By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO The African Diaspora International Film Festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary in New York City in style — with its largest film festival ever. The film festival, running November 25 through December 11, boasts 89 documentary and fiction films from 44 different countries on seven silver screens. […]
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5 must-see flicks at this year’s African Diaspora International Film Festival
By Lenore T. Adkin Special to the AFRO The wide availability of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. convinced the two founders of the traveling African Diaspora Film Festival to offer limited, in-person screenings in their adopted hometown of New York City to better connect with audiences, alongside mostly virtual events to reach people everywhere. This […]
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Film series sheds light on Afro-Latino experiences
Seu Jorge plays left-wing, Afro-Brazilian Carlos Marighella in “Marighella,” which is featured in the new virtual Afro-Latino film series beginning April 30 and ending May 3. (Courtesy Photo) By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the AFRO The same New York-based couple behind the annual African Diaspora International Film Festival, is launching a virtual film series […]
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The cause for civil rights always pushed C.T. Vivian
The Rev. C.T. Vivian uses an intercom with the Rev. James Lawson on a bus in Montgomery, Ala., to discuss the experiences they encountered in 1961 as Freedom Riders, groups of college students who defied segregation on interstate buses across the American South. (Lavondia Majors/The Tennessean via AP) By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the […]
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First COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive at HU Hospital
Dr. Terrence Fullum receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Howard University Hospital, where he is a general surgeon. (Courtesy photo) By Lenore T. Adkins Special to the AFRO Howard University Hospital has received its initial delivery of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, signaling a significant glimmer of hope in the fight against the disease. On Dec. 14, […]
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Baltimore Tourist Says Racism Exists in Cuba
By Lenore T. Adkins Myra Queen, who knows what discrimination looks like having grown up in a segregated section of Baltimore during the 1950s and ‘60s, said she saw subtle patterns of racism play out during a recent trip to Cuba. Queen, 66, said she noticed during her weeklong trip that most of the staff […]