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The Honolulu African American Film Festival takes place every February at the Honolulu Museum of Art Doris Duke Theatre.
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The Honolulu African American Film Festival presents films each February that help to eliminate this imbalance. The Honolulu African American Film Festival takes place every February at the Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu's only art house theater and premier platform for independent and international film in Hawai‘i. Our mission is to celebrate African American cinema and the African cultural Diaspora. Our film festival is a month-long event that showcases a diverse collection of films from around the world - all reinforcing positive images and dispelling negative stereotypes. Museum film curator Taylour Chang works in collaboration with the Honolulu African American Film Festival committee: Daphne Barbee-Wooten, Ethan Caldwell, Akiemi Glenn, Marsha McFadden, John Nichols, Tadia Rice, Sandra Simms, and Sharon Yarbrough. We work closely with many diverse cultures and lifestyles of Hawaii, and initiate dialogue on the important issues of our times. The Honolulu African American Film Festival provides a platform for Black filmmakers, screenwriters, and actors to present their art. Emerging talents and established artists are able to contribute to the cinematic legacy of African Americans. We accept submissions from filmmakers around the world who are of African descent, as well as others, who cinematically represent the African Diaspora.
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02/23/2021
https://honolulumuseum.org/373-doris_duke_theatre
The Honolulu African American Film Festival presents films each February that help to eliminate this imbalance. The Honolulu African American Film Festival takes place every February at the Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu's only art house theater and premier platform for independent and international film in Hawai‘i.
Our mission is to celebrate African American cinema and the African cultural Diaspora. Our film festival is a month-long event that showcases a diverse collection of films from around the world - all reinforcing positive images and dispelling negative stereotypes. Museum film curator Taylour Chang works in collaboration with the Honolulu African American Film Festival committee: Daphne Barbee-Wooten, Ethan Caldwell, Akiemi Glenn, Marsha McFadden, John Nichols, Tadia Rice, Sandra Simms, and Sharon Yarbrough. We work closely with many diverse cultures and lifestyles of Hawaii, and initiate dialogue on the important issues of our times.
The Honolulu African American Film Festival provides a platform for Black filmmakers, screenwriters, and actors to present their art. Emerging talents and established artists are able to contribute to the cinematic legacy of African Americans. We accept submissions from filmmakers around the world who are of African descent, as well as others, who cinematically represent the African Diaspora.
02/16/2020
As always we are SOLD OUT for opening night. Be sure not to miss any of the other films that will be screening throughout our two-week run! Opening Night: Tribute to Toni Morrison Feb 15; Selah and the Spades Feb 16 + 22; Waves Feb 16; Clemency; Feb 20 + 23; Always in Season Feb 21 + 23; Chèche Lavi Feb 23; Sprinter Feb 27 + 28; The Burial of Kojo Feb 29; The Citizen Feb 29; Marighella Feb 29; The Last Tree Mar 1.
See lineup and purchase tickets here:
https://honolulumuseum.org/18395-honolulu_african_american_…
Don’t miss the groundbreaking exhibition "30 Americans," featuring works by 30 contemporary artists connected through their African American cultural history. The film festival includes special programming in conjunction with "30 Americans."
02/10/2020
Honolulu Museum of Art | Opening Night + Toni Morrison - Saturday, February 15, 2020 6:00PM
Soul food, R&B music, great conversations, and a film to inspire, "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" - donʻt miss the premier of the 9th Annual Honolulu African American Film Festival! Tix are selling out so get yours now, only 20 seats left!
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02/02/2020
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02/02/2020
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02/02/2020
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15TH! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW, WE ARE SELLING OUT FAST!
02/02/2020
The Honolulu African American Film Festival Committee wishes everyone a wonderful February as we celebrate National Black History Month!
Our Festival begins February 15-29. Opening Night features "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am." Tickets are selling fast so get yours now! https://honolulumuseum.org/18395-honolulu_african_american_film_festival_2020?fbclid=IwAR1lBaQPlcUG6wVR9W5a_34xFBGerf7t7RR_SK6Kf6SRD7ifGocI9VFtsUM
01/31/2020
Donʻt miss this yearʻs 9th Annual Honolulu African American Film Festival! Get tix here: https://honolulumuseum.org/18395-honolulu_african_american_film_festival_2020?fbclid=IwAR2HdNNEKQ8clMrvNmJJwIpAsM_aqmXM2o5uqbJIWzrhr0XQC3xSVvSbJcs
01/29/2020
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15TH! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW, WE ARE SELLING OUT!
The HONOLULU AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL returns for its ninth installment with a selection of films that highlight the diversity of experiences across the African diaspora.
Opening Night: Tribute to Toni Morrison Feb 15; Selah and the Spades Feb 16 + 22; Waves Feb 16; Clemency; Feb 20 + 23; Always in Season Feb 21 + 23; Chèche Lavi Feb 23; Sprinter Feb 27 + 28; The Burial of Kojo Feb 29; The Citizen Feb 29; Marighella Feb 29; The Last Tree Mar 1.
See lineup and purchase tickets here:
https://honolulumuseum.org/18395-honolulu_african_american_film_festival_2020
Don’t miss the groundbreaking exhibition "30 Americans," featuring works by 30 contemporary artists connected through their African American cultural history. The film festival includes special programming in conjunction with "30 Americans."
01/29/2020
Honolulu Museum of Art
Experience the best in new Black cinema at the 9th Annual Honolulu African American Film Festival, Feb 15 to Mar 1. The festival is dedicated to presenting powerful cinema by and about people of African descent, with a selection of films that highlight the diversity of experiences across the African diaspora. This year’s dynamic programming was created with the guidance of the Honolulu African American Film Festival Committee in celebration of Black History Month. Explore the full film schedule at bit.ly/HAAFF2020.
The festival opens February 15 with a reception and tribute event honoring the late literary titan Toni Morrison, along with a screening of "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am," an artful and intimate meditation on her life and works. Visit bit.ly/ToniMorrisonHoMA for more details and tickets.
The film festival includes special programming in conjunction with HoMA’s highly-anticipated exhibition, “30 Americans”, opening Feb 22. Don’t miss the groundbreaking exhibition featuring works by 30 contemporary artists connected through their African American cultural history. Visit bit.ly/30AmericansHoMA to learn more.
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01/27/2020
2018 Oscar winner animation short film | dear basketball | best heart touching animation film
In tribute to a great man we remember with aloha love and respect.
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01/21/2020
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01/21/2020
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01/21/2020
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01/21/2020
Get your tickets NOW for the Honolulu African American Film Festival opening reception on February 15th. It always sells out fast!
01/21/2020
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01/21/2020
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11/22/2019
Congratulations to Nicole London for her movie soundtrack being nominated for a Grammy. We at the Honolulu African American Film Festival were so proud to screen the premier of Birth of the Cool ANYWHERE!
11/02/2019
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11/01/2019
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11/01/2019
WATCH THIS SPACE!
04/04/2019
The 2019 Honolulu Africa American Film Festival was a huge success! Mahalo to all who attended our week-long film offering with lively panel discussions. Take a peek at our sold out opening night reception. Donʻt miss our 2020 February film festival, and make sure to get your tickets early. We sold out fast! Mahalo to Lauren Bongco for filming.
02/24/2019
Celebrate Black History Month at HoMA’s 8th Annual African-American Film Festival
Mahalo Honolulu Magazine!
The Honolulu African-American Film Festival, Feb. 16 to 20 this year, gives you a chance to see movies never released widely in Hawai‘i. Here’s how it got started.
02/23/2019
Honolulu Museum of Art
For the closing night of the Honolulu African-American Film Festival 2019 2/24 at 7pm, celebrate the Academy Award-winning director Barry Jenkins’ (2017 Oscar winner "Moonlight") cinematic portrayal of James Baldwin’s "If Beale Street Could Talk." The film has received numerous accolades and nominations this year, including Best Supporting Actress by Regina King at the upcoming Academy Awards. https://bit.ly/2EkM0wl
02/23/2019
I’ll be there! How about you?
For the closing night of the Honolulu African-American Film Festival 2019 2/24 at 7pm, celebrate the Academy Award-winning director Barry Jenkins’ (2017 Oscar winner "Moonlight") cinematic portrayal of James Baldwin’s "If Beale Street Could Talk." The film has received numerous accolades and nominations this year, including Best Supporting Actress by Regina King at the upcoming Academy Awards. https://bit.ly/2EkM0wl
02/23/2019
Closing Night!
For the closing night of the Honolulu African-American Film Festival 2019 2/24 at 7pm, celebrate the Academy Award-winning director Barry Jenkins’ (2017 Oscar winner "Moonlight") cinematic portrayal of James Baldwin’s "If Beale Street Could Talk." The film has received numerous accolades and nominations this year, including Best Supporting Actress by Regina King at the upcoming Academy Awards. https://bit.ly/2EkM0wl
02/12/2019
Honolulu Museum of Art » Honolulu African-American Film Festival 2019
Opening Night is SOLD OUT! There is a week worth of other great films so go to the Museum website for tickets and schedule. Mahalo for your support!
http://honolulumuseum.org/17508-honolulu_african_american_film_festival_2019
The Honolulu African-American Film Festival celebrates Black History Month with some of the best of black cinema from the United States and beyond. From honoring iconic figures in black history to celebrating black love in all its forms, the festival is dedicated to promoting cinema by and about peo...
02/12/2019
The Honolulu African-American Film Festival celebrates Black History Month is
SOLD OUT—Opening night reception: Saturday, Feb 16 • 6-7:30pm"
02/08/2019
BROWNMAN - acclaimed Trinidadian born, NYC schooled, Toronto based trumpet player/composer
Internationally acclaimed Brownman Ali is bringing will be playing an all-Miles Davis repertoire at the Gala reception of the 8th Annual Honolulu African American Film Festival at the Doris Duke Theatre on February 16th. Those of us who have met him already know how remarkable he is - he burns up the trumpet, is a delightful entertainer, and an amazing talent. We are so excited heʻs here in Hawaii with us!
Hereʻs what you should know about him:
Brooklyn/Toronto jazz trumpet player and 2x National Jazz Award winner BROWNMAN ALI is a visiting artist to Honolulu with a busy touring schedule. We are honored to announced that he will perform for Birth Of The Cool's pre-show reception where he'll play from 6pm to 7pm, doing a deep dive into much of the work that made Miles a global phenomenon, speaking between pieces on Miles' career and influence both to himself as a trumpet player, his impact on jazz as a whole. Brownman was born in Trinidad, schooled in New York, and now splits his time between Toronto and New York where he's heralded by the New York Village Voice as "Canada's preeminent jazz trumpet player," and called "one of the greatest interpreters of Miles Davis' music". www.Brownman.com for more on this dynamic performer!
BROWNMAN AKOUSTIC TRIO - Hawaii Edition
(performing the music of Miles Davis)
:: Brownman Ali - trumpet
:: Gilbert Batangan - bass
:: Ian Wacksman - drums
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VAYA film trailer
Directed by Akin Omotoso. South Africa. 2016. 115 mins. Zulu with English subtitles.�Handpicked by Ava DuVernay and a Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and Berlinale official selection, VAYA pays homage to the Tsotsitaal namesake meaning “to go." VAYA chronicles the innocence lost by three young South Africans who journey away from their rural homes on a train bound for Johannesburg. Stirring and suspenseful, VAYA culminates in an explosive moment based on real accounts. Omotoso’s collaboration with first-time feature cinematographer Kabelo Thathe pairs stunning aerial shots with fast-paced images in Johannesburg to intertwine the stories of strangers struggling to survive.
Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks at Honolulu African American Film Festival
It was a wonderful evening at the Doris Duke Theatre in the Honolulu Museum of Art with the affable, often humorous, and completely brilliant world observer, Ta-Nehisi Coates. He not only shared his thoughts on reparations, racism, gender, incarceration, and systemic oppression, but appreciated learning about blackbirding in the Western Pacific from 1860 to 1904 (kidnapping and enslaving indigenous peoples from the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Loyalty Islands, Samoa, Kiribati, Rotuma, and Tuvalu). Our Honolulu African American Film Festival, and partners the Popolo Project, wrapped it's final event for 2018 in a most remarkable way! Next up, our 8th year in February 2019!
Opening night SOLD OUT-again! Tickets go fast each year for our premier of the Honolulu African American Film Festival at the Doris Duke Theatre in the Honolulu Art Museum. A 300-strong crowd enjoyed great entertainment, food, friendship, and conversation prior to the premier of the amazing and inspiring documentary, "Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise." With Doris Duke Theatre curator Taylour Chang, Committee members Marsha McFadden, Sandra Simms, Sharon Yarborough, John Henry Nichols, Tadia Rice, Daphne Barbee Wooten.
Opening night SOLD OUT-again! Tickets go fast each year for our premier of the Honolulu African American Film Festival at the Doris Duke Theatre in the Honolulu Art Museum. A 300-strong crowd enjoyed great entertainment, food, friendship, and conversation prior to the premier of the amazing and inspiring documentary, "Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise." With Festival curator Taylour Chang, Committee members Marsha McFadden, Sandra Simms, Sharon Yarborough, John Henry Nichols, Tadia Rice, Daphne Barbee Wooten.
Opening night SOLD OUT-again! Tickets go fast each year for our premier of the Honolulu African American Film Festival at the Doris Duke Theatre in the Honolulu Art Museum. A 300-strong crowd enjoyed great entertainment, food, friendship, and conversation prior to the premier of the amazing and inspiring documentary, "Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise."
Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby in "Bone Hill"
The Honolulu African American Film Festival was thrilled to collaborate with the PAʻI Foundation in presenting the mesmerizing singer/songwriter Martha Redbone and songwriting partner Aaron Whitby perform "Bone Hill," which traces Redbone's family story in Appalachia, bridging Native American and African American music traditions. Inspired by Martha Redbone’s Native American and African American family lineage in the Appalachian Mountains, Bone Hill tells of a family permanently bonded to their culture, identity and the mountains, despite the passage of time and ever-changing laws intended to erase Native people from their homelands. The music is radically wide-ranging covering traditional chants and lullabies, parlor music and jazz, bluegrass and country, gospel and R&B, while the story is simply radical. Bone Hill is a moving family story told with humor and joy and a lot of great songs.
The Amazing Nina Simone trailer
The Amazing Nina Simone Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Museum members: $8.00 General Admission: $10.00 Directed by Jeff L. Lieberman. USA. 2015. 110 min. With musical proclamations like Mississippi Goddam and an iconic style as the “High Priestess of Soul” Nina Simone is beloved and often misunderstood. Eleven years after her death, Simone is more popular than ever, and in 2015 was the subject of the acclaimed documentary What Happened Miss Simone, as well as the controversial biopic starring Zoe Saldana. President Barack Obama listed Sinnerman in his top 5 favorite songs, and whether remixed, resampled or in its pure form, Simone’s music continues to empower people around the world with its unrelenting appeal for justice. Extensively researched and drawing the inside story from more than 50 interviews with Nina’s family, friends, band members, lovers, and fellow activists, The Amazing Nina Simone is the first film to do justice to her uncategorizable art and complex personality. Filmmaker Jeff Lieberman worked closely with Simone's three surviving brothers, as well as her one-time manager, to give new insights into her musical journey from the segregated South, through the worlds of classical music, jazz joints and international concert halls, to her education among Harlem’s intelligentsia, the creation of more than 30 albums, her role in the civil rights movement, her struggle with mental illness, her self-exile to Liberia and France, and late-life comeback.
Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution trailer
Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Directed by Stanley Nelson. USA. 2015. 115 min. Feb.19 at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. Feb. 29 at 6 p.m. Free screening presented by Hawaii Women in Filmmaking and Hawaii People’s Fund Change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored—cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and it sought to drastically transform the system. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the vanguard of that change. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for Black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the voices of the people who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters and detractors, and Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph, and many others, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is an essential history and a vibrant chronicle of this pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.
Taking Israel Directed by Vincent Singleton. USA. 2015. 62 min. Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Wilberforce University of Ohio established the Institute for African-American/Israeli Exchange Program in 1988. In the summers between 1988 and 2001, approximately 150 African-American students traveled to Israel to experience the social, political, economic, and cultural conditions of Israel and of the Israeli-Arab population, working side-by-side with members of a kibbutz, and teaching English in one of the most impoverished neighborhoods of Tel Aviv. Many of these students had never before been outside the US and this experience of cross-cultural dialogue and learning had a profound impact on their lives. Through candid first-hand accounts, this film traces the incredible journey of the African American students, as well as the Israeli and Arab citizens whose lives they touched. Special guest: Producer Dr. Eric Winston.
HONOLULU AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
The history of the Honolulu African American Film Festival is one which every charter member is proud. In 2010 the former Executive Director of the museum initiated the festival in response to concerns from Honolulu's Black community that the Museum lacked art by local or national African American artists. We are forever grateful to civil rights activist Faye Kennedy and noted artist John Nichols for their willingness to tackle race issues in Hawaii.
The Duke Theatre curator Gina Caruso created a committee to initiate a film festival whose mission then, as it remains today, is to celebrate African American cinema and the African cultural diaspora. The committee itself is comprised of amazing shakers and movers on Oahu: Ethan Caldwell, Akiemi Glenn, Marsha McFadden, John Nichols, Sandra Simms, Dame Tadia Rice, Daphne Barbee Wooten, and Sharon Yarbrough.
The Honolulu African American Film Festivals showcase a diverse collection of films from around the world - all reinforcing positive images and dispelling negative stereotypes, providing a platform for Black filmmakers, screenwriters, and actors to present their art. Emerging talents and established artists are able to contribute to the cinematic legacy of African Americans.
Every year we have sold out our premier galas, and every year we have another remarkable line-up of great films that entertain, inform, and educate the public about people, communities, and issues of importance to not only the black community but the greater world. Whether the films, and sometimes live theatre or speakers are American or from other countries, all content is relevant to the often universal stories that impact all people everywhere.
The Honolulu African American Film Festival provides a platform for Black filmmakers, screenwriters, and actors to present their art. Emerging talents and established artists are able to contribute to the cinematic legacy of African Americans. We accept submissions from filmmakers around the world who are of African descent, as well as others, who cinematically represent the African Diaspora. If interested contact Taylour Chang at [email protected]
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Honolulu African American Film Festival 2020. The Honolulu African Film Festival returns for its ninth installment with a selection of films that highlight the diversity of experiences across the African diaspora.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE HONOLULU AFRICAN AMERICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL COMMITTEE: DAPHNE BARBEE-WOOTEN, ETHAN CALDWELL, AKIEMI GLENN, MARSHA MACFADDEN, JOHN HENRY NICHOLS, TADIA RICE, SANDRA SIMMS, AND SHARON YARBROUGH. Photography by Charlie Latham
Honoring iconic figures in Black history celebrating black love in all its forms. Festival is dedicated to promoting cinema made by and about people of African decent.
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Hello. Is the 2018 film festival happening? If so, are the dates confirmed?