Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic Society

presented by the All Roads Film Project, the African Diaspora Film Festival and transAfrica Forum.

OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
July 23, 5:30pm – 6:30pm
National Geographic’s Dining Hall

Thursday, July 23 at 7pm
GLORIOUS EXIT
WASHINGTON D.C. PREMIERE
Jarreth Merz, a Swiss-Nigerian actor living in Los Angeles is summoned to Nigeria to bury his father with whom he has met only once. By Kevin Merz, Nigeria/US/Switzerland, 2008, 75 mins, documentary in English and German with English subtitles.

Thursday, July 23 at 9pm
NO TIME TO DIE
WASHINGTON D.C. PREMIERE
No Time To Die tells the story of a hearse driver who will do anything to win the heart the lady he has fallen in love with. By King Ampaw, Ghana/Germany, 2006, 95 mins, drama, English

Friday, July 24 at 6:30pm
THE OTHER WORLD
WASHINGTON D.C. PREMIERE
Yasmine and Rachid, two young Parisian children of Algerian immigrants, are in love and live a quiet life in France. One day, Rachid disappears and Yasmine learns that he is in Algeria, in the army. She decides to travel there to find him and discovers another world, filled with violence. By Merzak Allouache, France/Algeria, 2001, 90 mins, Romantic Drama, Arabic and French with English subtitles.

Friday, July 24 at 8:30pm
MOVEMENT (R)EVOLUTION AFRICA
(A STORY OF AN ART FORM IN FOUR ACTS)
Revering the body as a form of fluid sculpture, nine fierce artists from across the continent adapt conventional dance to their unique sense of self, hoping to engage with everyone—whites and the African Diaspora alike—in order to challenge the West’s stereotypical ideas of Africa. Movement is their voice and it screams in the film, “Africa must speak!” – Village Voice, April 2007 By Joan Frost, USA/Senegal/Burkina Faso/Madagascar/South Africa/Cote d’Ivoire/Congo-Kinshasa/Zimbabwe/Cape-Verde/Mozambique, 2007, 65 mins, dance documentary, English, French/Portuguese with English subtitles. Q&A after the screening.

NORA
WASHINGTON D.C. PREMIERE
Shot in southern Africa, Nora is based on childhood memories of the self-exiled dancer Nora Chipaumire who was born in Zimbabwe in 1965. By Alla Kovgan & David Hinton, US/UK/Mozambique, 2008, 35 mins, dance documentary, English, French/Portuguese with English subtitles. Q&A after the screening.

Saturday, July 25 at 1:30pm
WHITE LIKE THE MOON
A Mexican-American girl struggles to keep her identity when her mother forces her to bleach her skin white to fit into “Anglo” society in the 1950s. By Marina Gonzalez Palmier, USA, 2001, 23 mins, drama, English.

FAMILY MOTEL
WASHINGTON DC PREMIERE
She’s got an unrewarding service job, a husband stranded in Somalia, and two teenage daughters with attitude. Then, just when she thinks it can’t get worse, Ayan and her kids are slapped with an eviction order. By Helene Klodawsky, Canada, 2007, 88 mins, drama in English.

Saturday, July 25 at 4pm
INSIDE BUFFALO
WASHINGTON D.C. PREMIERE
Inside Buffalo is a moving full-length documentary about the 92nd infantry division, an African American segregated unit, which served in Italy during WW II and came back home to segregation. By Fred Kudjo Kuwornu, Italy/USA, 2009, 59 mins, documentary, English and Italian with English subtitles. Q&A after the screening.