August 28th: A Day in the Life of a People
Ava DuVernay's short film looks at six significant events in African-American history that all occurred on that date in different years.
22'
USA
IFFR 2018
In a tiny after-hours club, Nina Simone finds a way, for one moment, to be free. Starring, written and directed by Adepero Oduye, who also starred in Pariah and Twelve Years a Slave. Cinematography by Oscar-nominated Bradford Young.
Also in this combined programme
Didn't We Ramble On
Documentary about the tradition of marching bands in African-American culture.
14'
USA
IFFR 2018
Home Movie Excerpts from Cab Calloway on Tour in South America and the Caribbean
16 mm Kodachrome silent home movies mixed with audio excerpts taken from Cab Calloway’s personal acetate master recordings and his radio quiz show Quizzicale.
7'
USA
IFFR 2018
Malcolm X Liberation University
The 1960s black student movement at Duke University evolved into a separate institution to study and engage with the history and culture of the African diaspora.
10'
USA
IFFR 2018
- Director
- Adepero Oduye
- Country of production
- USA
- Production Year
- 2017
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 13'
- Medium
- File
- Language
- English
- Producers
- Esther de Rothschild, Becky Morrison
- Sales
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
- Cinematography
- Bradford Young
- Editor
- Conor McBride
- Cast
- Adepero Oduye
Programme
Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)
Multifaceted contemporary African and African-diaspora cinema with special focus on the history of the Pan-African movement as captured in film.
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Two sisters kidnapped from their home and sold into slavery attempt to retake their freedom.
19'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2018
August 28th: A Day in the Life of a People
Ava DuVernay's short film looks at six significant events in African-American history that all occurred on that date in different years.
22'
USA
IFFR 2018
Black Barbie
A young black woman bleaches her skin to conform to societal pressure.
4'
Ghana
IFFR 2018