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Bloco Afro and Afoxé shows how black Bahians use Carnival as a stage for expressing critiques of the Euro-centric social and religious
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La Tropical is a documentary about a nightclub on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba. Read a review about the
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Film Festival
For the past two years in Bahia, Brazil, the Pan African Film Festival showcases films by or about Afro-Brazilians and the Portuguese speaking countries of
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Orfeu is a re-make of the 1959 film Black Orpheus. The film shows some of the harsh realities that are common in the favelas of Brazil.
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More Films:
"Candombe"
"El Espíritu de mi Mamá"
"Mestizo"
"The Garifuna Journey"
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Visual Artists:
Pen Cayetano - Belize (Garifuna)
Samuel Lind - Puerto Rico
Ruben Galloza - Uruguay
Raúl Ayala - Puerto Rico
Antonio Broccoli Porto - Puerto Rico
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 In
Loiza, Puerto Rico, the Vejigante
masks fill the streets at the St. James Fiesta every summer.
These and many other masks are a staple of
Afro-Puerto Rican Art...
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Film Festivals - The African Diaspora and Latin America:
Pan African Film Festival 2003 - Los Angeles, CA
www.paff.org
Bahia, Brazil Pan African Film Festival - Dec. 3rd - 8th, 2002
Read an interview with Fatima
Froes, film festival coordinator...click here
African Diaspora Film
Festival 2002 - U.S., New York, Nov. 29 - Dec. 15
Afrofest April 2002 - Brazil
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