the african diaspora international film festival

The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) presents an eclectic mix of urban, classic, independent and foreign films that depict the richness and diversity of the life experience of people of African descent and Indigenous people all over the globe.

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ADIFF Spot is here!  Visit www.nyadiff.org for details about the festival!

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Hogtown | UMC - Urban Movie Channel

Hogtown is set in 1919 Chicago against the backdrop of the race riots of that year. The story follows an investigation into the disappearance of a

Hogtown on UMC!

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… and you have come… and i cannot look up at you my body trembles and i mumble things as you stand tall and sacred. so easily in yo black self. but i am here to love you to carry yo name on my ankles like bells to dance in yo arena of love. you are tattooed on the round, soft parts of me and yo smell is always with me

Sonia Sanchez 

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Sonia Sanchez will be talking at the African Diaspora International Film Festival!! 😊 😊

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“Someone asked me ‘why do you write?’ And I said because, I wanted to tell people how I became this woman with razor blades between her teeth. Language is the most dangerous of expressions.”

Showing at ADIFF DC 2016 on 8.19.16 : BadddDDD Sonia Sanchez

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“I think the most impressive thing about Sonia Sanchez’s language is that it’s so revolutionary, and the revolutionary aspect of it is not diminished over time. Sonia’s poetry still cuts.”

- Talib Kweli

“The thing I’ve always embraced was…how she saw hip-hop as a culture.”

- Questlove

Showing at ADIFF DC 2016 on 8.19.16 : BadddDDD Sonia Sanchez

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The Story of Lover’s Rock (2011)

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“I think the most impressive thing about Sonia Sanchez’s language is that it’s so revolutionary, and the revolutionary aspect of it is not diminished over time. Sonia’s poetry still cuts.”

- Talib Kweli

“The thing I’ve always embraced was…how she saw hip-hop as a culture.”

- Questlove

Showing at ADIFF DC 2016 on 8.19.16 : BadddDDD Sonia Sanchez

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Cory Hardrict & Margot Bingham in Destined

Showing at ADIFF DC 2016 on 8.19.16

In Destined, a pivotal moment in 13-year-old Rasheed’s life splits off into two possible outcomes: in one, he becomes an up-and-coming architect being used by cynical real estate developers to gentrify and destroy his old neighborhood, and in the other he becomes a powerful drug lord who rules his surroundings but may regret what he’s become. (Dir. Qasim Basir, 90 min, 2016, USA, Drama/Fantasy, English)

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“Someone asked me ‘why do you write?’ And I said because, I wanted to tell people how I became this woman with razor blades between her teeth. Language is the most dangerous of expressions.”

Showing at ADIFF DC 2016 on 8.19.16 : BadddDDD Sonia Sanchez

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Showing at ADIFF DC 2016 on 8.19.16 : BadddDDD Sonia Sanchez

Poet, playwright, activist; seminal figure in the 1960s Black Arts Movement; mentor to generations of poets and hip-hop artists. Champion for peace: in the classroom, on the street, around the world. Sonia Sanchez plays all these roles. BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez is a performance-filled documentary about this 80-year old artist for whom writing is both a personal and political act.

(Dirs. Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, USA, 2014, 90min, Documentary, English)

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Tango Negro:The African Roots of Tango (2013)

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hello african diaspora cinephiles,

We’ve been neglecting our Tumblr for a bit, but now we’re back (and better)!

Stay tuned for info about future screenings in New York City, Washington DC, and Paris!

xx, NYADIFF

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Tango Negro:The African Roots of Tango (2013)

Showing at Thalia Theater 3/14

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Now in theaters!  More info at www.tangonegrofilm.com

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US Premiere of Black (NWA) Kicks Off Film Lineup for 2015 Chicago African Diaspora International Film Festival

The 2015 Chicago African Diaspora International Film Festival will showcase 17 documentary & fiction films; opens with Black/NWA by Yves Christian Fournier.

The 2015 Chicago African Diaspora International Film Festival will showcase 17 documentary & fiction films; opens with Black/NWA by Yves Christian Fournier.

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We look forward to seeing you all at our upcoming film festival in Chicago! For a whole week, you can witness the hypnotic dance steps of the tango, as well as the cinematic handling of issues, such as skin bleaching in New Zealand. We have an array of selections that will make you laugh, cry, and look at the world with a new gaze. We can’t wait for what’s to come, and we hope you feel the same. #whitelies #tangonegro #adiffchicago 

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Candombe (2013)

Showing in Washington DC http://nyadiff.org/adiff-dc-candombe-tango-negro/

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More than two hundred years ago, there was an influx of slaves from Africa into Uruguay. Long after their empancipation, these individuals continued to comprise the poorest and most marginalized strata in society. Musician Fernado Nunez sees himself as the heir to “candombe,” a dance and musical expression initiated these individuals, his slave ancestors. As the far-reaching, socio-cultural legacy of of candombe has yet to be acknowledged, Fernando Nunez and his friends from the back street quarter of Montevideo have taken on the responsibility of keeping these important cultural roots alive in the consciousness of the Uruguayan people.

Directed by Rafael Deugenio, 1993, Uruguay, Documentary, 16 min, Spanish w/ English subt.

Next screening in Washington DC   Sunday, August 23rd, 2015 @ 1PM

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Tango Negro: The African Roots of Tango (2013)

http://www.tangonegrofilm.com

Tango Negro explores the expression of African-ness inherent in the dance of the “tango” and the contribution of African cultures to the dance’s creation. Angolan director, Dom Pedro, details the dance’s early cultural significance as a depiction of the social life of captured African slaves and provides an expansive compilation of musical performances and interviews from tango enthusiasts and historians alike. Tango Negro provides a novel insight into the depth of tango’s sub-Saharan African musical influence, a presence that has crossed oceans and endured the tides of forced bondage.

(Directed by Dom Pedro, 2013, France, Documentary, 93 min, French, Spanish, English subt.)