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African Diaspora

About the Series

FilmScene highlights the work of African American filmmakers and films and artists of the African diaspora through year-round screenings and events curated in collaboration with members of the Iowa City community.

FilmScene’s African Diaspora program strives to present these works to diverse and thoughtful audiences, to reframe audiences experiences and relationships with Black cinema, and introduce the work of influential, as well as emerging, filmmakers of color.

ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

African Diaspora Reel Representation
Fri, Mar 21 12:00am 3:30pm 6:30pm 9:00pm Sat, Mar 22 1:00pm 4:00pm 7:00pm Sun, Mar 23 12:30pm 3:30pm 6:30pm Mon, Mar 24 3:30pm 6:30pm Tue, Mar 25 3:30pm 6:30pm Wed, Mar 26 3:30pm 6:30pm Thu, Mar 27 3:30pm 6:30pm

As funeral proceedings for an uncle begin around them, Shula and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.

Past Films in this Series

EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS

EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS

African Diaspora

Thu, Nov 7

LOVE JONES

LOVE JONES

African Diaspora

Wed, Feb 14

RUSTIN

RUSTIN

African Diaspora

Mon, Jan 15

ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT

ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT

African Diaspora Fresh Picks Reel Representation

Thu, Dec 7

S.T.B. HORROR TRILOGY

S.T.B. HORROR TRILOGY

African Diaspora Out of the Archive Out of the Archive: Envisioning Blackness

Tue, Oct 3

EVE'S BAYOU: DIRECTOR'S CUT

EVE'S BAYOU: DIRECTOR'S CUT

African Diaspora Out of the Archive Out of the Archive: Envisioning Blackness Reel Representation

Thu, Sep 7

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