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About: African Film Festival opens in New York

Thu, 16 Apr 1998 06:28:17 -0700 (PDT)

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    Originally dated: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 06:28:17 -0700 (PDT)

    > From: MTeplitsky <MTeplitsky@aol.com>
    >
    > The 4th NEW YORK AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
    >
    > returns to the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center on Wednesday,
    > April 15
    > through April 24. This year's festival presents 25 exciting films from
    > throughout the continent, including recent works by veteran and new
    > directors
    > and a special tribute to Cameroon filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno.
    >
    > As a special bonus, several of the directors (including Teno) will be
    > in New
    > York to present their films. Furthermore, a stunning collection of
    > African
    > paintings and costumes by the Groupe Bogolan Kasobane, an artists
    > collective
    > from Mali, will be exhibited at the Furman Gallery of the Walter Reade
    > Theater
    > from April 15 through May 15.
    >
    > For the complete Walter Reade Theater program, visit www.filmlinc.com
    > or call
    > (212) 875-5600.
    >
    > A selection of films will also be shown at the Brooklyn Museum of Art
    > on
    > weekends following the run at Lincoln Center beginning April 25. For
    > more
    > information, call (718) 638-5000 x230.
    >
    > Two panel discussions have also been organized as part of the program:
    >
    > Friday, April 17, 6-9 pm
    > "Casting as a Strategy for Marketing/Distribution in African Cinema"
    > The Museum for African Art
    > 593 Broadway at Prince Street
    > More info: (212) 966-1313
    >
    > Saturday, April 18, 1-3:30 pm
    > "New Technologies and the Future of African Cinema"
    > NYU Africana Studies
    > Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Film Center, Room 101
    > 36 East 8th Street (between University and Greene)
    > More info: (212) 998-2130

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