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EVENTS & SCREENINGS

Arts & Diversity to create community

UPCOMING SCREENING EVENTS, PRESENTATIONS, AIRINGS

Rasaki Aladokun with drum
  • "Rasaki's Drums and Nigeria's Yorubá," SCREENING EVENT February 19, 2025 6-8 pm, at BCM (Berkeley Community Media), 2134 Martin Luther King, Jr., Way (next door to Berkeley Police Dept.), Berkeley, CA, USA, CA., USA. We will have a filmmaker Q&A and a drumming session after the screening. February is Black History Month.
  • "Rasaki's Drums and Nigeria's Yorubá," will be presented April 17, 2025 at Ethnografilm Festival in Paris (FRANCE).
  • "Rasaki's Drums and Nigeria's Yorubá," SCREENING EVENT June, 2025 (time and date still to be determined) at "2727," 2727 California St., Berkeley, CA (USA). June is National Black Music Month
  • "Flamenco: the Land Is Still Fertile," airing over Peralta Community College District, Sept. 2024-Aug. 2025, Berkeley, California, USA

WHAT IS A SCREENING EVENT?

In a screening event, the audience (your members, patrons, students) watch the film and then there is a program afterwards. The film can be made available either remotely (for a specified, mutually agreed-upon period – often a week or 10 days) or live, in-person. The remainder of the  program can vary from a Q&A with the filmmaker to a panel discussion to a demonstration…and almost anything in between.

A SCREENING EVENT INCLUDES:
 — a 10-30 min. selection from documentary OR as appropriate, a feature-length film (over one hour) – (your choice of duration).

 — Q&A with the filmmaker (often Zoom) OR panel presentation (can include someone from your organization)

 — Classroom supplements with sample discussion questions

 —  Postcards and a poster as digital downloads

Pricing is scaled to the type and size of your institution.  For further specifics or to schedule a screening event, please contact us at info@african-diaspora-films.com

HOST A SCREENING EVENT

HOST A SCREENING EVENT

Contact us HERE or e-mail us at info@african-diaspora-films.com to HOST A SCREENING EVENT.  We have several options available: screening by itself, or with filmmaker Q&A, or a lecture by the filmmaker, or a performance, or a panel presentation, or a photographic exhibit. Prices vary according to type of organization and event. You may also request a commercial license so you can charge an entrance fee.

FEEDBACK FROM HOSTING ORGANIZATIONS

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…Q&A, in Jerez de la Frontera, SPAIN…

Thank you for sharing your documentary … with our guests. It was eye-opening to learn about the long roots of the African Diaspora. There was an Afro-Peruvian performance in LA a few years ago, but it did not offer the depth of history your film did….

Dalena Hunter, presenter/hostess
The Black Forum, Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA Los Angeles, CA, USA

We … co-produc[ed] an event [with Eve A. Ma] that included … screening … Masters of Rhythm and a live music demonstration ….

…. The audience reacted very positively … and we even extended the official end time ….

Bianca Torres, co-director
La Peña Cultural Center
Berkeley, California, USA

….The more than ample public that attended the screening (and later Q&A)…gave positive validation for your important work….

…[T]he performers….seemed to jump off the screen and create a feeling of…entertainment & community you …only expect…from live performance.

Javier Padilla Gil, managing director
Sala la Quemá (cinema cycle)
Jerez de la Frontera, SPAIN

PAST SCREENINGS EVENTS & PRESENTATIONS

  • Palomino Productions presents, Flamenco: the Land Is Still Fertile, 17 Nov. 2024 at "2727." Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Festival. International du Film Panafrican de Cannes, Rasaki's Drums and the rich rhythms of Nigeria's Yorubá, 26 Oct. 2024 (runner-up for prize of best short film), Espace Mira mar in the Hótel Maartinez, Cannes, FRANCE
  • NAACP Richmond, CA. branch, Rasaki's Drums and the rich rhythms of Nigeria's Yorubá, 2 August, 2024 (remote via Zoom) Richmond, CA., USA
  • Black International Cinema of Berlin, Rasaki's Drums and the rich rhythms of Nigeria's Yorubá, 10 December, 2024 (remote festival via alex-berlin.de) Berlin, GERMANY
  • UFVA Film Fsstival and Conference, Flamenco: the Land Is Still Fertile, Aptil, 2024; Charleston, South Carolina, USA
  • O' Dikipen Film Festival, Filmoteca Española, Flamenco: the Land Is Still Fertile (Flamenco: la tierra está viva), 5 December, 2023; Madrid, SPAIN
  • Ethnografilm Festival (Paris), Flamenco: the Land Is Still Fertile, 19 April, 2022; Paris, FRANCE
  • Black International Cinema of Berlin, Speaking of Rhythm-Afro-Peruvian, 3 December, 2021 (remote festival via alex-berlin.de) Berlin, GERMANY
  • Black International Cinema of Berlin, Speaking of Rhythm-Afro-Peruvian, 2 December, 2021 (remote festival via alex-berlin.de) Berlin, GERMANY
  • Black International Cinema of Berlin, Speaking of Rhythm-Afro-Peruvian, 19 November, 2021 (remote festival via alex-berlin.de) Berlin, GERMANY
  • Richmond Public Library, Quetzacóatl and the Magic Flute of Fire, 21 October, 2021 (Zoom event) Richmond, California, USA
  • Georgia Latino International Film Festival, Masters of Rhythm, the Afro-Peruvain Way, 30 September, 2021, Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Black International Cinema of Berlin, Roots & Branches: Dr. Ali Ferdowsi and Shahrzad Khorsandi...due to covid, presented on several dates in December, 2020, on a television station in Berlin, GERMANY
  • Paterson Free Public Library, A Zest for Life: Afro-Peruvian Rhythms, 16 October 2019, Paterson, N.J., USA
  • Pinole Artisans' Society, presentation and slide show of photos taken in Peru while filming, Masters of Rhythm, 2 Aug. 2019, Pinole, CA, USA
  • San Francisco Black Film Festival, The Artist in Society: Talking with Hershell West, 24 June 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Black International Cinema of Berlin, Roots & Branches: Dr. Helen Carr and Roots & Branches: Letitia Moore, 11 & 12 May 2019, Berlin, GERMANY …Roots & Branches: Letitia Moore, winner, Best Film re Black Experience
  • Ethnografilm Festival, Masters of Rhythm: the Afro-Peruvian Way, 17 April 2019, Paris, FRANCE
  • Pinole Public Library, The Artist in Society: Talking with Hershell West, 19 Feb. 2019, Pinole, CA, USA
  • Oakland Public Library (César Chavez Branch), Masters of Rhythm - screening accompanied by live demo of cajón drum, 23 Feb. 2019, Oakland, CA, USA
  • Oakland Public Library (Lakeview Branch), A Zest for Life: Afro-Peruvian Rhythms, a Source of Latin Jazz - screening accompanied by live demo. of cajón drum and Afro-Peruvian zapateo fancy footwork, 16 Feb. 2019, Oakland, CA, USA
  • Oakland Public Library (Main Branch), A Zest for Life: Afro-Peruvian Rhythms, a Source of Latin Jazz - screening accompanied by live demo of cajón drum, 2 Feb. 2019, Oakland, CA, USA
  • San Pablo Art Gallery (César Chavez Branch), Masters of Rhythm - screening accompanied by photographic exhibit of photos taken while filming the documentary; the photo exhibit ran from Jan. 19-Feb. 24 while the screening was on Jan. 19, 2019, San Pablo, CA, USA
  • Albany Public Library, The Artist in Society: Talking with Hershell West, 18 Nov. 2018, Albany, CA, USA
  • Richmond Public Library, The Artist in Society: Talking with Hershell West, 16 June 2018, Richmond, CA, USA
  • Black International Cinema, Berlin, The Artist in Society: Talking with Hershell West, 13 May 2018, Berlin, GERMANY …winner, Best Film, Fine Arts
  • Festival International du Film PanAfricain de Cannes, The Artist in Society: Talking with Hershell West, 22 April 2018, Cannes, FRANCE
  • Ralph Bunche Center for African American Studies annual film series "The Forum" (at UCLA), Masters of Rhythm, 8 Feb. 2018, Los Angeles, USA
  • Groundbreaking Ceremony of Dungu Cultural Organization, Maestros del Ritmo (Masters of Rhythm), 16 Dec. 2018, Cañete, PERU
  • Diaspora Film Festival of Black & Indep. Film, Sonja Hayes Stone Center, Masters of Rhythm, 7 Nov. 2017, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  • Ciclo de Cine, Sala la Quema (Plaza la Quemada, 5), Maestros del Ritmo (Masters of Rhythm), 29 Sept. 2017, Jerez de la Frontera, SPAIN
  • Festival Internacional de Tukuma, Maestros del Ritmo (Masters of Rhythm), 18 Aug. 2017, Cañete, PERU
  • Cajón is King event, Masters of Rhythm, 22 July 2017, la Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA., USA
  • Festival Internacional del Cajón, Maestros del Ritmo (Masters of Rhythm), 30 Ap. 2017, Lima, PERU
  • San Diego Black Film Festival, Masters of Rhythm, 29 Ap. San Diego, CA., USA
  • Oakland International Film Festival, Masters of Rhythm, 5 Ap. 2017, Oakland, CA., USA
  • PanAfrican Film Festival, Masters of Rhythm, Feb. 15 & 19, 2017, Los Angeles, CA., USA
  • Berkeley Video & Film Festival, Masters of Rhythm, Nov. 2016, Berkeley, CA., USA
    …winner, Best Ethnographic Music Video
  • Black International Cinema, Berlin, Masters of Rhythm, May 2016, Berlin, GERMANY
    …winner, Best Film, Fine Arts
  • Festival International du Film Panafricain, Masters of Rhythm, Ap. 2016, Cannes, FRANCE
  • San Diego Black Film Festival, A Zest for Life, Jan. 2016, Los Angeles, CA., USA
    …finalist, Best Documentary
  • Berkeley Video & Film Festival, A Zest for Life, Nov. 2014, Berkeley, CA., USA
  • Black International Cinema, Berlin, A Zest for Life, May 2014, Berlin, GERMANY
  • Festival International du Film Panafricain, A Zest for Life, Apr. 2014, Cannes, FRANCE
  • Cerrito Cinemas, as sponsored by El Cerrito City Arts & Culture Commission, Domino: Caught in the Crisis, 2012, El Cerrito, CA., USA
  • Sala la Compañía, as sponsored by city of Jerez de la Frontera, Domino: Caught in the Crisis (Dominó: agarrado por la crisis), 2012, Jerez de la Frontera, SPAIN
  • AND OTHERS
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