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Africa Is Back

Thu, May 30, 2024
    Part of
  • FilmAfrica
  • and
  • BAM Film 2024
Directed by Salem Brahimi & Chergui Kharroub (2010)

Join us for a Q&A with film scholar Ahmed Bedjaoui following the screening.

In 1969, the first Pan-African Cultural Festival was held in Algiers, celebrating the cultures of Africa while also acknowledging hopes and struggles for independence across the continent. Four decades later, in July 2009, the second Pan-African Cultural Festival returned to the streets of Algiers, heralding what it called the African Renaissance.

UPCOMING Screenings

      RUNNING TIME

      94min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      DCP

      LANGUAGE

      In French, Arabic and English with English subtitles

      TICKET INFORMATION

      General Admission: $16
      Members: $8
      Please note: A $1.50 processing fee per ticket will be added to your order

      Leadership support for
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      JL Greene

      Leadership support for
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