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THE 27TH ANNUAL
PAN AFRICAN
F I L M + A R T S F E S T I VA L
Screening Schedule
and Festival Guidebook
FEBRUARY 7-18, 2019 | LOS ANGELES CA
/PAFFNOW #PAFFNOW #AMPAFFIED #IAMPAFF www.paff.org
TICKET PRICES* and GENERAL INFORMATION
All theatre tickets and passes on sale at Cinemark’s Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza 15 box office. For all
other ticket prices check schedule, website and theater box office.
PAFF SIX-TIX PASSPORT ($70.00)
Screening Tickets (Regular) Prices
Good for 6 regular screenings on a space
available basis. Seating is not Guaranteed.
• Adult General Admission $14.00
• Adult Matinee (1st screening $12.00 Saturday Morning Children’s Festivals
of day) (February 9 & 16) FREE
• Seniors (62+) $10.25 Senior Connections (62+) FREE
Space available on a first come, first served basis.
• Students (w/ID) $10.25
LOCATIONS
• Children (11 years or under) $6.50
ArtFest, SpokenWord Fest and Fashion
Show
PSpecial Event Tickets Prices Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
3650 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Opening Night (Includes $125.00 Los Angeles, CA 90008
after-party) ($200 for 2) (At the corner of Crenshaw and King)
Centerpiece (Includes $45.00 PAFF Screenings
after-party) Cinemark Theaters BHC 15
(on the grounds of BHCP)
Closing Night (Includes TBA
after-party) PAFF Institute:
PAFF-LOL Comedy Night $15.00 (Advance) BHC (Check Listings for specific locations)
(Cover + 2 drink minimum) $20.00 (Door)
PAFF-LOL Comedy Night
SpokenWord $15.00 (Advance) The J Spot Comedy Club
$20.00 (Door) 5581 W Manchester Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Filmmakers’ Award Brunch $30.00 (Advance)
$40.00 (Door) PARKING
Ample free parking. Valet parking in front of
ALL FEST PASS ($725.00) theater available on some days.
Admission to all PAFF events: Includes Opening
Night, Centerpiece, Closing Night, All Special PRESENTATION INFORMATION
& Spotlight Screenings & Events (PAFF-LOL & Short films are screened either grouped together
SpokenWord), Filmmakers’ Award Brunch, Panels, or with a feature. All foreign language films are
Workshops and Conversations, etc. Space available presented with English subtitles. Films are not
access to the Filmmakers Lounge. Space Available rated. Starred (*) titles may contain adult subject
Reserved Parking. matter, nudity, violence or harsh language.
Guaranteed seating up to 15 minutes before Parental discretion advised. Scheduled films
movies & events. Includes one (1) PAFF T-Shirt & may be substituted with another similar film for
one (1) PAFF 27th Anniversary Souvenir Book. technical reasons.
CINEMA PASS ($300.00) CONTACT INFORMATION:
Good for general admission screenings only. Not Visit us online for daily updates:
good for Opening Night, Centerpiece, Closing www.PAFF.org, Facebook.com/PAFFNow
Night, Conversations, Special or Spotlight General Info and contact: info@paff.org
Screenings or other Special Events. Guaranteed
seating up to 15 minutes before movies & events. ABOUT PAFF
Includes one (1) PAFF 27th Anniversary Souvenir The Pan African Film Festival is a non-profit
Book. corporation dedicated to the advancement of
cultural diversity and education through the
exhibition of positive and realistic media images.
* All Ticket Sales are final and non-refundable unless screening or event is cancelled and there is no substitution.
2 2 0 1 9 PA N A F R IC A N F IL M F E S T IVA LOPENING NIGHT
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Amazing Grace
An Alan Elliott Production (2018/United States/120 minutes)
In 1972, Aretha Franklin, the undisputed Queen of Soul, brought producer Jerry Wexler, her backup
singers, the Reverend James Cleveland, and the legendary Atlantic Records rhythm section to
The New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, California, to record a gospel music double-
album before an enthusiastic live audience. The album, “Amazing Grace,” went on to become the
top-selling gospel record of all time, Aretha Franklin’s most successful album, and one of her most
beloved works. Few realized that the sessions that produced the album “Amazing Grace” which are
certainly among one of the most exciting musical events ever to take place in a church, had also been
filmed. But, due to technical problems and conflicts over rights, the electrifying events had not been
seen--until now!
Stars: Aretha Franklin, Reverend James Cleveland, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Alexander
Hamilton, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey, Clara Ward, Mother Ward, Sydney Pollack,
Charlie Watts and Mick Jagger.
Location: Directors Guild of America, DGA Theater Complex
7920 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90047
Time: 6:00 pm Red Carpet
7:30 pm Screening followed by Reception
Tickets: $125 ($200 for 2)
AMPAFFIED 3CENTERPIECE SPOTLIGHT SCREENINGS
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Sprinter
(Los Angeles Premiere)
(2018/Jamaica/Narr/114min)
Dir: Storm Saulter
Sat, Feb 9 @ 6:45p; Sat, Feb 16 @ 8:50
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
(Los Angeles Premiere)
(2018/US/Doc/90min)
Dir: Sophie Huber
Mon, Feb 11 @ 10:00p; Thu, Feb 14 @ 6:45p
The Robeson Effect
(World Premiere)
Little Woods (2018/US/Doc/120min)
Dir: Juney Smith
Directed by Nia DaCosta Sat, Feb 16 @ 7:00p; Sun, Feb 17 @ 8:50p
(2018/US/105 minutes)
Sew the Winter to My Skin
(Los Angeles Premiere)
(2018/South Africa/Narr/118min)
A modern Western that tells the story of two
Dir: Jahmil X.T. Qubeka
sisters, Ollie and Deb, who are driven to work
Sat, Feb 16 @ 9:40p; Sun, Feb 17
outside the law to better their lives. For years,
@ 6:40p; Mon, Feb 18 @ 5:30p
Ollie has illicitly helped the struggling residents
of her North Dakota oil boomtown access
Where Hands Touch
Canadian health care and medication. When
(2018/UK/Narr/122min)
the authorities catch on, she plans to abandon
Dir: Amma Asante
her crusade, only to be dragged in even deeper
Sun, Feb 17 @ 3:50p; Mon, Feb 18 @ 2:15p
after a desperate plea for help from Deb.
Boss: The Black Experience
Stars: Tessa Thompson, Lance Reddick, In Business (World Premiere)
Lily James, Luke Kirby (2019/US/Doc/90min)
Dir: Stanley Nelson
Location: Cinemark BHC 15 Tue, Feb 12@6:10p; Sat, Feb 16@8:40p;
Time: 5:45 pm Red Carpet Sun, Feb 17@6:20p; Mon, Feb 18@4:40p
6:45 pm Screening
followed by Reception For film descriptions, see synopses.
Tickets: $45.00
PAFF INSTITUTE
CLOSING NIGHT The Profitability of Social Media
and Branding
Sunday, February 17, 2019 Fri, Feb 8 @ 7:00p – 8:30p
Features Tiffany Dean, celebrity fashion stylist
Film to be Announced and entrepreneur, and Hot Dollar, Def Jam
recording artist and entrepreneur.
Location: Cinemark BHC 15 Location: BHC Community Room
Time: 6:00 pm Red Carpet FREE. Limited to space available.
7:00 pm Screening
followed by Reception
Tickets: TBD Brand Integration with Starbucks
Sat, Feb. 9 @ 10:00a – 11:30a
Learn how to position your products and brands
in television and film for maximum exposure.
Location: TBD
FREE. Limited to space available.
4 2 0 1 9 PA N AAMPAFFIED
F R IC A N F IL M F E S T IVA L 4PAFF INSTITUTE cont.
Women in Film Homebuyers Financial Educational
Sat, Feb 9 @ 11:00a –12:30p Workshop Presented by Union Bank
Join seasoned and rising entertainment industry Mon, Feb 11 @ 4:00p – 6:00p
creatives to discuss representation and inclusion, This will be a powerful home buyer real estate
who’s getting the jobs and how, and what financial literacy workshop that will include
advocates can do to help. panelists from a range of organizations.
Location: Cinemark BHC Theatre Moderated by Union Bank’s Sean Brown.
FREE. Limited to space available. Location: BHC Community Room
FREE. Limited to space available.
Fix It in Post
Sat, Feb 9 @ 1:30p – 3:00p Kids in Entertainment
Leander Sales, Spike Lee’s picture editor, Sat, Feb. 16 @ 1:15p – 2:00p
moderates a panel of post-production Learn how to get your kids in entertainment from
professionals. an industry expert.
Location: BHC Community Room Location: BHC Bridge (2nd level)
FREE. Limited to space available. FREE
Knowing, When, Why, and How Youth Entrepreneurial Challenge 2019
to Run for Office Presented by Union Bank
Sat, Feb 9 @ 6:00p – 7:30p Sat, Feb 16 @ 1:00p – 3:00p
A discussion about running for political office Location: TBA
featuring Darryn Harris, from the Office of FREE. Limited to space available.
Congresswoman Karen Bass, and political
strategists Jasmyne Cannick, Steve Belhumeur The Open Door: Black Creatives
and Niele Anderson. in the Fashion Industry
Presented by: Los Angeles Sentinel, Sun, Feb. 17 @ Noon – 2:00p
Sea Change PAC and Taste of Soul Designer Love Collins will moderate a fashion-
Location: Cinemark BHC Theatre focused discussion on the presence of emerging
FREE. Limited to space available. and Black creative in fashion with panelists
including stylists, retailers and other industry
“Hello Cupid 3.0” – How to Curate, players.
Cast and Produce a Successful Location: BHC Community Room
Digital Series
Sun, Feb. 10 @ 1:30p – 3:00p Up Close and Personal
Hear from creators of the upcoming Black & Sexy Mon, Feb 18 @ 3:00p – 5:00p
TV digital series as they discuss how to make Think you can’t purchase a home or that you’ll
compelling digital content. Panelists include never be able to retire? Everything is possible.
Black & Sexy TV’s J. Christopher Hamilton and Get the information you need to get your
Dennis Dortch. financial life in order: Home Buying & Selling/
Location: BHC Community Room Probate/Estate Planning/Trusts/Taxes/Retirement/
FREE. Limited to space available. Life Insurance. Meet the experts.
Hosted by: Linda Bronson-Abbott
Building a Digital Empire Location: BHC Community Room
Time and Date TBD
FREE. Limited to space available.
Milan Zoe leads a discussion with Nipsey
Hussle, Soulja and Parker McKenna on how to
Financial Panel
position yourself for success in the digital age,
Presented by NAMIC
the positives and negatives of technology and
Mon, Feb. 18 @ 6:00p – 7:30p
social media, and how to navigate within the
Topics include how to build your brand to attract
entertainment industry.
film financing, such as reinventing yourself,
Location: Cinemark BHC Theatre
building habits around money and personal
FREE. Limited to space available.
finance, including building wealth.
Location: BHC Community Room
Nate Parker Foundation
FREE. Limited to space available.
Sun, Feb 10 @ 6:30p – 8:30p
Through the cinematic arts, the Nate Parker
See website, www.PAFF.org, for more panels
Foundation empowers young voices of
and workshops.
African descent to advance social justice and
revolutionize culture. Two films will be screened,
followed by a discussion led by Nate Parker.
Location: Cinemark BHC Theatre
FREE. Limited to space available.
AMPAFFIED 5PAFF ARTFEST
An eclectic mix of original art to suit a range of personal tastes. The exhibition and sale includes
Paintings, Sculpture, Ceramics, Fashion, Jewelry, Home Décor and African Artifacts.
Allohn Agbenya - ARTFest Director/Curator
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10:00am-9:00pm
Sunday, 11:00am-7:00pm
Location: Baldwin Hills Crenshaw
Akouavi Fashions | Hats/Jewelry Foo Foo Fashions | Wearable Art
African High Fashion | Fashion Freshgenet | Jewelry/Fashion
African Art Market Place Hair Sox by Annie | Fashion
Amatula Camara | Fashion/Jewelry HarambeMarket | Crafts
Another Phase | Jewelry Martino Dorce | Fine Art
Artistic Healings Expressions | Jewelry MOA | Fine Art
Art By Ronney | Fine Art Nu Lyfe | Crafts/Artifacts
Artistic Flo | Wearable Art Nwachukwu Ike | Fine Art
Arts Africains | Crafts Pencil House | Fine Art
Aziz Fashion | Wearable Art PeQuee | Fine Art
Bamboozle | Jewelry Porter Ajayi | Fine Art
Benin Imports | Jewelry/African Clothing Pride Hatz | Wearable Art
Bimbo Adenugba | Fine Art Pure Shea Store | Beauty Craft
Bintu | African Textiles Shirtz R Us | Print Fashion
Body Butter Lady | Beauty Craft Smiles of Africa | Arts & Crafts
Bogolani Designs | Leather/ Crafts Sultry Touch Collection | Fashion
Chikodi’s World | Fashion Thomas Spears | Fine Art
Damola Adepoju | Fine Art Timbuktu Art Colony | Jewelry
Design By DHB | Jewelry Unique Design | Wearable
Elegant Elephant | Fashion Valerie & Asia Johnson | Fashion/Dolls
Epiphany Soap Blends | Beauty Craft Veronique Designs | Jewelry
Isendala Arts | Arts and Crafts Village Treasures | Artifacts
Julien Dothard | Jewelry Wanawake | Straw Hats/Bags
Latisha Baker | Art and Crafts West Love | Fashion
LIPS / Teaty Pawoo | Hats/Jewelry Windows To Africa | Jewelry
Lola’s African Apparel | Fashion Yvonne Exclusive Desgns Inc | Fashion
Fidelis Eze Odogwu | Metal Sculpture Zebi | Ceramics
6 2 0 1 9 PA N A F R IC A N F IL M F E S T IVA LSTUDENT FEST SATURDAY MORNING
Mon-Fri, Feb 11-15, 2019 @ 10:00am
CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL
Sat, Feb 9 @ 10:00am
Sat, Feb 16 @ 10:00am
Screenings & workshops for children
4-12 years and their parents
Screenings: Cinemark BHC 15
Workshops: Join members of the Los Angeles
Lakers for fun and lot’s of FREE Lakers gear.
Interactive activities with Los Angeles artists and
Selected screenings for students craftspeople.
Films: Location: BHC Bridge (2nd level)
• Warrior Pride
• Set in the West: the Genesis FREE. Sponsored by The Lakers Youth
of Hip Hop Foundation. All children must be accompanied by
• Alita: Battle Angels a parent or guardian.
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Ralph Breaks the Internet Coordinators:
• The Little Mermaid Sherrese Moise
• Barry Linda Bronson
• The Hate You Give
• Buffalo Soldiers
• Lara and the Beat
• Boss
• Oliver Tambo
Shorts:
• Belly Flop
• Familiar Faces-Unexpected Places:
• A Global African Diaspora
• Black Spirit
• Dare to Dream
• Black Lives Matter
• Heart Eyes
• Invincible Boy
• It’s Who You Know
• Astronaut Starbright
PAFF SPOKENWORD
• The Fisherman in Collaboration with Say Word
• Sincerely, The Black Kids
• Civic Mind Sun, Feb 10 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm
• Quiet Denial
• Good Kidd A Special Evening of the Hottest, Hippest Spoken
• Battledream Chronicles Word Artists ANYWHERE! Produced and Hosted
by Paul Mabon Music by DJ Solo.
See the PAFF website www.paff.org for
film descriptions and to make reservations. Featured Poets:
Attendance by reservation only. • Lorenzo Frank
• Reverdia
Coordinators: • The River Woman
Sherrese Moise • Jayla Littlejohn
Jamal Speakes • Mike Davis
Cassandra Epps
Location: BHC Bridge (2nd level)
Co-Sponsored by The Lakers Youth Foundation Tickets: $15.00 (Advance)
$20.00 (Door)
AMPAFFIED 7EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
Mon-Fri, Feb 11-15, 2019 @ 10:00am
PAFF LOL – Comedy Night SENIOR CONNECTIONS
Mon, Feb 11 @ 7:00p –10:00p Selected Screenings for Seniors
Catch some of America’s Funniest Young (62+ years)
Comedians hosted by J. Anthony Brown.
Please check www.paff.org for comedy line-up Fri, Feb 8 @ 2:00p Short Docs Series 10
Mon, Feb 11 @ 1:10p Wings of a Dove
Location: The J Spot Tue, Feb 12 @ 1:10p Fatuma
5581 W. Manchester Ave. Wed, Feb 13 @ 1:00 p The Guardian of No
Los Angeles 90045 Return w/Blackorea
(310) 337-9057 Thu, Feb 14 @ 1:20p Belle
Fri, Feb 15 @ 1:20p Ali’s Comeback:
Tickets: $15.00 (Advance) The Untold Story
$20.00 (Door) cover
w/ 2 drink minimum Feb. 15 sponsored by
Location: Cinemark BHC 15
FREE
PAFF FASHION SHOW
Sun, Feb17 @ 2:00pm-4:00pm
Wearable Art on the Move!
Join the PAFF wearable art artists for a PAFF Filmmakers’ Awards Brunch
“tour de force” in high fashion with an
Mon, Feb18 @ 10:00am-12:00pm
Afro-touch.
Come celebrate with our Filmmakers and be the
Produced by Karimu,
first to know all the winners of PAFF 2019!
Ngoma & Deveaux
Location: BHC Bridge (2nd level)
Location: BHC Bridge (2nd level)
Tickets: $30.00 (Advance)
FREE
$40.00 (Door)
8 2 0 1 9 PA N A F R IC A N F IL M F E S T IVA LSCHEDULE AT A GLACE
FRIDAY, FEB 8
SCREEN 10
SCREEN 8 11:00a PANEL: Women in Film
2:00p Short Docs Series 10 1:30p PANEL
4:25p Farewell Ella Bella 4:00p While I Breathe I Hope
6:45p Black & Privileged: w/All Skinfolk, Ain’t Kinfolk
Volume 1 6:00p PANEL: Candidates
9:05p In Search of Voodoo 8:30p Armed
w/ Ur Mines
SCREEN 13
SCREEN 9 1:00p Buffalo Soldiers
1:15p Short Docs Series 8 3:25p Black UK Shorts
3:45p Shorts Series 1 6:00p Besouro
6:25p International Shorts Series 8:35p Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
9:00p Water in a Broken Glass
SCREEN 14
SCREEN 10 11:10a Short Docs Series 9
1:00p What Death Leaves Behind 1:45p African American Shorts Series
3:30p Wings of a Dove 4:20p Baby Mamas
5:55p The Lil Voice 7:00p Ali’s Comeback
8:50p The Last Victims 9:20p Jamaica House
w/ Room Tone
SCREEN 13
2:05p Gilda Brasileiro - SCREEN 15
Against Oblivion 12:40p Warrior Pride
4:30p Galsen: The Language of 4:00p Dry
Souls w/ Colors of Sankofa 6:45p Sprinter
7:00p Ali’s Comeback 9:40p Olympia
9:15p The Sacrifice
w/ The Bartender
SUNDAY, FEB 10
SCREEN 14
1:30p Tazzeka SCREEN 8
4:00p Ellen 1:20p Paul Laurence Dunbar
7:00p Rattlesnakes 4:20p Warrior Pride
9:30p Everything That Glitters 7:40p Solace*
10:05p Drugs as Weapons
SCREEN 15 Against Us
1:45p Out of Chaos, an Artist’s
Journey in Haiti SCREEN 9
3:55p TBA 1:15p A United Kingdom
6:35p Inglewood Morning Sessions 4:00p Bahasha-The Envelope
9:00p Black in America Shorts Series 6:20p Djambar, Sembene
the Unsubmissive
8:45p Before the Vows
SATURDAY, FEB 9
SCREEN 10
SCREEN 8 1:30p PANEL
1:20p Short Docs Series 5 4:00p PANEL
4:00p Whale Like Me 6:30p Black Bones
6:35p Fatuma 9:30p Short Docs Series 11
8:55p Skin in the Game
SCREEN 13
SCREEN 9 1:00p While I Breathe I Hope
1:00p A Knight’s Tour w/All Skinfolk, Ain’t Kinfolk
3:15p Short Docs Series 1 3:35p Pan African Shorts Series
5:25p Rio 2096-A Story of 6:10p Veronica’s Wish
Love and Fury* 8:45p Uncovered
7:40p Mr. Soul!
10:30p TBA
AMPAFFIED 9SCHEDULE AT A GLACE
SCREEN 14
2:00p Shorts Series 2 TUESDAY, FEB 12
4:25p Short Docs Series 7
6:50p London Mitchell’s SCREEN 8
Last Christmas 1:10p Fatuma
9:20p Wings of a Dove 3:30p Whale Like Me
6:05p Short Docs Series 2
SCREEN 15 8:30p Professor Mack
1:40p Short Docs Series 6
4:10p Black & Privileged: Volume 1 SCREEN 9
6:30p Short Docs Series 9 1:15p Short Docs Series 4
8:55p Fantasy & Sci Fi Shorts Series 3:55p A Knight’s Tour
6:10p Out of Chaos, an
Artist’s Journey in Haiti
MONDAY, FEB 11 8:20p WEBSeries Block 1
SCREEN 8 SCREEN 10
1:10p Wings of a Dove 1:00p Gilda Brasileiro -
3:40p Set Yourself on Fire Against Oblivion
w/ The Conversation 3:30p Short Docs Series 8
6:00p Armed 6:00p Bus Riders Union (sold out)
8:55p Isoken 8:30p The Guardian of No Return
w/ Blackorea
SCREEN 9
1:20p Black UK Shorts Series SCREEN 13
4:00p Spiritually Black Short 1:05p Baby Mamas
Films Series 3:35p International Shorts Series
6:25p Shorts Series 3 6:10p Boss
9:00p WEBSeries Block 2 8:40p Ellen
SCREEN 10 SCREEN 14
1:15p Black & Privileged: 1:15p Women’s Shorts Series
Volume 1 3:50p Skin in the Game
3:35p Short Docs Series 4 6:20p Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
6:15p Mabata Bata 8:55p 1 Angry Black Man
8:30p Whale Like Me
SCREEN 15
SCREEN 13 1:20p Isoken
1:15p Farewell Ella Bella 4:00p Bahasha-The Envelope
3:35p Last Night a DJ Saved My Life 6:20p Oliver Tambo
6:10p Rio 2096-A Story of 9:05p Short Docs Series 11
Love and Fury*
8:35p Nine Nights
WEDNESDAY, FEB 13
SCREEN 14
1:30p Solace* SCREEN 1
4:00p Jamaica House 1:20p Mabata Bata
w/ Room Tone 3:30p Armed
6:20p Short Docs Series 1 6:45p Little Woods (CENTERPIECE)
8:30p Blue Note Records 10:00p Shorts Series 4
SCREEN 15 SCREEN 8
1:05p Short Docs Series 11 1:10p Buffalo Soldiers
3:30p WEBSeries Block 1 3:45p Rattlesnakes
6:00p Galsen: The Language of 6:15p TBA
Souls w/ Colors of Sankofa 8:45p The Lil Voice
8:25p Women’s Shorts Series
10 2 0 1 9 PA N A F R IC A N F IL M F E S T IVA LSCREEN 9 SCREEN 14
1:00p The Guardian of No Return 1:20p Belle
w/ Blackorea 4:00p Fantasy & Sci Fi Shorts Series
3:25p 1 Angry Black Man 6:40p Fig Tree
5:50p Dry 9:15p Water in a Broken Glass
8:35p Ellen
SCREEN 15
SCREEN 13 1:25p Baby Mamas
1:35p The Last Victims 4:00p Before the Vows
5:00p Bahasha-The Envelope 6:45p Blue Note Records
7:30p Everything That Glitters 9:15p TBA
9:50p WEBSeries Block 2
FRIDAY, FEB 15
SCREEN 14
1:15p Rio 2096-A Story of SCREEN 8
Love and Fury* 1:05p Perfectly Single
3:35p Water in a Broken Glass 3:45p Black UK Shorts Series
6:30p Gilda Brasileiro - 6:20p Short Docs Series 10
Against Oblivion 8:45p Oliver Tambo
8:55p What Death Leaves Behind
SCREEN 9
SCREEN 15 1:00p WEBSeries Block 2
1:30p Short Docs Series 3 3:30p Thicker than Blood
4:00p Djambar, Sembene the 5:45p Paul Laurence Dunbar
Unsubmissive 8:45p Mr. Soul!
6:25p Thicker than Blood
8:40p Perfectly Single SCREEN 10
2:00p Pierre Jackson
4:25p Veronica’s Wish
THURSDAY, FEB 14 7:00p They Had a Dream
Pt 1 & Pt 2
SCREEN 8
1:25p Short Docs Series 2 SCREEN 13
3:50p Black in America Shorts Series 1:10p Shorts Series 3
6:30p Veronica’s Wish 3:50p London Mitchell’s
9:05p Olympia Last Christmas
6:30p The Burial of Kojo
SCREEN 9 8:50p #truth
1:05 Uncovered
2:40p Besouro SCREEN 14
5:15p Professor Mack 2:00p WEBSeries Block 3
7:35p Heaven on Seven 4:30p Short Docs Series 7
10:00p Spiritually Black Short Films Series 7:00p TV ONE Presents
9:30p Shorts Series 4
SCREEN 10
2:50p In Search of Voodoo SCREEN 15
w/ Ur Mines 1:20p Ali’s Comeback
5:20p They Had a Dream 3:40p Short Docs Series 2
Pt 1 & Pt 2 6:10p The Sacrifice
9:30p Stay w/ The Bartender
9:00p Rafiki
SCREEN 13
1:10p Black Love Shorts Series
3:45p Inglewood Morning Sessions SATURDAY, FEB 16
6:30p Pan African Shorts Series
9:00p Pierre Jackson SCREEN 8
1:00p Olympia
3:30p She Did That
6:00p Dymally-First of His Kind
8:50p Sprinter
AMPAFFIED 11SCREEN 9 SCREEN 14
1:05p Shorts Series 2 1:30p Short Docs Series 5
3:30p Heaven on Seven 4:05p WEBSeries Block 1
6:00p Dymally-First of His Kind 6:40p Sew the Winter to My Skin
8:40p Boss 9:35p A Knight’s Tour
SCREEN 10 SCREEN 15
11:00a PANEL 1:05p No Shade
1:30p PANEL 3:55p She Did That
4:00p PANEL 6:10p Black Love Shorts Series
6:30p Short Docs Series 7 8:50p The Robeson Effect
8:55p No Shade
SCREEN 13 MONDAY, FEB 18
11:00a Wax Print
1:35p WEBSeries Block 3 SCREEN 8
4:10p Black in America Shorts Series 12:00p Oliver Tambo
6:45p Fig Tree 2:30p In Search of Voodoo
9:15p Black Love Shorts Series w/ Ur Mines
4:40p Boss
SCREEN 14 7:10p TBA
11:30a Short Docs Series 6 9:30p Besouro
2:00p Short Docs Series 3
4:30p Set Yourself on Fire SCREEN 9
w/ The Conversation 12:30p Rattlesnakes
7:00p The Robeson Effect 2:55p Nine Nights
10:00p Nine Nights 5:30p Sew the Winter to My Skin
8:30p #truth
SCREEN 15
1:20p Tazzeka SCREEN 10
3:55p TBA 11:45a Thicker than Blood
6:30p Lara and the Beat 2:00p Mabata Bata
9:40p Sew the Winter to My Skin 4:15p Dry
7:00p Djambar, Sembene
the Unsubmissive
SUNDAY, FEB 17 9:20p Mr. Soul!
SCREEN 1 SCREEN 13
1:10p Shorts Series 1 12:00p Shorts Series 4
3:50p Where Hands Touch 2:25p African American Shorts Series
7:00p CLOSING NIGHT 5:00p Shorts Series 3
10:00p Inglewood Morning Sessions 7:50p International Shorts Series
10:30p TBA
SCREEN 8
1:25p 1 Angry Black Man SCREEN 14
4:00p Wax Print 11:40a Wax Print
6:30p Stay 2:15p Where Hands Touch
9:10p Lara and the Beat 5:20p SNEAK PREVIEW
8:30p Lara and the Beat
SCREEN 9
1:00p Dymally - First of His Kind SCREEN 15
3:40p Short Docs Series 4 12:30p Short Docs Series 3
6:20p Boss 3:00p Short Docs Series 10
8:50p African American Shorts Series 5:20p Women’s Shorts Series
7:55p Pan African Shorts
SCREEN 13 10:30p TBA
1:15p Short Docs Series 9
3:50p Pierre Jackson
6:15p #truth
9:05p WEBSeries Block 3
12 2 0 1 9 PA N A F R IC A N F IL M F E S T IVALSHORTS SERIES
African American Shorts Series Short Docs Series 8
Civic Mind / For the Love of Musiq / From Fist A Story From Africa / The Blue Devil / We Never
to Knee / I Am My Own Mother / Karma / Story Gave Up: Stories of Courage in Gambia
Story: The African Rideshare
Short Docs Series 9
Black in America Shorts Series A Civil War: for the Soul of Black America /
BodyMore / Good Kidd / Jabari Belonging in the USA:
Keating / Quiet Denial / Riverment The Story of Michael D. McCarty
Time 2 Surrender / Unapologetically Black
Short Docs Series 10
Black Love Shorts Series 120 Years / Sincerely, The Black Kids / The
Broke Lovers / Glimpse / Jealous / Haircut
Pas Honteux / Stuck*
Short Docs Series 11
Black UK Shorts Series The Color of Art / The Gospel of Combat
Appreciation / Bail* / Oath Bound* / The
Trespasser (Onye Nmefie) / Undone Shorts Series 1
An Act of Terror / Euphoria / It’s Who You Know
Fantasy & Sci Fi Shorts Series / Showtime / The Hangman
Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning /
Fevah / Negroland / Prototype / The Fisherman Shorts Series 2
Belly Flop/ Clarissa’s Gift / Heart Eyes /
International Shorts Series Invincible Boy / Skin / The Airport Run
Dishonour / Fallou / Gifts from Babylon
Shorts Series 3
Pan African Shorts Series 83 Days / Conquered / Iago / Minstrel vs.
Mango Wars / Poacher / The Other Man / White Puppet / No More White Women / Plastic
on Black / Zenith Daydream / Twelfth Round
Short Docs Series 1
On Mother’s Day / The Changing Same / Shorts Series 4
Wendell Grimkie Freeland—A Quiet Soldier in Chris’s Briss / Fayth / Hats / If I Knew You Were
the Fight for Civil Rights Coming / Still Harlem
Short Docs Series 2 Spiritually Black Shorts Series
Astronaut Starbright / Bessie Coleman, First Black Spirit / Sirens / The Girl from the Other
Black Aviatrix / I am Black & Beautiful / Obini Side (Intombi YaNgale)*
Batá: Women of the Drums
Women’s Shorts Series
Short Docs Series 3 Bittersweet / Junior / Ladies Day / Mma
Gumbo / Panomundo Part 1: The Evolution of Moeketsi (Mother of Moeketsi) / Tomato Soup /
the Steelpan Unspoken*
Short Docs Series 4 Webseries Block 1
Bakosó: Afrobeats de Cuba / Birth of Afrobeat / The Book of G.A.M.E. / For Evan’s Sake Pt. 2 /
New York to Conakry Growing Up Immigrant / Plan B
Short Docs Series 5 Webseries Block 2
Growing Up / The Infamous Future Almost Nowhere / Fam Club / Race Relations:
Color Struck / The Single Life Webseries
Short Docs Series 6
Cimarronaje en Panama / Familiar Faces/ Webseries Block 3
Unexpected Places: A Global African Diaspora Black Rose /Funny Married Stuff: Season Two /
Po’ Psi Broke / The Lovers Lyfe
Short Docs Series 7
Dare to Dream: Cuba’s Latin American Medical
School / Power to Heal
AMPAFFIED 13FILM SYNOPSES
#truth A Knight’s Tour
(2018/US/Narr/109min) World Premiere (2018/US/Narr/77min) World Premiere
Dir: Charles Murray Dir: Marvin Choi
A disgraced journalist has to deal with his In a post-apocalyptic world, an injured young
cousin’s suicide after she’s been shamed in man flees through the mountains bleeding
social media. Stars Dorian Missick, Simone from his arm. He stumbles upon a cabin
Missick and Michael Beach. and attempts to break in for shelter but is
Fri, Feb 15@8:50p; Sun, Feb 17@6:15p; Mon, captured by a detached hermit who has been
Feb 18@8:30p surviving by himself for twelve years.
Sat, Feb 9@1:00p; Tue, Feb 12@3:55p; Sun,
1 Angry Black Man Feb 17@9:35p
(2018/US/Narr/94min) LA Premiere
Dir: Menelek Lumumba A Story From Africa
Mike Anderson, a senior at a quintessential (2019/Portugal/Doc/32min) LA Premiere
New England liberal arts college, is eight Dir: Billy Woodberry
weeks away from graduation when he is The story of an encounter with and mis-
arrested when falsely accused of rape. After reading of an Archival Photograph tells
his release, the discussions in his first African- the story of the Portuguese “ pacification”
American Literature class with his favorite campaign in Southern Angola in 1907
professor cause emotions to run high when and the resistance of the Cuamatos of the
they push on topics and issues that spill same region.
beyond political boundaries. Fri, Feb 8@1:15p; Tue, Feb 12@3:30p
Tue, Feb 12@8:55p; Wed, Feb13@3:25p;
Sun, Feb 17@1:25p A United Kingdom
(2016/UK/Narr/117min)
120 Years Dir: Amma Asante
(2018/US/Doc/38min) LA Premiere When the black chief-in-waiting of one of
Dir: Matt Nadel Botswana’s most powerful tribes marries a
Scott Lewis was sentenced to life in prison white British clerk, they faced uproar and
for a double homicide he never committed. exile in an apartheid-era world. Stars David
For decades, Lewis built his own case from Oyelowo.
behind bars, motivated by his faith that the Sun, Feb 10@1:15p
truth must prevail.
Fri, Feb 8@2:00p; Fri, Feb 15@6:20p; Ali’s Comeback: The Untold Story
Mon, Feb 18@3:00p (2018/US/Doc/76min) World Premiere
Dir: Art L. Jones
83 Days An unusual group of people came together
(2018/US/Narr/30min) LA Premiere in the most unlikely location to relaunch the
Dir: Andrew Paul Howell boxing career of the GOAT (The Greatest Of
In 1944, in Acolu, SC, 14-year-old George All Time).
Stinney Jr. fights for his life after being Fri, Feb 8@7:00p; Sat, Feb 9@7:00p; Fri, Feb
wrongly accused of the murder of 2 white 15@1:20p
girls.
Mon, Feb 11@6:25p; Fri, Feb 15@1:10p; All Skinfolk Ain’t Kinfolk
Mon, Feb 18@5:00p (2018/US/Doc/21min) LA Premiere
Dir: Angela Tucker
A Civil War: for the Soul of Black America The 2018 runoff for mayor of New Orleans
(2016/US/Doc/23min) LA Premiere came down to two candidates: Desirée
Dir: S. Khin May Lwin Charbonnet and LaToya Cantrell, two very
The Politics of Respectability is a dividing different black women. The winner would be
issue in the American Black community. In the city’s 4th Black mayor and its first female
solidarity with the African American spirit, mayor.
USC Law Professor and African American Sat, Feb 9@4:00p; Sun, Feb 10@1:00p
Jody David Armour grew a large afro and
argues AGAINST the respectability argument. Almost Nowhere
His message is resolute: “We’all we got.” (2018/US/Narr/18min) LA Premiere
Sat, Feb 9@11:10a; Sun, Feb 10@6:30p; Sun, Dir: Brittney Dorey & Irwin Miller
Feb 17@1:15p Denise is an aspiring writer with a strong
moral compass who has had her bout
14 2 0 1 9 PA N A F R IC A N F IL M F E S T IVA Lwith depression since breaking up with her Kitasa is an elected public official who betrays his
boyfriend nearly two years ago. family, friends and community when he takes an
Mon, Feb 11@9:00p; Wed, Feb13@9:50p; Fri, easy bribe. He learns the hard way and must now
Feb 15@1:00p find the road to redemption.
Sun, Feb 10@4:00p; Tue, Feb 12@4:00p; Wed,
Amazing Grace (2018/US/Doc/120min) Feb 13@5:00p
Dir: Sydney Pollack
For synopsis, see OPENING NIGHT. Bail* (2018/UK/Narr/30min) US Premiere
Dir: Kwame Lestrade
An Act of Terror (2017/US/Narr/16min) When a couple agree to spy on their son Eddie as
LA Premiere part of a reality show, they have no idea what they
Dir: Ashley Paige Brim are getting into.
The true story of Virginia Christian, a 16-year- Sat, Feb 9@3:25p; Mon, Feb 11@1:20p; Fri, Feb
old African American girl accused of murder in 15@3:40p
the Jim Crow South.
Fri, Feb 8@3:45p; Sun, Feb 17@1:10p Bakosó: Afrobeats de Cuba (2019/US/
Doc/47min) World Premiere
Appreciation (2018/UK/Narr/15min) Dir: Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
World Premiere Our connection to Africa is not a thing of the past.
Dir: Tomisin Adepeju When Afrobeats hit Cuba, it help create a new
A pastor questions everything she believes after a genre called Bakosó, which itself is beautiful proof
life-changing event. that the exchange between Cuba and Africa did
Sat, Feb 9@3:25p; Mon, Feb 11@1:20p; not end with the Transatlantic slave trade.
Fri, Feb 15@3:40p Mon, Feb 11@3:35p; Tue, Feb 12@1:15p; Sun,
Feb 17@3:40p
Armed (2018/US/Narr/118min) LA Premiere
Dir: Mario van Peebles Battledream Chronicles: A New Beginning
A former U.S. Marshal struggles to pull his life (2017/Martinique/Canada/France/Narr/24min)
together after a raid gone wrong. When he learns Dir: Alain Bidard
all the survivors of his unit are similarly suffering, A young Caribbean girl wakes up amnesic in an
he begins to believe there may be a larger Afrofuturistic world where she has been enslaved
conspiracy at hand. Stars Mario Van Peebles, by a colonial empire of Mortemonde. Second
Columbus Short, Jemma Dallender, Laz Alonso installment in the “Battledream” animation series.
and William Fichtner. Appearances by Dionne Sun, Feb 10@8:55p; Thu, Feb 14@4:00p
Warwick and Van Jones.
Sat, Feb 9@8:30p; Mon, Feb 11@6:00p; Wed, Before the Vows (2018/Ghana/Narr/88min) West
Feb13@3:30p Coast Premiere
Dir: Nicole Amarteifio
Astronaut Starbright (2018/US/Doc/12min) With only weeks left before their wedding,
Dir: Lana Taylor a modern Ghanaian couple devise an
Taylor Richardson is a young girl of color who unconventional plan to ensure a long and happy
aspires to be an astronaut. She advocates for girls marriage. Stars John Dumelo and Maame Adjei.
of color interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Sun, Feb 10@8:45p; Thu, Feb 14@4:00p
Engineering, and Math) by bringing as much black
girl representation to them as possible. Belle (2013/UK/Narr/100min)
Tue, Feb 12@6:05p; Thu, Feb 14@1:25p; Fri, Feb Dir: Amma Asante
15@3:40p The mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral
is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle in 18th-
Baby Mamas (2017/South Africa/Narr/93min) century England. Stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
LA Premiere Thu, Feb 14@1:20p
Dir: Stephina Zwane
In the new South Africa, four professional Belly Flop (2017/South Africa/Narr/5min)
women and single Moms form a sisterhood to Dir: Jeremy Collins & Kelly Dillon
help navigate the treacherous waters of the Persistence pays off when an unashamed young
relationships they have with the men in their lives. girl learning to dive is unperturbed by a talented
A comedy drama. diver who steals the spotlight.
Sat, Feb 9@4:20p;Tue, Feb 12@1:05p; Thu, Feb Sun, Feb 10@2:00p; Sat, Feb 16@1:05p
14@1:25p
Belonging in the USA: The Story of
Bahasha - The Envelope (2018/Tanzania/ Michael D. McCarty (2018/US/Doc/59min)
Narr/80min) US Premiere Dir: Arielle Nobile
Dir: Jordan Riber The uplifting story of Chicago-born and raised
AMPAFFIED 15Michael D. McCarty: Chicago Black Panther, Black Bones (Nate Parker Foundation)
recovered drug addict, acupuncturist, father, Sai (2018/US/Narr/6min)
Baba disciple, and a professional storyteller. We Dir: Adrian Scott Woodard, India Johnson, Jahlil
follow the full arc of Michael’s ever-changing life. Rahim, Melissa Roca, Brianna Clay, Shemar Jonas.
Sat, Feb 9@11:10a; Sun, Feb 10@6:30p; Sun, Feb While playing a game of domino ‘bones’ in their
17@1:15p grandparents’ house. They are mysteriously
confronted with horrible unknown truths from
Besouro (2009/Brazil/Narr/95min) PAFF Classic their family’s past.
Dir: João Daniel Tikhomiroff Sun, Feb 10 @ 6:30p
Orphaned at the turn of the 20th century, Periera
learns capoeira and becomes known as Besouro Black Rose (2018/US/Narr/16min) LA Premiere
(beetle) because of his amazing abilities which Dir: Lamonia Brown
he uses to combat the cruel conditions suffered In Brooklyn’s crime-ridden neighborhood of
by his people. Based on the life of the legendary Brownsville, a haunted anthropology professor’s
capoeira fighter from Bahia, this action-packed research unveils mysterious abductions of local
tale recreates the life story of Manuel Henrique teen orphans.
Pereira, one of Brazil’s most famous practitioners Fri, Feb 15@2:00p; Sat, Feb 16@1:35p; Sun, Feb
of capoeira. 17@9:05p
Sat, Feb 9@6:00p; Thu, Feb 14@2:40p; Mon, Feb
18@9:30p Black Spirit (2018/Tunisia/France/Narr/20min)
LA Premiere
Bessie Coleman, First Black Aviatrix Dir: Chakib Taleb-Bendiab
(2018/France/Doc/52min) US Premiere A French archaeologist goes on a quest to find
Dir: Olivier Sarrazin the elusive legendary African Samurai clan.
In the early 19th century, American segregationist Mon, Feb 11@4:00p; Thu, Feb 14@10:00p
barriers forbade Black people and women from
flying. But in 1921, Bessie Coleman became BlacKorea (2017/US/Narr/25min) LA Premiere
the first African America woman to hold an Dir: Christine Swanson
international pilot’s license. Two children, born to a Korean mother and
Tue, Feb 12@6:05p; Thu, Feb 14@1:25p; Fri, Feb African-American father, are forced to live with
15@3:40p the tangled consequences of their parents’
decisions.
Birth of Afrobeat (2017/US/Doc/7min) Tue, Feb 12@8:30p; Wed, Feb13@1:00p
LA Premiere
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Dir: Opiyo Okeyo
(2018/US/Doc/90min) LA Premiere
African music pioneer Fela Kuti once said,
Dir: Sophie Huber
“Without Tony Allen, there would be no
A revelatory, thrilling and emotional journey
Afrobeat.” The contribution of drum legend
behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the
Tony Allen to the birth of Afrobeat, Africa’s most
pioneering label that gave voice to some of the
exported music genre, is recounted with live
finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
action and animation.
Mon, Feb 11@10:00p; Thu, Feb 14@6:45p
Mon, Feb 11@3:35p; Tue, Feb 12@1:15p; Sun,
Feb 17@3:40p
BodyMore (2018/US/Narr/15min) LA Premiere
Dir: Darren Mallett
Bittersweet (2017/Australia/Narr/15min)
When she returns home to protest the acquittal of
US Premiere
police in a killing of a Black man, activist Carrie’s
Dir: Ayan Yusuf
personal life collides with her politics, testing her
Thwarting her plans for a slumber party with her
deepest values.
girlfriends, Aisha must stay with her Grandmother
Fri, Feb 8@9:00p; Thu, Feb 14@3:50p; Sat, Feb
for a week before she leaves for Somalia.
16@4:10p
Mon, Feb 11@8:25p; Tue, Feb 12@1:15p; Mon,
Feb 18@5:20p Boss: The Black Experience In Business
(2019/US/Doc/90min) World Premiere
Black & Privileged: Volume 1 Dir: Stanley Nelson
(2018/US/Narr/80min) World Premiere The untold story of African American
Dir: Mark Harris entrepreneurship, where skill, industriousness,
A Black community has to fight streets gangs and ingenuity and sheer courage in the face of
politicians in order to maintain the economics of overwhelming odds provide the backbone of this
their community. nation’s economic and social growth.
Fri, Feb 8@6:45p; Sun, Feb 10@4:10p; Mon, Feb Tue, Feb 12@6:10p; Sat, Feb 16@8:40p; Sun, Feb
11@1:15p 17@6:20p; Mon, Feb 18@4:40p
16 2 0 1 9 PA N A F R IC A N F IL M F E S T IVA LBroke Lovers (2018/US/Narr/13min) Colors of Sankofa
World Premiere (2018/US/Narr/20min) World Premiere
Dir: Leon Pierce Jr. Dir: Jalen Blot
Chris and Jayla are lovers and down on their luck A successful CEO is forced to revisit scars from
actors who decide to work together to make their her past while interviewing candidates for a new
dreams come true. second-in-command.
Thu, Feb 14@1:10p; Sat, Feb 16@9:15p; Sun, Fri, Feb 8@4:30p; Mon, Feb 11@6:00p
Feb 17@6:10p
Conquered (2018/US/Narr/7min) LA Premiere
Buffalo Soldiers: A Quest for Freedom Dir: ShakaJamal
(2018/US/Doc/85min) LA Premiere A poetic chronicle of the decimation that has led
Dir: The Isabelle Brothers: Jurian Isabelle, David to massive displacement of Black residents in the
Isabelle, Jeremy Isabelle formerly redlined Lower Bottoms area of West
A breathtaking look at post-Civil War black men in Oakland, an area known for its former rich history
the military and how they became to be known as of self-determination.
the Buffalo Soldiers. Mon, Feb 11@6:25p; Fri, Feb 15@1:10p; Mon,
Sat, Feb 9@1:00p; Wed, Feb13@1:10p Feb 18@5:00p
Bus Riders Union (2000/US/Doc/87min) Dare to Dream: Cuba’s Latin American Medical
Dir: Haskell Wexler School (2017/Cuba/US/Doc/30min)
The documentation of the several-year struggle Dir: Jennifer Wager
of the L. A. Bus Riders Union (BRU) to win better Cuba’s Latin American Medical School has trained
service and to challenge the race and class bias in nearly 30,000 doctors, including doctors from the
city spending priorities. US, since 1999. We follow the journeys of Cuban-
Tue, Feb 12@6:00p trained American doctors as they return to the US
to serve struggling communities.
Chris’s Briss (2017/US/Narr/12min) Sun, Feb 10@4:25p; Fri, Feb 15@4:30p; Sat, Feb
Dir: Delmar Washington 16@6:30p
A recently engaged man learns that love cuts
both ways! Dishonour (2017/Canada/Narr/39min)
Wed, Feb13@10:00p; Fri, Feb 15@9:30p; Mon, Dir: Terrence Turner
Feb 18@12:00p A young girl is caught in a struggle between her
widowed father and his elderly aunt who disagree
Cimarronaje en Panama on how best to adapt to the customs and laws of
(2017/Panama/Doc/59min) their newly adopted home in the U.K.
Dir: Toshi Sakai Fri, Feb 8@6:25p; Tue, Feb 12@3:35p; Mon, Feb
Throughout the New World, enslaved Africans 18@7:50p
resisted their subjugation in a variety of ways,
Djambar, Sembene the Unsubmissive (Djambar,
from quiet acts of sabotage to armed uprisings.
Sembene L’Insoumis) (2017/Cameroon/France/
Many escaped into the forests where they
Doc/85min) US Premiere
reclaimed their freedom and started communities
Dir: Eric Mbappé Bodoulé Sosso
of their own.
A tribute to one of Africa’s most visionary
Sun, Feb 10@1:40p; Sat, Feb 16@11:30a
directors. Film lovers, filmmakers, journalists
and friends take us on a journey through the
Civic Mind (2017/US/Narr/19min) LA Premiere
life and work of the late Sembene Ousmane.
Dir: Adonis Williams
Commentators include Charles Burnet, Danny
An undercover teenage NYPD volunteer illegally
Glover and Haile Gerima.
purchases alcohol in a bodega sting. But this
Sun, Feb 10@6:20p; Wed, Feb13@4:00p; Mon,
biggest bust of his career jeopardizes everything
Feb 18@7:00p
he’s worked for in a gentrifying Brooklyn
neighborhood.
Drugs as Weapons Against Us: The CIA War on
Sat, Feb 9@1:45p; Sun, Feb 17@8:50p; Mon, Feb
Musicians and Activists
18@2:25p
(2018/US/Doc/120min)
Dir: John L Potash
Clarissa’s Gift (2014/US/Narr/10min)
Evidence is presented alleging CIA involvement
Dir: Obba Babatundé
in drug trafficking and manipulation of musicians
When Clarissa finds herself in an altercation with
and activists to promote drugs for social control,
her best friend, she receives a valuable gift from
particularly within the Civil Rights and anti-war
her grandmother.
movements. Additional allegations claim that
Sun, Feb 10@2:00p; Sat, Feb 16@1:05p
some musicians that resisted manipulation
were killed.
Sun, Feb 10@10:05p
AMPAFFIED 17Dry (2015/Nigeria/Narr/106min) PAFF Classic Fam Club (2018/US/Narr/20min) World Premiere
Dir: Stephanie Linus Dir: Nick Casalini
An African doctor living in Wales avoids visiting Meet Drake’s nerdy brother and sister... Norman
her homeland because of a trauma suffered in and Genevieve!
childhood. When her missionary mother falls ill, Mon, Feb 11@9:00p; Wed, Feb13@9:50p; Fri,
she reluctantly agrees to return home to take her Feb 15@1:00p
place. On the trip, Zara learns to face her past
while helping other young woman from suffering Familiar Faces/Unexpected Places: A Global
her same trauma. Stars Stephanie Okereke. African Diaspora (2018/US/Doc/31min)
Sat, Feb 9@4:00p; Wed, Feb13@5:50p; Mon, LA Premiere
Feb 18@4:15p Dir: Sheila S. Walker
The untold story of how the knowledge and
Dymally - First of His Kind (2019/US/ skills of millions of enslaved Africans formed
Doc/100min) LA Premiere communities around the world, helping to build
Dir: Maurice Simmons new societies and create new cultures that
From immigrant to US Congressman, we follow enriched global civilization.
the life of the legendary California politician Sun, Feb 10@1:40p; Sat, Feb 16@11:30a
Mervyn Dymally, whose career took him all
around the world helping the under-served and Farewell Ella Bella (2018/south africa/
the voiceless. Narr/82min) US Premiere
Sat, Feb 16@6:00p; Sun, Feb 17@1:00p Dir: Lwazi Mvusi
Ella is a disillusioned waitress whose alcoholic
Ellen (2018/South Africa/Narr/123min) father’s death sparks the determination to
LA Premiere leave behind her stagnant life and embark on a
Dir: Daryne Joshua journey of self-discovery to Johannesburg.
Despite unflinching love for him, Ellen’s troubled Fri, Feb 8@4:25p; Mon, Feb 11@1:15p
relationship with her drug-addicted and abusive
son eventually drives her to the edge. Based on Fatuma (2018/Tanzania/Narr/80min) US
true events. Premiere
Fri, Feb 8@4:00p; Tue, Feb 12@8:40p; Wed, Dir: Jordan Riber
Feb13@8:35p Fatuma fights weather, pests and poverty to
farm the land and keep the family fed. But when
EUphoria (2018/Belgium/Narr/24min) World her husband squanders her harvest and schemes
Premiere to marry off their daughter, she has to fight him
Dir: Robert-Jonathan Koeyers as well.
An afrofuturist musical in which a mysterious Sat, Feb 9@6:35p; Tue, Feb 12@1:10p
force field appears around the African continent,
cutting Europe off from the natural resources Fayth (2018/US/Narr/7min) World Premiere
and cheap labor it needs to remain prosperous. Dir: Ashton Pina
Fri, Feb 8@3:45p; Sun, Feb 17@1:10p Sometimes you have no other choice but to take
a leap.
Everything That Glitters (2018/US/Narr/88min) Wed, Feb13@10:00p; Fri, Feb 15@9:30p; Mon,
West Coast Premiere Feb 18@12:00p
Dir: Dan Garcia
A woman struggles with loneliness as her Fevah (2018/US/Narr/13min)
husband prepares to sell the family business Dir: Randall Dottin
for a fortune. When she is drawn to a young A heartbroken single mom is about to plunge
mechanic who is also an employee of her into a new relationship when her child’s missing
husband, she gets drawn into a sadistic web of father returns with a secret. Stars Russell
lies, betrayal, and deceit. Hornsby.
Fri, Feb 8@9:30p; Wed, Feb13@7:30p Sun, Feb 10@8:55p;Thu, Feb 14@4:00p
Fallou (2017/Senegal/UK/Narr/30min) Fig Tree (2018/Israel/Ethiopia/Narr/93min)
LA Premiere LA Premiere
Dir: Alassane Sy Dir: Aalam-Warqe Davidian
A Senegalese man is sent to London by a Mina, a Jew, is trying to navigate between a
Marabout linked to an extremist group. In surreal routine dictated by the Ethiopian civil
London, he discovers the city’s energy, music war and her last days of youth with her boyfriend
and people, making his choices difficult. Eli, a Christian. When her family makes plans
Fri, Feb 8@6:25p; Tue, Feb 12@3:35p; Mon, Feb to immigrate to Israel to escape the war, she
18@7:50p weaves a plan to also save Eli.
Thu, Feb 14@6:40p; Sat, Feb 16@6:45p
18 2 0 1 9 PA N A F R IC A N F IL M F E S T IVALFor Evan’s Sake Pt. 2 (2018/US/Narr/34min) hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans
Dir: Kirstin Lorin in 19th century Brazil was almost erased from
Finding himself doing the most mundane chores memory.
on his job as a PA in Hollywood, Evan acts out his Fri, Feb 8 @ 2:05p; Tue, Feb 12@1:00p;
frustrations of not being utilized for what he went Wed, Feb13 @ 6:30p
to film school for. When HR orders him to see a
shrink, his world is sent into chaos. Glimpse (2018/US/Narr/6min) LA Premiere
Mon, Feb 11@3:30p; Tue, Feb 12@8:20p; Sun, Dir: Peres Owino
Feb 17@4:05p Ernest, an elderly gentleman with early onset
Alzheimer’s, goes about his morning routine
For the Love of Musiq (2017/US/Narr/20min) while his wife’s three voice messages play in the
Dir: Chad Quinn background.
A product of the 80s crack epidemic, a young girl Thu, Feb 14@1:10p; Sat, Feb 16@9:15p; Sun, Feb
in foster care uses her experiences and her love of 17@6:10p
music to overcome.
Sat, Feb 9@1:45p; Sun, Feb 17@8:50p; Mon, Feb Good Kidd (2018/US/Narr/15min) LA Premiere
Dir: Jamari Perry
18@2:25p
Using advice and the examples of his two older
brothers and understanding anger management,
From Fist to Knee (2018/US/Narr/5min)
a boy is trying to break the pattern of violence
World Premiere
and imprisonment in his family until he is bullied
Dir: Paula Neiman
in school and has to respond.
The story of two distinct gestures… silent protests Fri, Feb 8@9:00p; Thu, Feb 14@3:50p; Sat, Feb
heard around the world… decades apart yet 16@4:10p
bound by persistent parallels and the absence of
change. Growing Up (2017/US/Doc/53min) World
Sat, Feb 9@1:45p; Sun, Feb 17@8:50p; Mon, Feb Premiere
18@2:25p Dir: Leslie Dektor
Fernando Pullum rose above his own harrowing
Funny Married Stuff: Season Two childhood through music and for decades he’s
(2018/US/Narr/49min) LA Premiere passed that gift along, as a teacher and now
Dir: Roger Melvin Founder of Fernando Pullum Community Arts
A comedic web series about Lony’e and Center in Leimart Park.
Peyton Perrine poking fun at one another while Sat, Feb 9@1:20p; Sun, Feb 17@1:30p
navigating through the confusing world of
marriage and parenthood! Growing Up Immigrant (2018/US/Narr/20min)
Fri, Feb 15@2:00p; Sat, Feb 16@1:35p; Sun, LA Premiere
Feb 17@9:05p Dir: Nathaniel Kweku
Nicholas Ajayi, a first-generation Ghanaian-
Galsen: The Language of Souls (Galsen: El American millennial, just moved in with Aunty
lenguaje de las almas) (2018/Senegal/Spain/ Mama, a traditional African woman who has zero
Doc/62min) US Premiere regard for cultural assimilation.
Dir: Sergio Aparicio Mon, Feb 11@3:30p; Tue, Feb 12@8:20p; Sun,
Musician Sergio Aparicio (OKOBÉ aka “Creisy Feb 17@4:05p
Lyon”) travels to Senegal, the land of his ancestors
for the first time, seeking his ancestral identity. Gumbo (2018/US/Doc/48min) US Premiere
Fri, Feb 8@4:30p; Mon, Feb 11@6:00p Dir: Alyssa Rachelle
A detailed investigation of the quintessential
Gifts from Babylon (2018/The Gambia/ African American gourmet food experience
Netherlands/Narr/24min) US Premiere --Gumbo-- including the basic components, its
Dir: Bas Ackermann historical and cultural implications, its various
After living illegally in Europe for five years, a types and theories of origin.
Wed, Feb13@1:30p; Sat, Feb 16@2:00p; Mon,
Gambian deportee experiences personal conflicts
Feb 18@12:30p
when he returns to his home country.
Fri, Feb 8@6:25p; Tue, Feb 12@3:35p; Mon, Feb
Hats (2018/US/Narr/14min) LA Premiere
18@7:50p
Dir: Sade Clacken Joseph
An imaginative, young, black aspiring baseball
Gilda Brasileiro - Against Oblivion (Gilda player is torn between his new predominately
Brasileiro - Contra o Esquecimento) (2018/Brazil/ white high school and his gang-infested home of
Switzerland/Germany/Doc/90min) LA Premiere South Central.
Dir: Roberto Manhães Reis & Viola Scheuerer Wed, Feb13@10:00p; Fri, Feb 15@9:30p; Mon,
But for the efforts and research of one woman, the Feb 18@12:00p
memory of an infamous road used to transport
AMPAFFIED 19Heart Eyes (2017/US/Narr/7min) LA Premiere Seeking to dispel the unfair mythology
Dir: Michea Bryant surrounding Voodoo, actor Djimon Hounsou
A high school student with Down syndrome reintroduces the viewer to an organic belief
hopes of securing a date for the Valentines Day system that values the positive aspects of nature
Dance. In the process, she teaches everyone and life practiced within West Africa and its
around her a valuable lesson about love and Diaspora.
forgiveness. Fri, Feb 8@9:05p;Thu, Feb 14@2:50p; Mon, Feb
Sun, Feb 10@2:00p; Sat, Feb 16@1:05p 18@2:30p
Heaven on Seven (2018/US/Narr/90min) World Inglewood Morning Sessions (2018/US/
Premiere Doc/84min) World Premiere
Dir: Brandall “B” Cole Dir: Jay Gerren
With a 50-year church legacy inherited from The story of the 1994-95 Inglewood High School
his late pastor father, a one-time gambler and Sentinels’ CIF season, led by future NBA Hall of
hustler turned pastor faces the duel pressures of Famer Paul Pierce and the mentors who helped
filling his father’s shoes and allowing his friends see them through - Coach Roy and Inglewood
to use the church basement as a gambling hall. Police Lieutenant Scott Collins.
Stars Terri J. Vaughn, Damon Williams, Rodney Fri, Feb 8@6:35p; Thu, Feb 14@3:45p; Sun, Feb
Perry. 17@10:00p
Thu, Feb 14@7:35p; Sat, Feb 16@3:30p
Invincible Boy (2018/US/Narr/20min) LA
I Am Black & Beautiful Premiere
(2017/Australia/Doc/8min) LA Premiere Dir: Julian Park
Dir: Hawanatu Bangura A wildly imaginative boy’s mission to become a
Probing the effects of colorism, seven Afro- superhero is challenged when his optimistic view
Australian women explore the impact of western of the world begins to crumble.
media on their identity and understanding of Sun, Feb 10@2:00p; Sat, Feb 16@1:05p
beauty.
Tue, Feb 12@6:05p; Thu, Feb 14@1:25p; Fri, Feb Isoken (2017/Nigeria/Narr/98min) LA Premiere
15@3:40p Dir: Jadesola Osiberu
Although she has what appears to be a perfect
I Am My Own Mother life - beautiful, successful and surrounded by
(2018/US/Narr/23min) LA Premiere great family and friends - Isoken is still unmarried
Dir: Andrew Zox at 34, which in a culture obsessed with marriage,
Expecting to be welcomed, an adopted woman is serious cause for concern.
now pregnant reinserts herself back into the life Mon, Feb 11@8:55p; Tue, Feb 12@1:20p
of her biological mother and siblings, unsettling
the entire family unit. It’s Who You Know
Sat, Feb 9@1:45p; Sun, Feb 17@8:50p; Mon, (2018/US/Narr/20min) World Premiere
Feb 18@2:25p Dir: Ricky Rosario
Clayton, a dancer, chases his dreams, juggling
Iago (2018/US/Narr/19min) his part-time job and attending auditions.
Dir: Amit Bhalla Disappointments from his circumstances grow
Othello, Shakespeare’s infamous tale of as he observes the people around him receiving
jealousy and betrayal, is reimagined during the opportunities from their personal relationships.
revolutionary period of the Black Panther Party. Fri, Feb 8@3:45p; Sun, Feb 17@1:10p
Mon, Feb 11@6:25p; Fri, Feb 15@1:10p; Mon,
Feb 18@5:00p Jabari Keating
(2018/US/Narr/10min) LA Premiere
If I Knew You Were Coming (2018/US/ Dir: Stacey Larkins
Narr/30min) LA Premiere Upon making a life-defining choice, Jabari
Dir: Elizabeth Boston Keating explores his personal reflections, life
After a string of pastry poisonings, Brittany experiences, trials and tribulations as a Black
Michaels - a determined Los Angeles detective - man in America.
is sure she has tracked down the culprit, only to Fri, Feb 8@9:00p; Thu, Feb 14@3:50p; Sat, Feb
learn that she’s the one being tracked. 16@4:10p
Wed, Feb13@10:00p; Fri, Feb 15@9:30p; Mon,
Feb 18@12:00p Jamaica House
(2018/US/Doc/60min) US Premiere
In Search of Voodoo: Roots to Heaven (2018/ Dir: Alfred Gragg
Benin/Togo/US/Doc/66min) LA Premiere Jamaica House was LA’s biggest and longest
Dir: Djimon Hounsou running Hip-Hop nightclub of the 90s. In this
20 2 0 1 9 PA N A F R IC A N F IL M F E S T IVA Lchronicle of the club, viewers venture behind the London Mitchell’s Christmas (2018/US/
velvet-rope, from the hood to Hollywood, with rap Narr/103min) LA Premiere
and reggae’s golden-era elite. Dir: Christopher A. Nolen
Sat, Feb 9@9:20p; Mon, Feb 11@4:00p London Mitchell gets news that forces him to
rethink his outlook on life during the Christmas
Jealous (2018/US/Narr/17min) US Premiere holiday.
Dir: Claytia Gonsalves Sun, Feb 10@6:50p; Fri, Feb 15@3:50p
Following their breakup, a man is preoccupied
with his ex-girlfriend--camping out at their “spot,” Mabata Bata (2018/Mozambique/Narr/74min)
leaving her messages and doing “research” on her US Premiere
social media, hoping to get her back. Dir: Sol de Carvalho
Thu, Feb 14@1:10p; Sat, Feb 16@9:15p; Sun, Feb During the civil war, Azarias, a shepherd boy,
17@6:10p dreams of going to school, but can’t because he
has to take care of his uncle’s herd of oxen. When
Junior (2017/US/Narr/28min) Mabata Bata, the herd’s prize ox, intended as
Dir: Pearl Gluck “lobolo” (traditional dowry) for his uncle’s marriage,
A mother struggles with her new normal after her steps on a land mine and explodes, Azarias’ life
teenage son is murdered by an off-duty cop. changes forever.
Mon, Feb 11@8:25p; Tue, Feb 12@1:15p; Mon, Feb Mon, Feb 11@6:15p; Wed, Feb13@1:20p; Mon,
18@5:20p Feb 18@2:00p
Karma (2018/US/Narr/21min) World Premiere Mango Wars (2017/Jamaica/Narr/14min)
Dir: Miles Stroter US Premiere
A 16-year-old is dealt a tough hand and decides to Dir: Kyle Chin
take it out on members of his Chicago South Side Mr. Brown goes to great lengths to defend
neighborhood until one day he learns the lesson of his mango tree, almost forgetting what’s truly
Karma. important in life.
Sat, Feb 9@1:45p; Sun, Feb 17@8:50p; Mon, Feb Sun, Feb 10@3:35p; Thu, Feb 14@6:30p; Mon,
18@2:25p Feb 18@7:55p
Ladies Day (2018/UK/Narr/9min) LA Premiere
Minstrel vs. Puppet (2018/US/Narr/7min)
Dir: Abena Taylor-Smith
Dir: Marcus Aubin
A young lesbian spends the day in the hair salon
An artistic experimental piece that illustrates the
getting her hair braided. It’s full of fun, sheen spray,
internal conflict many women, particularly women
gossip and laughter, but how will she deal with the
of color, experience surrounding the topics of
casual homophobia?
brains and beauty.
Mon, Feb 11@8:25p; Tue, Feb 12@1:15p; Mon, Feb
Mon, Feb 11@6:25p; Fri, Feb 15@1:10p; Mon,
18@5:20p
Feb 18@5:00p
Lara and the Beat (2018/Nigeria/Narr/129min)
Mma Moeketsi (Mother of Moeketsi)
US Premiere
(2018/South Africa/Narr/25min)
Dir: Tosin Coker
Dir: Reabetswe Moeti
The fabulously wealthy Giwa sisters are caught in
In August 2012, the South African police opened
the center of a financial scandal forcing them out
fire on striking miners at the Marikana Platinum
of their privileged bubble. They must now learn to
Mine. 34 miners were killed and 78 wounded. Mma
build their own future through music and enterprise
Moeketsi’s only son was among the strikers - this is
while fighting to salvage the legacy left by their
HER story.
parents. Stars Seyi Shay and Olanrewaju “Vector”
Mon, Feb 11@8:25p; Tue, Feb 12@1:15p; Mon,
Ogunmefun.
Feb 18@5:20p
Sat, Feb 16@6:30p; Sun, Feb 17@9:10p; Mon, Feb
18@8:30p
Mr. Soul! (2018/US/Doc/115min)
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (2016/US/ Dir: Melissa Haizlip
Narr/95min) LA Premiere Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL!
Dir: Damon Jamal In 1968, Ellis Haizlip was asked to produce the
Tony Sinclair is a late night Atlanta DJ who gets first “Black Tonight Show.” Haizlip did that, and
dumped by his live-in girlfriend, live on the radio. more. SOUL! Was one of the most controversial,
Sat, Feb 9@8:35p; Mon, Feb 11@3:35p; Tue, Feb successful, and socially significant TV shows in US
12@6:20p history.
Sat, Feb 9@7:40p; Fri, Feb 15@8:45p; Mon, Feb
Little Woods (2018/US/Narr/105min) 18@9:20p
Dir: Nia DaCosta
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