African Spiritualities Film Series
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Third World Newsreel will present a February 2025 screening series in New York and Washington, DC featuring two documentary films on African Spiritualities that confront legacies of colonialism and imperialism by veteran filmmakers Al Santana and Manthia Diawara. The films include a new 2K digitization by veteran Brooklyn-based filmmaker Al Santana and a new release by prolific documentary maker Manthia Diawara.
Al Santana’s "Voices of the Gods" (1985) is available on a stunningly vibrant new 2K digitization. The documentary foregrounds Akan and Yoruba spiritual traditions as practiced across the United States. Manthia Diawara's "AI: African Intelligence" (2023, Berlinale Premiere) gains historic first-time access to show audiences private Ndeup healing ceremonies in a fishing village in Senegal.
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Your Guide To The Experience:
"Columbia Revolt" Schedule
Your Guide To The Experience:
African Spiritualities Film Series
Schedule
Schedule
"AI: African Intelligence" at the National Gallery of Art, DC
"Voices of the Gods" Digital Preservation and Talk at Maysles Cinema, NYC
Talk with Marilyn Nance moderated by Alonso Rico Speight
"Voices of the Gods" Digital Preservation at Suns Cinema, DC
Presented by Britt Sankofa
"AI: African Intelligence" at Suns Cinema, DC
Presented by Britt Sankofa.
"AI: African Intelligence" at Maysles Cinema, Harlem
Post-screening discussion with director Manthia Diaware moderated by Rico Speight
"AI: African Intelligence" at Darkside Cinema, Oregon
One-week from April 4-10
"Voices of the Gods" Digital Preservation and Talk at Anthology Film Archives, NYC
Filmmaker Al Santana will be here on Monday, May 26 for a Q&A following the screening, moderated by Akan Priestess Amadoma Bediako
"AI: African Intelligence" at Anthology Film Archives
"AI: African Intelligence" and Talk at Anthology Film Archives
Filmmaker Manthia Diawara will be here in person after the screening for a Q&A moderated by Boukary Sawadogo (Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and Black Studies at CUNY)
"Voices of the Gods" Digital Preservation at Anthology Film Archives, NYC
"AI: African Intelligence" at the Washington Ethical Society
"AI: African Intelligence" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
"AI: African Intelligence" at Scribe, Philadelphia
"Voices of the Gods" Digital Preservation at Scribe, Philadelphia
"Voices of the Gods" Digital Preservation at SNF Parkway Theatre, Baltimore
Presented by The Luminal Theater and the Caribbean Cultural Center/African Diaspora Institute
Visual Journey: Moments From
Columbia Revolt
Visual Journey: Moments From
African Spiritualities Film Series
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