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CINÉMA PREMIÈRE! Present The Sugar Babies Directed by Amy Serrano The Human Face of Trafficking … Sugar Bebies – Extrait Directed by Amy Serrano screening: April, 2009 – 7 pm Venue: http://www.theprytania.com/ Blood Sugar! The United States Agency for International Development estimates that there are 280,000 Haitians living in the Dominican Republic without legal status. Each year, 30,000 "clandestine" Haitians are exploited by the sugar industry in the Dominican Republic with the complicity of the... [Lire la suite]

All Souls Episcopal Church Community Center Tekrema Center for Art and Culture and The New Orléans Afrikan Film and Arts Festival invite you on Friday February 27 - 7pm Saturday February 28 - 7pm All Souls Episcopal Church 5500 St. Claude Avenue NOLA 70117 For a Screening of Movement (R)evolution Africa and Nora Directed by Director Joan Frosch The sreening will be preceded by a performance Tekrema Dance Theater Suggested Donation $8 This collaborative project focusing on the arts is... [Lire la suite]

THE DANCER WITH A CAMERA After the beautiful flowers reaped in 2008, It's onto the contemporary dance stage that we invite you to come join us in taking 2009 by storm, a year in which hope is allowed, A dynamic stage shaped in the rapid currents of 20th century urbanization and globalization in Africa. A stage continually rethought and redesigned by talented African dancers and choreographers. A dance stage we can join thanks to the magnificent films of the dancer with a camera Who invites us at 25 images per second to... [Lire la suite]

Dear Friend of NOAFEST, We need your help to keep Cinéma Première, our monthly celebration of new international and American films, alive and well! We want to continue to host free screenings and performances in a festive, interactive space of dialogue, bringing together a diverse public, united by the desire to enjoy powerful artistic experiences and to engage in meaningful exchange with filmmakers and other spectators. In 2008 Cinéma Première brought you South African filmmaker Zola Maseko for the New... [Lire la suite]

Cinéma Première Presents Kirikou And The Sorceress Directed by Michel Ocelot Saturday December 20 - 10 AM At The Prytania 5339 Prytania, New Orleans, LA 70115 Happy Holidays to the children of New Orleans and to the children in all of us Lebon, Lipon! Amoon na fi, Danna am! It is with these magic words that stories begin in the country where I was born. So, on this eve of the winter holidays I invite the children of New Orleans to gather round To come hear Kirikou, who is anxious to change... [Lire la suite]

November 07 - 2008 - 7 PM At The Prytania 5339 Prytania, New Orleans, LA 70115 http://www.theprytania.com/ Filmmaker Spike Lee turns his observant eye on World War Two with his latest movie MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA. Spike hangs with Hollywood 411's Marc Istook to talk about the challenges of making a war movie. http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi3614507033/

September 15, 2008 Gustav Hit the Road We’re back ! Open Your Eyes ! At The Prytania Thursday October 2 7pm Dear Friend of NOAFEST, The screening of two exceptional films, Lovinsa Kavuma’s Rape for Who I Am and Louise Hogarth’s Angels in the Dust, will be held on October 2 at The Prytania in the presence of the filmmakers. The screening will be preceded by a performance of Molto, a chamber orchestra led by Jean Montès, and followed by a brief reception. On October 3 at The Porch/7th Ward Neighborhood... [Lire la suite]

Friday October 3 At the Porch and the 7th Ward Neighborhood Center 1943 Pauger St - New Orleans, LA 70116 Corner of Urquhart (between St. Claude and N. Claiborne) http://ny2no.net/theporch 8 PM

Open Your Eyes ! At The Prytania Thursday September 4, 7pm Dear Friend of NOAFEST, Due to the impending hurricane and evacuation of the City, we are postponing the performance of Molto and the screenings of Louise Hogarth's Angels in the Dust and Lovinsa Kavuma's Kintu and Rape for Who I Am, originally scheduled for September 4 and 5 at The Prytania and The Porch/7th Ward Neighborhood Center. We plan to feature Molto, host the filmmakers and screen these wonderful films on October 2 and 3.  We will confirm the... [Lire la suite]