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X-WR-CALNAME:Washington DC African Diaspora Film Series in Washington 
	DC at Grosvenor Auditorium at National Geographic - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Washington DC African Diaspora Film Series
DESCRIPTION:Come watch a wide range of dynamic films from Africa and i
	ts Disapora: from the Caribbean to Europe to Latin America to North Am
	erica and beyond!\n\n*******Featuring*******\n\nTHURSDAY JULY 23:\n\n5
	:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Opening Night Reception\n\n7:00 PM: "Glorious Exit"\
	n75 min | U.S.A./Nigeria/Switzerland | 2008\nLanguage: English & Germa
	n with English subtitles\nWashington DC Premiere\nJarreth Merz\, a Swi
	ss-Nigerian actor living in Los Angeles is summoned to Nigeria to bury
	 his father whom he has only met once. \n\n9:00 PM: "No Time to Die"\n
	95 min | Ghana/Germany | 2006\nDirector: King Ampaw | Language: Englis
	h\nWashington DC Premiere\nA desperate hearse driver will do anything 
	to win the heart of the lady he has fallen in love with. \n\nFRIDAY\, 
	JULY 24:\n\n6:30 PM: "The Other World"\n90 min | France/Algeria | 2001
	\nDirector: Merzak Allouache | Language: Arabic & French with English 
	Subtitles\nWashington DC Premiere\nYasmine and Rachid\, two young Pari
	sian children of Algerian immigrants\, are in love. They live a quiet 
	life in France until Rachid disappears into Algeria\, and when Yasmine
	 tries to find him\, she discovers a world filled with violence.\n\n8:
	30 PM: "Movement (R)evolution Africa (A Story of an Art Form in Four A
	cts)"\n65 min | 2007\nDirector: Joan Frost | Language: French/Portugue
	se with English subtitles\nNine fierce artists from across the contine
	nt challenge conventional dance\, regarding the body as a form of flui
	d sculpture. Their aim is to engage whites and the African Diaspora al
	ike and challenge the West’s stereotypical ideas about Africa.\n*Q&A
	 after the screening*\n\nplaying with:\n"Nora"\n35 min | South Africa 
	| 2008\nDirector: Alla Kovgan & David Hinton | Language: French/Portug
	uese with English subtitles\nWashington DC Premiere\nShot in Southern 
	Africa\, this film is based on thechildhood memories of self-exiled da
	ncer Nora Chipaumire who was born in Zimbabwe in 1965.\n\nSATURDAY\, J
	ULY 25:\n\n1:30 PM: "White Like the Moon"\n23 min | U.S.A. | 2001\nDir
	ector: Marina Gonzales Palmier | Language: English\nA Mexican-American
	 girl struggles to maintain her identity after her mother forces her t
	o bleach her skin white to fit into “Anglo” society in the 1950’
	s.\n\nplaying with:\n"Family Motel"\n88 min | Canada | 2007\nWashingto
	n DC Premiere\nDirector: Helene Klodawsky | Language: English\nShe’s
	 got an unrewarding service job\, a husband stranded in Somalia and tw
	o teenage daughters with an attitude. Just when she thinks it can’t 
	get worse\, Ayan and her kids are slapped with an eviction order. \n\n
	4:00 PM: "Inside Buffalo"\n59 min | Italy/U.S.A. | 2009\nDirector: Fre
	d Kudjo Kuwomo | Language: English & Italian w/ English subtitles\nWas
	hington DC Premiere\nA moving full length documentary about the 92nd i
	nfantry division\, an African American segregated unit which served in
	 Italy during WWII and came back home to segregation. \n*Q&A after the
	 screening*\n\n6:00 PM: "Nothing But The Truth"\n118 min | South Afric
	a | 2008\nDirector: John Kani | Language: French w/ English subtitles\
	nU.S. Premiere\nA gripping investigation of the complex dynamic betwee
	n the blacks who remained in South Africa and risked their lives to le
	ad the struggle against apartheid and those who returned victoriously 
	after living in exile.\n\n8:30 PM: "Youssou N’Dour: Return to Goree"
	\n108 min | Senegal/Switzerland | 2006\nDirector: Pierre-Yves Borgeaud
	 | Language: English\, French\, Wolof w/ English subtitles\nA music-in
	fused cinematic journey about the power of one to inspire millions. Fr
	om generations of griots comes a messenger for our time - Youssou N'Do
	ur.\n\nBuy tickets today! \n$10 general admission * $64 series pass (a
	ccess to all screenings)\n\nPurchase here: www.nglive.org\nor call (20
	2) 857-7700 (M-F 9AM-5PM)\n\nParking available at 1600 M St. N.W. (one
	 hour before program)\nNearest Metros: Farragut North & Farragut West
LOCATION:Grosvenor Auditorium at National Geographic @ District of Col
	umbia, United States
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