A Screening of Afrofuturist Short Films

Afrofuturism Festival Events at New York Film Academy,in collaboration with Carnegie Hall and Black Speculative Arts Movement and Dieselfunk StudiosWhile megahit Black Panther brought Afro-Futurist Cinema to the mainstream, the concept was introduced more than 100 years ago and grew through Black creativity in literature, technology, music and the visual arts.W.E.B. Dubios’ 1920 science fiction novel The Comet is the godfather of Afrofuturism and its progeny - the work of authors Samuel R. Delaney and Octavia E. Butler, built on that foundation. The music and experimental films of Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and George Clinton expanded the paradigm and set the stage for an explosion through the medium of cinema. From the work of filmmakers Shirley Clarke and The Black Audio Film Collective, to the music videos of Missy Elliot to the genre-defying work of Terrance Nance, Afro-Futurist Cinema breaks open new possibilities of cinematic storytelling through the use of innovation and imagination.Afrofuturism in Cinema: Infinity, Creativity and Beyondis a series of film screenings and panels at New York Film Academy that explore how the foundation laid by our artistic ancestors has given birth to a new generation of filmmakers intent on using cinema to challenge, provoke, break us down, build us up and introduce to infinite possibility.

Carnegie Hall and New York Film Academy

A screening that will feature  a mixture of classic films that have defined the Afrofuturism genre and new works, followed by a Q&A panel.

New York Film Academy | New York

This is a vaccinated and masked event. If attending, you will be asked to show proof of vaccination.This event will showcase 4 Afrofuturist works from around the world: Opal and Battledream Chronicle by Alain Bidard, Hardware by David Kirkman, and The Dieselfunk Show by Tim and Jim Fielder. A post screening panel moderated by Randall Dottin, Chair of the New York Film Academy Screenwriting Department, will explore the impulse and the desire to create Afrofuturist Cinema.You must be fully vaccinated in order to attend. You will be asked to show proof of vaccination.

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A Screening of Afrofuturist Short Films

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