{"id":35267,"date":"2025-05-28T17:37:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=35267"},"modified":"2025-05-28T17:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:47:09","slug":"32nd-2025-new-york-african-film-festival-at-the-brooklyn-academy-of-music-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/32nd-2025-new-york-african-film-festival-at-the-brooklyn-academy-of-music-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The 32nd New York African Film Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music \u2013 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Opening Night film was the North American premiere of Ang\u00e8le Diabang\u2019s SO LONG A LETTER (Audience Q&amp;A With Director is in Part 2)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Film Synopsis: <\/strong>Ramatoulaye, played by Amelie Mbaye,\u00a0 headmistress of a primary school in Dakar and the mother of seven children, has been married to Modou for 30 years, and is shocked when he decides to take a second wife, 20-year-old Binetou. SO LONG A LETTER tells a merciless battle between tradition and modernity ensues, contrasting very different views of women&#8217;s roles in contemporary African society is superbly told. \u2013 Film has been receiving rave reviews. {The BAM screening was followed by an Opening Night Party.}<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1HIFp2nmVSU?si=YjzrUIGS7B5_4BVL\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"70%\" \/>\n<p><strong>African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF)<\/strong> and <strong>Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)<\/strong> again joined forces for the <strong>New York African Film Festival (NYAFF)<\/strong>. The 32nd NYAFF is presenting 51 features and shorts films at BAM Rose Cinemas as FilmAfrica \u2014 the companion to the beloved DanceAfrica festival, long considered the unofficial start to summer in Brooklyn. Featuring more than 125 contemporary and classic films from Africa and its diaspora screening throughout the full festival. Many filmmakers will be in attendance for post-screening<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme, \u201cFluid Horizons: A Shifting Lens on a Hopeful World,\u201d honors the resilience of African youth and the forebears\u00a0 who paved the way for them. Since its inception in 1993, the festival has been at the forefront of showcasing African and diaspora filmmakers\u2019 unique storytelling through the moving image. The Opening Night selection at BAM was the North American premiere of SO LONG A LETTER, the film adaptation of the groundbreaking 1979 award-winning feminist novel by Senegalese writer Mariama B\u00e2.<\/p>\n<p>The festival, which opened earlier this month at Film at Lincoln Center before moving to the Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, runs at BAM from May 23 to 29. It culminates with a free outdoor screening at St. Nicholas Park in Harlem on Saturday, May 31. BAM Rose Cinemas, Peter Jay Sharp Building (30 Lafayette Ave Brooklyn, NY 11217).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"70%\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35572\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-2025-05-27-at-3.58.05-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-2025-05-27-at-3.58.05-PM.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-2025-05-27-at-3.58.05-PM-560x200.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-2025-05-27-at-3.58.05-PM-260x93.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-2025-05-27-at-3.58.05-PM-160x57.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-2025-05-27-at-3.58.05-PM-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-2025-05-27-at-3.58.05-PM-768x274.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>May 23 Red Carpet,\u00a0 Celebration &#8211; Pictures<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35408\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nyaff-logo-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nyaff-logo-image.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nyaff-logo-image-260x43.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nyaff-logo-image-160x27.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nyaff-logo-image-300x50.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35427\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-recarpet-logoP1100532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-recarpet-logoP1100532.jpg 970w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-recarpet-logoP1100532-560x404.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-recarpet-logoP1100532-260x188.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-recarpet-logoP1100532-160x115.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-recarpet-logoP1100532-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-recarpet-logoP1100532-768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35423\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-IMG_6648.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-IMG_6648.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-IMG_6648-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-IMG_6648-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-IMG_6648-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-IMG_6648-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-IMG_6648-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35411\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35411\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35411\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-kach-IMG_6660-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-kach-IMG_6660-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-kach-IMG_6660-560x747.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-kach-IMG_6660-260x347.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-kach-IMG_6660-160x213.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-kach-IMG_6660.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-35411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kach Offor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35436\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35436\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35436\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-duoIMG_6514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-duoIMG_6514.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-duoIMG_6514-560x408.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-duoIMG_6514-260x190.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-duoIMG_6514-160x117.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-duoIMG_6514-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-duoIMG_6514-768x560.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-35436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Cheryl Duncan \u2013 <em>Cheryl Duncan &amp; Company, Inc.<\/em> \u2013 facilitating Red Carpet.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35469\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-IMG_6553-african1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"908\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35456\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_6616-scaled-e174829005683&lt;\/p\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35437\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-2025-redcarpetIMG_6534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35514\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-IMG_6521-redcarpet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-IMG_6521-redcarpet.jpg 1000w, 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1000w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-otherscenesnyaffIMG_6451-560x321.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-otherscenesnyaffIMG_6451-260x149.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-otherscenesnyaffIMG_6451-160x92.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-otherscenesnyaffIMG_6451-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-otherscenesnyaffIMG_6451-768x440.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-35557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TK<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35516\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/behindthescenes-IMG_6602-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/behindthescenes-IMG_6602-1.jpg 1000w, 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https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-behindscenes-carpet-260x209.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-behindscenes-carpet-160x129.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-behindscenes-carpet-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-behindscenes-carpet-768x618.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35499\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-carpetshooter-IMG_6595.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-carpetshooter-IMG_6595.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-carpetshooter-IMG_6595-560x438.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-carpetshooter-IMG_6595-260x203.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-carpetshooter-IMG_6595-160x125.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-carpetshooter-IMG_6595-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/red-carpetshooter-IMG_6595-768x601.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_35570\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35570\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35570\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-nyaff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-nyaff.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-nyaff-560x465.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-nyaff-260x216.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-nyaff-160x133.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-nyaff-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-redcarpet-nyaff-768x637.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-35570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left to Right: Sophie Aziakou (Translating); Director Ang\u00e8le Diabang Brener (Speaking mostly in Senegalese, sometimes in English); Festival Director Karen McMullan. All speaking at Q&amp;A which is in Part 2.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_35269\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35269\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35269\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-nyaff-2025mage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-nyaff-2025mage.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-nyaff-2025mage-560x400.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-nyaff-2025mage-260x186.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-nyaff-2025mage-160x114.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-nyaff-2025mage-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pub-nyaff-2025mage-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-35269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SO LONG A LETTER by Ang\u00e8le Diabang Brener, starring Amelie Mbaye, the New York African Film Festival\/FilmAfrica (NYAFF) at BAM<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/the-32nd-new-york-african-film-festival-audience-qa-with-film-director-angele-diabang-brener-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here for Audience, Director Q&amp;A in Part 2<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7155\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7155\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>the WORD<\/strong><\/em> Editor Gregg W. Morris<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s theme, \u201cFluid Horizons: A Shifting Lens on a Hopeful World,\u201d honors the resilience of African youth and the forebears\u00a0 who paved the way for them. \u2013 By Gregg W. Morris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/32nd-2025-new-york-african-film-festival-at-the-brooklyn-academy-of-music-part-1\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":35269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2269,2291,2294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2269","category-film-fest-news-2025","category-new-york-african-film-festival-nyaaf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35267"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35609,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35267\/revisions\/35609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}