FILM SERIES
FilmAfrica
The cinematic companion to this year’s virtual DanceAfrica celebration showcases the best new narrative, documentary, and short films from across Africa and the diaspora, with a special focus on films from and about Haiti.
Co-presented by the New York African Film Festival
An eclectic shorts program spotlighting the work of visionary artists across Africa.
A coming-of-age tale of two best friends trying to escape the township life of their childhood.
Two Rwandan soldiers lose their way in the vast jungles of eastern Congo.
A documentary about a woman who stages a play to empower women in a slum of Nigeria.
A new documentary that follows several Black women candidates in Brazil’s 2018 elections.
Raoul Peck’s intense family drama, set in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Two documentaries touch on themes from spirituality to magical existence.
A neorealist tale of healing and hope in the aftermath of the earthquake.
A historical action epic about the man behind the slave revolt that led to Haiti’s independence.