¡Aqui Estamos! AfroLatin@ Film Series

afrolatin@ forum Presents

¡Aqui Estamos! AfroLatin@ Film Series

(Lead in to the “Afro-Latin@s Now!” Conference)

AFRO –CUBAN NIGHT
Friday, October 7 – 7:00pm
WNYC’s Jerome L Greene Space Charlton Street
(Corner of Charlton and Varick), New York

  • Recordando el Mamoncillo
    Pam Sporn (2006,15 mins.)
  • Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories
    Pam Sporn (2000,1 hr.)

HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Friday, October 14 – 7:00pm
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd. (135th Street), New York

  • Mirrors of the Heart: Race and Identity
    Lourdes Portillo (1993, 30 mins)
  • Haiti and the Dominican Republic An Island Divided
    Henry Louis Gates (2011,1 hr.)

AFRO-LATIN@S IN SOUTH AMERICA
Friday, October 21 – 7:00pm
NYU – Department of Social and Cultural Analysis
20 Cooper Square, 4th floor. New York

  • We of the Saya
    Sisa Bueno (documentary-in-progress. 7min. sample.)
  • Dreamtown
    Betty Bastidas (documentary-in-progress. 25 min. sample)
  • Uprooted: The Movie
    Juan Mejia Boten) (2007, 44 mins)

AFRO-LATIN@S IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Friday, October 28 – 7:00pm
Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street, Bronx

  • Garifuna Nation
    Carlos de Jesus (2011, 90 mins)

 

Q & A will follow all films. For more information visit: www.afrolatinoforum.org

Presented in partnership with WNYC Radio, NYU Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Cuba and Bronx Museum of the Arts With the generous support of WK. Kellogg Foundation.