UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS |
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DARATT - 50th San Francisco International Film Festival
Sunday, April 29: 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm SF MoMA
Monday, April 30: 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Sundance Cinemas Kabuki
Friday, May 4:
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Palace of Fine Arts
In this fable-like gem from Chad, a young man seeks to avenge his father's murder in the aftermath of the country's civil war but finds that justice has complicated consequences when he befriends that man responsible for the crime. [more] |
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Dr. Robert Farris Thompson
Sunday, May 6
"The Edge of the Road Is Listening: Art for the Yoruba Trickster Across the Atlantic." Explore the myths of Eshu-Elegba, the Yoruba Trickster and show how they illuminate his dark indigo color, his cape of cowrie shells, his long-tailed headdress and multiplicity of images.
Co-Presented by Bay Area Friends of Ethnic Arts. [more]
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Lens on Life: From Bamako to San Francisco - Opening Reception (MoAD)
Thursday, May 17
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm MoAD - Friends, Family and Members (hosted reception)
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm MoAD - Public reception (cash bar)
In keeping with the multi-venue presentation model used in Mali, MoAD is
collaborating with a diverse group of Bay Area venues to present this stunning work to the broadest of audiences. Join us during the opening night receptions at MoAD, the African American Art and Culture Complex, The Women's Building and San Francisco City Hall. [more] |
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San Francisco International Arts Festival Film Series
Monday, May 21
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Reception and Introductions
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Program
Bigger Than Barbie Documentary:
Director: Tina Davis, South Africa l 2006, 54 minutes,
West Coast Premiere
Tsotsi Feature:
Director: Gavin Hood, UK/South Africa | 2005, 94 minutes [more] |
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Join us for additional opening night receptions of Lens on Life: From Bamako to San Francisco at...
[Full Schedule SFIAF] |
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Through our landmark international photography exhibition, “Lens on Life: From Bamako to San Francisco” MoAD is a presenting partner of the 2007 San Francisco International Arts Festival, which will run from May 16-27 and will include the US debut of the globe-trotting Guinean acrobatic company, Circus Baobab. Because of the Museum’s involvement in this year’s festival, MoAD members are entitled to a special 20% discount off the cost of tickets to the Circus and all of the Festival’s performance programs if they purchase their tickets in advance. To take advantage of this offer call the box-office at 415-439-2456, and give them the code 028-MA07. Tell them you are a member of MoAD, and you will qualify for the discount. For the full Festival schedule go the Festival’s website at www.sfiaf.org.
Performances also include
* Zaccho Dance Theatre: Departure& Arrival at SFO - A World Premiere
* Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir in collaboration with Black Voices (UK)
* Robert Moses’ Kin and Dimensions Dance Theater - World Premieres
* Compagnie Li-Sangha (Congo) and Mhayise Productions (South Africa) - – U.S. Debuts
* REPRESENTA! -- World Premiere of a new bi-lingual theatre for the hip-hop generation
* Cultural Odyssey’s Underground Jazz Cabaret featuring Idris Ackamoor, John Santos, Pepe Vasquez (Peru), Aurelio Martinez (Honduras) and Takfarinas (Algeria)
* AfroSolo International featuring Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Nawal (Comoros Islands), SuAndi (UK) & Yossi Vassa (Ethiopia/Israel)
* Films curated by Ave Montague of the San Francisco Black Film Festival
* And much, much more!
SFIAF is a City-Wide International Celebration encompassing the visual, performing and media arts taking place at San Francisco International Airport, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Museum of the African Diaspora, Project Artaud Theater, Dance Mission Theater, City Hall, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco Main Library and many other venues. Go to www.sfiaf.org. Please share this email with your friends and network. |
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