The Pan African Film Festival Set to Take Audiences Around the World, “35 and Ticking” by Russ Parr Selected as Opening Night Film

LOS ANGELES – The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is set to take audiences around the world in eight days and back home again with the premiere of “35 and Ticking” to kick off festivities with a star-studded Opening Night Gala at 7:30 p.m on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at the Culver Plaza Theatre, located …

Funke Osibodu, John Momoh, Florence Seriki, Bode Pedro, Uche Nnaji Join all Star line-up for The Future Pre-Awards Conference January 29!

Funke Osibodu, John Momoh, Florence Seriki, Bode Pedro, Uche Nnaji join all star line-up for The Future Pre-Awards Conference January 29! Registration is ongoing for The Future Pre-Awards “Do Something” Conference. This is the third edition of the conference and it holds on Saturday, 29 January 2011 at the Main Auditorium of the University of …

Pascal Atuma to Speak at UCLA’s Fifty Years of African Writing: Novels, Filmmaking, Criticism Seminar

Fifty Years of African Writing: Novels, Filmmaking, Criticism A lecture series coordinated by Professor Francoise Lionnet Monday, February 14, 2011 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90095 From Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart to contemporary screenwriting, from the continent to the diaspora, the dynamism of African creators keeps pace with the global …