African Film Festival
Three documentaries: Ivan B. Watkins’s Zambo (1996) from the U.S., Rafael Deugenio’s Candombe (1995) from Uruguay, and Nadine M. Patterson’s Moving With the Dreaming (1996) from the U.S. Watkins will attend the screening. (Ferguson Theater, 1:30)
The Road Taken
A 1992 video documentary by Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando, chiefly about Yoruba philosophy and singer Lazaro Ros. On the same program, Marc J. Hart FX’s U.S. video Drive By of Thoughtz (1996) and Michelle Stephenson’s American-Brazilian We Choose to Rap (1995). Hart FX will attend the screening. (Hokin Hall Theater, 5:15)
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A half-hour narrative directed by Michael Wright (1995) about a racially mixed couple and a Native American boy they encounter. Wright will attend the screening. (Collins Theater, 6:00)
Ava and Gabriel
A first feature (1995) by Canadian filmmaker Clement Virgo comprising three stories involving black characters over the same Easter weekend in Toronto. (Collins Theater, 8:05)
