Multifaceted contemporary African and African-diaspora cinema with special focus on the history of the Pan-African movement as captured in film.
Films in ‘Pan-African Cinema Today (PACT)’
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When the Lionfish Came
Tamika Galanis IFFR 2018 6′A view on the preservation of Bahamian culture and native marine life.
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When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Black Man
Jyoti Mistry IFFR 2018 10′An alphabet of violence and freedom featuring rhythmic images provides a strong vocabulary for critiquing representations of black bodies.
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Las Gidi Vice
Udoka Oyeka IFFR 2018 17′TJ meets a girl at a party, unaware that she is about to give him a night he will never forget.
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Home Movie Excerpts from Cab Calloway on Tour in South America and the Caribbean
Cab Calloway IFFR 2018 7′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.