65th Street Construction On Sale Now NYAFF 2008 Program Overview Special Events Africa Paradis African Slave Trades Awaiting for Men Baa Baa Black Girl Black Business Brothers in Arms Bunny Chow Cuba:... Ezra Goodbye Mothers Independently Guinea Iron Ladies of Liberia Juju Factory Namibia: The Struggle... Shoot the Messenger This is My Africa Romanian Cinema IN: Phyllis and Harold Gr. Scr.: Mountaintop... YFF: Le Boucher GS: The Kid Brother SE: Ned Rorem Met: La Fille du Régiment 1968: Intl. Perspective SE: Joachim Trier SE: Jerry Schatzberg SE: Robert Frank Ongoing Programs Film Comment Selects Young Friends of Film Green Screens Browse Calendar Past Programs Furman Gallery Theater Rental Theater Information Press Office Sign up for FSLC ReelNews		The 15th Annual New York African Film Festival April 9 - 15, 2008 Admission: $11 general public; $7 Film Society members & students; $7 seniors weekday matinee screenings only. Please note: there is a $1.25 service charge per ticket ordered online and cash only transactions at the box office. African Film Festival Series Pass: Admits one person to five titles in the series. $30 for members; $40 for the public. Available only at the Walter Reade Theater box office (cash only). The pass does not include admission to the Wole Soyinka and Charles Burnett receptions. The African Film Festival, Inc. is hosting a reception with Charles Burnett on Wed Apr 9 at 6pm and another reception on Sat Apr 12 at 7:30pm with Wole Soyinka. The receptions will be held in The Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery adjacent to the Walter Reade Theater. Tickets to each reception are $20; they are available online and at the Walter Reade Theater's box office. For film descriptions click on the pictures. Please note: all non-English African Film Festival films are subtitled in English. To purchase tickets online click on the SHOWTIME under Buy Tickets.
			Africa Paradis Sylvestre Amoussou, France, 2007; 86m NY Premiere screening with Sierra Leone Independence Archival footage, UK, 1961; 6m US Premiere		Buy Tickets Fri Apr 11: 7:30 Tue Apr 15: 7:45
			The African Slave Trades: Across the Indian Ocean Diane Seligsohn & Richard Rein, US, 2007-08; 26m US Premiere		Buy Tickets Sat Apr 12: 5:30 Sun Apr 13: 1:30
			Awaiting for Men /En attendant les hommes Katy Lena Ndiaye, Belgium, 2007; 56m US Premiere screening with Meteni: The Lost One Wondessen Deresse, Ethiopia, 2002; 30m US Premiere		Buy Tickets Sat Apr 12: 3:30 Tue Apr 15: 1:30
			Baa Baa Black Girl Gül Büyükbese Muyan, Turkey, 2007, 47m US Premiere screening with Bushman’s Secret Rehad Desai, South Africa, 2006, 64m US Premiere		Buy Tickets Wed Apr 9: 1:30 Sun Apr 13: 3:30
			Black Business Osvalde Lewat-Hallade, Cameroon/France, 2007, 90m NY Premiere		Buy Tickets Thu Apr 10: 5:45 Tue Apr 15: 3:30
			Brothers in Arms Jack Lewis, South Africa, 2007; 83m US Premiere		Buy Tickets Sat Apr 12: 7:30 Tue Apr 15: 9:30
			Bunny Chow John Barker, South Africa, 2006; 95m screening with Meokgo and the Stick Fighter Teboho Mahlatsi, South Africa/Lesotho, 2006; 19m		Buy Tickets Fri Apr 11: 9:45
			Cuba: An African Odyssey Jihan El Tahir, France, 2006-7; 118m		Buy Tickets Sun Apr 13: 9:30
			Ezra Newton I. Aduaka, Nigeria/France, 2007; 110m		Buy Tickets Wed Apr 9: 5:15
			Goodbye Mothers Mohamed Ismail, Morocco, 2007; 110m NY Premiere		Buy Tickets Sat Apr 12: 1:15 Tue Apr 15: 5:30
			Independently Guinea Archival footage, USSR, 1959; 40m US Premiere screening with The President of Guinea in the USSR Archival Footage, USSR, 1959; 20m US Premiere screening with Hello Guinea Archival footage, USSR, 1961; 20m US Premiere		Buy Tickets Wed Apr 9: 3:45 Sun Apr 13: 5:45
			Iron Ladies of Liberia Daniel Junge & Siatta Scott Johnson, Liberia/US, 2007; 77m		Buy Tickets Thu Apr 10: 1:15
			Juju Factory Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2006; 97m		Buy Tickets Thu Apr 10: 10
			Namibia: The Strugglefor Liberation Charles Burnett, Namibia, 2007; 161m NY Premiere		Buy Tickets Wed Apr 9: 7:30
			Shoot the Messenger Ngozi Onwurah, UK, 2006; 100m		Buy Tickets Thu Apr 10: 7:45 Sat Apr 12: 9:30
			This is My Africa Zina Saro-Wiwa, African continent/Nigeria/UK, 2008; 55m US Premiere screening with Fantôme Afrique Isaac Julien, UK, 2005; 16m		Buy Tickets Fri Apr 11: 5:45 Sun Apr 13: 7:45