Pan African Film & Arts Festival 2017
StudentFEST
February 13-17, 2017
For All Ages
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Queen of Katwe
Mira Nair
124min
Biography | Drama | Sport
A film by Walt Disney: A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change
after being introduced to the game of chess.
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Keita: The Heritage of the Griot
Dani Kouyaté
94min
Narrative
For his last mission, an old griot must tell young Mabo Keita the
origins of his name, a name that carries with it the tale of the
founder of the mighty Mandingo Empire, Sundiata Keita, also
known as the son of the Buffalo Woman. An engrossing and
beautifully photographed version on one of Africa’s best-known and
venerated epics.
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Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
Deborah Riley Draper
82min
Documentary
In 1936 when 18 African-American athletes participated in the Berlin
Olympic Games, history forgot all except one-Jesse Owens. This is
the story of the other 17. Stars Lonnie Bunch, Anita DeFrantz, Harry
Edwards and Carl Lewis.
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Zaïna: Rider of the Atlas
Bourlem Guerdjou
100min
Narrative
An 11-year-old girl meets her real father for the first time after her
mother’s death. Fleeing from her obsessed stepfather, whom she
believes caused her mother’s death, the girl and her father travel to
Marrakech where her father, a horseman, plans to participate in the
most prestigious horse-race of North Africa. Pursued by the wealthy
and powerful stepfather, the girl and her father slowly begin to
create a bond that will get them through the hardships that lay both
ahead and behind them. A beautifully told adventure film sure to
become a family favorite.
Pan African Film & Arts Festival 2017
StudentFEST
February 13-17, 2017
ELEMENTARY / MIDDLE SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS
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Beauty & the Beast
Bill Condon
(still in post)
Family | Fantasy | Musical
An adaptation of the Disney fairy-tale about a monstrous prince and
a young woman who fall in love.
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Zarafa
Remi Bezancon, Jean-Christophe Lie
78 min
Family | Fantasy | Animation
The plot of the film has a grandfather telling his grand kids the story
of Maki, a young boy who escapes from slave traders, befriends a
giraffe (the title character), cross the desert, meet a pirate, and a few
other things on a trip that takes him from Africa to Paris.
Middle School Short Film Series
(Short films screen as a group)
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Hoop Dreamin'
Nick Brooks
6 min
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Eight-year-old Tariq Edwards has recently been let out of school for
the summer and all he wants to do is play basketball!!
Unfortunately, Tariq and his friends realize they’ll never get to play
at the neighborhood courts so they move on to other things. Tariq,
still stuck on playing ball, gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he
spots a basketball hoop for sale, but he doesn’t have enough
money to purchase it. Tariq has to make a tough decision, to work
for his hoop or enjoy his summer with his friends. Will his wildest
dreams come true?
Pan African Film & Arts Festival 2017
StudentFEST
February 13-17, 2017
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Hell You Talmbout
Denzel Boyd, Tyler Rabinowitz & Joseph Webb
8 min
Narrative
The film is a moving, timely, and unfortunately timeless piece
featuring Seattle's Northwest Tap Connection. Founded by police
officer Melba Ayco, Northwest Tap is a social justice oriented dance
studio that serves as a hub for youth outreach and offers an
important voice in the wake of the lives lost to police brutality
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Lemonade Mafia
Anya Adams
7 min
Narrative Drama
Kira’s organic lemonade dynasty becomes in jeopardy, when new
comer Shantel Osgood moves in on her territory with her high
fructose corn sugar version of Lemonade. It’s an all out
neighborhood war in a good natured battle of wills between
competing kid entrepreneurs in this light hearted comedy for all
ages.
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Ca$h Out
Karim Moutry Meg & Mary Moutry
28 min
Narrative Drama
This film takes place in 2016 where social media is controlling our
young generation. Likes and followers are symbols of social status,
popularity, wealth, and fame. This film follows a day in the life of one
African America girl and her quest to be beautiful, at least what she
considers to be beautiful. Only problem she believes she needs
change everything about her to ultimately shine her brightest.
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The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun
Djibril Diop Mambety
45 min
Narrative Drama
A feisty Sili Lam, a twelve year old paraplegic who becomes the first
girl to sell a daily newspaper in the competitive world of young male
newspaper vendors. She takes on a policeman whom she accuses
of shaking her down as well as the boys who taunt her. When some
boys take her newspapers and crutches, and her friend asks her
“What next?” she triumphantly responds, “We continue”. The scenes
- moving, satiric and comic, are expertly played by non-professional
actors to a score by acclaimed musician Wasis Diop
Pan African Film & Arts Festival 2017
StudentFEST
February 13-17, 2017
High School Film Series
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Hidden Figures
Theodore Melfi
125min
Drama
Based on a true story. A team of African-American women provide
NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the
program's first successful space missions
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Race
Stephen Hopkins
134min
Biography | Drama | Sport
Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in
history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where
he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
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Kicks
Justin Tipping
80min
Adventure
Brandon is a 15 year old whose dream is a pair of fresh Air Jordans.
Soon after he gets his hands on them, they're stolen by a local hood,
causing Brandon and his two friends to go on a dangerous mission
through Oakland to retrieve them.
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Slavery by Another Name
Samuel D Pollard
90min
Documentary | History
A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American
slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed
abolition.
Pan African Film & Arts Festival 2017
StudentFEST
February 13-17, 2017
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Mully
Scott Haze
90min
Documentary | Adventure, Biography
This movie chronicles the remarkable life of Charles Mully. What
happens when a six-year-old boy in Kenya is abandoned by his
family and left to raise himself on the streets? Mully is no ordinary
rags-to-riches tale. It's the true story of Charles Mully, whose
unlikely stratospheric rise to wealth and power leaves him
questioning his own existence, searching for meaning in life. Mully
sets out to enrich the fate of orphaned children across Kenya.
Jeopardizing his own life and the security of his family, Charles
Mully risks everything and sets in motion a series of events that is
nothing short of astonishing
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The 13th
Ava DuVernay
100min
Documentary
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how
it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
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Martha & Niki
Tora Mårtens
90min
Documentary
In 2010 Martha Nabwire and Niki Tsappos took part in the biggest
international street dance competition, Juste Debout in Paris. It was
the first time ever two women became world champions in hip hop.
This film depicts Martha and Niki’s love of dance, each other and a
friendship put to the test. About desires, yearning and finding the
right path in life.
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My B.F.F.
Greg Carter
110min
Narrative Drama
Two girls learn a valuable lesson about race identity, politics,
friendship & growing up in this poignant, yet tender, coming of age
story
Pan African Film & Arts Festival 2017
StudentFEST
February 13-17, 2017
Special Music Television A&E Networks Premiere Screening
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The Pop Game
90 min
Students will see 2-3 episodes of the show prior to its national
launch on February 21 on Lifetime network.
They will have a meet and greet with the popular music icons on
the show and the opportunity to chat and mentor with them.
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TIMBALAND DROPS THE MIC WITH NEW MUSIC
COMPETITION SERIES "THE POP GAME," PREMIERING
FEBRUARY 21 on Lifetime network.
Lifetime keys into the world of pop music this winter with, The Pop
Game (#ThePopGame), premiering on Tuesday, February 21, at
10 PM ET/PT. The series won’t miss a note, following music
industry icon Timbaland as he works with five aspiring young vocal
artists, all vying to be the next big thing on the charts. Timbaland’s
team of writers, producers and top celebrity guest artists including
JoJo, Macy Gray, Nelly Furtado and Jordin Sparks, will assist
the kids and their manager parents in challenges designed to teach
and test the skills they will need to grace some of the world’s
biggest stages.