides a raw perspective on the issue of colourism and what happens when looking for love in the right place, goes wrong.

BLACK MEXICANS / LA NEGRADA

“La Negrada” is the first Mexican feature film about the Afro-Mexican community, filmed entirely with people from different towns around the Costa Chica in Oaxaca.

ELLEN: THE ELLEN PAKKIES STORY

Based on true events, Ellen tells of the troubled relationship between a mother and her drug-addicted son - a relationship that will eventually drive her to the edge and lead to his murder

FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF

Democracy is in crisis. A new generation of elected leaders are dismantling freedom and democracy as we know it. Filmed over three years in five countries, Freedom for the Wolf is an epic investigation into this new regime of illiberal democracy.

DEAD WOMEN WALKING

Israeli director Hagar Ben Asher’s heartbreaking film "Dead Women Walking" takes an unflinching look at the death penalty and its emotional toll on women.

ADIFF Cinematheque, School Program

LA PLAYA DC

An Afro-Colombian teenager flees the country's war-torn Pacific coast and faces the difficulties of growing up in Bogotá, a city of exclusion and racism.

KOFI ANNAN’S SUSPENDED DREAM

Two times UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan talks about himself in an exclusive interview.

ADIFF Cinematheque, School Program

GOODBYE MOMO

With a poetic nod to Fellini, Leonardo Ricagni uses the carnival atmosphere to transport the viewer to a magical place where realism and surrealism live side by side in Uruguay - and what a wonderful place to be.

ADIFF Cinematheque, Windrush Program

PLAYING AWAY

To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.

ADIFF Cinematheque, Windrush Program

TIME & JUDGMENT

Time and Judgement is an overview of the African Liberation Movement that spans a period of 400 hundred years.

School Program

THE SOUL OF BLACK GIRLS

The Souls of Black Girls is an award-winning provocative news documentary that raises the question of whether or not women of color may be suffering from a self-image disorder as a result of trying to attain the standards of beauty that are celebrated in media images.

ADIFF Cinematheque, Windrush Program

THE STORY OF LOVER’S ROCK

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.

FOREIGNER’S HOME

Produced by the late Jonathan Demme, The Foreigner’s Home is a provocative and timely meditation on some of humanity’s oldest divisions, exploring Morrison’s artistic and intellectual vision through a series of candid exchanges about race, identity, immigration, “foreignness,” and art’s redemptive power.

ADIFF Cinematheque

MAMA AFRICA: MIRIAM MAKEBA

Back by popular demand, this amazing documentary traces fifty years of Miriam Makeba’s music and performing life.

FOREIGNER’S HOME

Produced by the late Jonathan Demme, The Foreigner’s Home is a provocative and timely meditation on some of humanity’s oldest divisions, exploring Morrison’s artistic and intellectual vision through a series of candid exchanges about race, identity, immigration, “foreignness,” and art’s redemptive power.

WHITE LIKE THE MOON

A Mexican-American girl struggles to keep her identity when her mother forces her to bleach her skin

Gala & Special Screenings, Windrush Program, Women of Color Filmmaker Competition

CENTERPIECE: NO SHADE

Told through the prism of love, relationships, dating and marriage, No Shade provides a raw perspective on the issue of colourism and what happens when looking for love in the right place, goes wrong.

HUE: A MATTER OF COLOR

A documentary that weaves together personal journeys, historical facts and expert analysis to show the world through the eyes of those touched by the issue of "colourism".

ADIFF Cinematheque

GURUMBE: AFRO-ANDALUSIAN MEMORIES

Flamenco is synonymous with Spanish culture. But the truth is that, since its inception, theorists have sidelined the fundamental contribution of Afro-Andalusians to that art form. In Gurumbe, that story is finally told!

School Program

MINGA AND THE BROKEN SPOON

A charming animation for the entire family, this African fable tells the story of Minga, an orphaned girl living with her stepmother Mami Kaba and her stepsister Abena.

ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA

Three short films that explore the black experience in Australia.  

Gala & Special Screenings

OPENING NIGHT: TIMELESS: A VIRGIN ISLAND LOVE STORY

It is the story of Ajuwa, a Ghanaian warrior, who loses her soulmate to the slave trade. Their souls reunite in the present in the form of Malinda Benjamin, a Senator in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Alphonse Walcott, a gifted writer who has returned from New York. But the…

ADIFF Cinematheque

ANGELICA

Angelica has spent her whole life escaping from her mixed racial identity, but a family crisis forces her to return to Puerto Rico and rethink her life.

ADIFF Cinematheque

SONS OF BENKOS

An entertaining documentary that explores the African culture of Colombia through music.

BLACK MEXICANS / LA NEGRADA

“La Negrada” is the first Mexican feature film about the Afro-Mexican community, filmed entirely with people from different towns around the Costa Chica in Oaxaca.

ADIFF Cinematheque

THE CITIZEN

Wilson, a black man in his late fifties, has been living as a refugee in Hungary for years. He works as a security guard in Budapest and his main desire is to acquire Hungarian citizenship, but he keeps failing the exams that are required for his application. In preparing for…

Women of Color Filmmaker Competition

EL JAIDA

Eight months before the Independence of Tunisia, four women meet at a prison for women called Dar Joued.

Women of Color Filmmaker Competition

BE ENAT MENGED / ON MOTHER’S WAY

An Ethiopian drama about the quest to find an esoteric book - named Anketse - that has been passed through generations and embodies the identity of a people.

COOK OFF

Anesu is Zimbabwean single mother whose life is turned upside down when her son enters her into a reality TV cooking competition.

KOFI ANNAN’S SUSPENDED DREAM

Two times UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan talks about himself in an exclusive interview.

FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF

Democracy is in crisis. A new generation of elected leaders are dismantling freedom and democracy as we know it. Filmed over three years in five countries, Freedom for the Wolf is an epic investigation into this new regime of illiberal democracy.

SHAIHU UMAR

Set in northern Nigeria towards the end of the 19th century, Shaihu Umar starts with a discussion between Islamic students and their renowned teacher, the wise man Shaihu Umar.

ADIFF Cinematheque

BARROW: FREEDOM FIGHTER

BARROW: FREEDOM FIGHTER, is a passionate story about the courage of one man who relentlessly preached a gospel of economic self-reliance and self-respect to the people of his native country Barbados and beyond.

Gala & Special Screenings

THEY HAD A DREAM

They had a dream tells a story based on reality. It is both a social and a fictional saga, exploring the interconnected lives of two Guadeloupean families to reveal hidden and obscure aspects of French society.

ADIFF Cinematheque, School Program

MASAI: THE RAIN WARRIORS

After a lion kills the village leader, the expected rains fail to arrive, so a group of warriors are sent to hunt the lion down and kill it in hopes that the rains will come at last.

ADIFF Cinematheque

MAMA AFRICA: MIRIAM MAKEBA

Back by popular demand, this amazing documentary traces fifty years of Miriam Makeba’s music and performing life.

School Program, Women of Color Filmmaker Competition

THE SKY PRINCESS

"The Sky Princess" is a CG-animated feature film about an ordinary girl who becomes an African princess with the help of a magical bird. But when the thrill of palace life fades, the same magic that transformed her into royalty prevents her from returning home

Gala & Special Screenings

KINSHASA MAKAMBO

Christian, Ben and Jean-Marie are fighting for political change of power and free elections in their country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But the incumbent President refuses to relinquish power. How can the course of events be changed? Must they join forces with the historical opposition leader and his…

ADIFF Cinematheque, School Program

KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS

This animated film exquisitely recounts the tale of tiny Kirikou born in an African village in which Karaba the Sorceress has placed a terrible curse.

AFRO-BRAZILIAN SHORTS

SCHEDULE THU, Nov. 29 @ 8:00 pm – TC Chapel  1. NADA: 27 mins With his short film Nada...

Gala & Special Screenings

THE KING OF STAGE: THE WOODIE KING, JR. STORY

The story of legendary theatre producer Woodie King, Jr. Woodie King Jr. is the founder and producing director of New Federal Theatre and National Black Touring Circuit in New York City.

ADIFF Cinematheque

EVERY COOK CAN GOVERN: THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.L.R. JAMES

This historical tour-de-force interweaves never-before-seen footage of C.L.R. James with personal contributions from those who knew him.

Women of Color Filmmaker Competition

SINGLEVILLE

Singledom sucks for three feisty ladies with stories to tell and male egos to skewer in this raucously funny mockumentary that boasts an all-female cast.

Gala & Special Screenings

LIFE IS FARE

Life is Fare is a cross cultural film that challenges how patriotism and nationalism are practiced by people of a country, and is inspired by current Eritrean and Ethiopian migration experiences.

School Program

HARLEM LEGACY

A film that follows two middle schoolers from P.S 161 Pedro Albizu Campos Middle School, who defy both academic barriers and racial stereotypes through the “rigorous academic sport of debate”.

LAST LIFE aka RISE AGAIN

The story of three American spirits as they inhabit 16 different characters moving through America's racial history from the birth of the nation to the present.

Women of Color Filmmaker Competition

A DAY FOR WOMEN

A new swimming pool opens in a poor Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays are reserved for women.

School Program

THE SOUL OF BLACK GIRLS

The Souls of Black Girls is an award-winning provocative news documentary that raises the question of whether or not women of color may be suffering from a self-image disorder as a result of trying to attain the standards of beauty that are celebrated in media images.

ADIFF Cinematheque

BOUND: AFRICANS VS AFRICANS AMERICANS

A hard hitting documentary that addresses the little known tension that exists between Africans and African Americans.

ADIFF Cinematheque, School Program

FILLING THE GAP

Conceived as an effort to alter the way African-American children see themselves and their ancestors, this docu-drama highlights the inventive and inspired contributions of African-Americans in the 1840s, the period leading to the Civil War in American History.

THE ROAD TO SUNRISE

Exploited by men and ridiculed by the world, two young women find hope in each other as they search for the road to redemption.

LOVE BENEATH HATE?

Jenna is a trouble-free young woman. One night as she's walking home, she falls victim to a terrible aggression perpetrated by a group of men.

SAY HER NAME: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SANDRA BLAND

An investigation into what happened to activist Sandra Bland, who died in police custody after a routine traffic stop.

MY NAME IS MYEISHA

My Name Is Myeisha is a hip-hop musical inspired by the 1998 police shooting of California teen Tyisha Miller (as well as countless other acts of police brutality against African American citizens) and adapted from the internationally acclaimed play, Dreamscape.

HAVE NO FEAR

To teach her children how to avoid becoming another police brutality victim, activist and choreographer Adia Whitaker leads her ensemble in the creation of a new stirring performance.

CRIME + PUNISHMENT

The film follows the NYPD12, a group of black and Latino whistleblower cops, as they break the silence and speak out against an illegal “quota system” that continues to dictate policy in their precincts.

ELLEN: THE ELLEN PAKKIES STORY

Based on true events, Ellen tells of the troubled relationship between a mother and her drug-addicted son - a relationship that will eventually drive her to the edge and lead to his murder

School Program

HARLEM LEGACY

A film that follows two middle schoolers from P.S 161 Pedro Albizu Campos Middle School, who defy both academic barriers and racial stereotypes through the “rigorous academic sport of debate”.

KOFI ANNAN’S SUSPENDED DREAM

Two times UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan talks about himself in an exclusive interview.