CONTINUING WITH ‘BEST OF PAFF’ CELEBRATION, PAN AFRICAN FILM & ARTS FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE THE STORIES AND VOICES OF BLACK WOMEN IN FILM WITH SPECIAL VIRTUAL FILM SERIES MAR 10-23
PAFF in-person festival set for April in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES – The Pan African Film & Arts Festival (PAFF), the largest Black film festival in America, will continue its yearlong 30th celebration in March with the second of several specially curated blocks of the festival’s most fascinating, complex, and most liked films over the past three decades. The “Best of PAFF” Women’s History Month Film Series is a selection of films that is a celebration of the revolutionary work of international women filmmakers, actors, and stories of women of African descent speaking with their voice in a male-dominated field. From the US to Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, and Africa, PAFF will showcase the diverse stories of Black women throughout the African diaspora. The film series will take place virtually Mar. 10-23, 2022. Film listings, tickets, and passes are available at paff.org.
In addition, the 30th annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival is slated to take place April 19-May 1 after being postponed due to the rise of COVID cases in Los Angeles County. The in-person festival will take place in Los Angeles at its flagship venues the Directors Guild of America, Cinemark Baldwin Hills and XD and Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.
The Pan African Film & Arts Festival is sponsored in part by the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell through the Department of Arts and Culture, Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson (8th District), Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price (9th District), Los Angeles’ 10th Council District, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, LA Arts COVID-19 Relief Fund with the California Community Foundation, and the LA County COVID-19 Arts Relief Fund administered by the LA County Department of Arts and Culture.
About the Pan African Film & Arts Festival
Established in 1992 by Hollywood veterans Danny Glover (The Color Purple, Lethal Weapon), the late Ja’Net DuBois (“Good Times”), and Ayuko Babu (Executive Director), the Pan African Film Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has remained dedicated to the promotion of Black stories and images through the exhibition of film, visual art, and other creative expression. PAFF is one of the largest and most prestigious Black film festival in the U.S. and attracts local, national, and international audiences. In addition, it is an Oscar-qualifying festival for animation and live-action films, and one of the largest Black History Month events in America.
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