10th Annual African Diaspora INTERNATIONAL Film Festival will run in Chicago  June 14-21, 2012 Facets Multimedia and the African Diaspora Film Festival will celebrate 10 years of collaboration in the production of a festival that has brought to the imagination of people films such as: The Tracker, Kirikou and The Sorceress, Gospel Hill, Massai, The Rain Warriors, Sia, The Dream of the Python, Made In Jamaica and many more.   South Africa, Surinam, The United States, Brazil, Cuba and Cameroon are some of the countries represented in the 10th African Diaspora Film Festival-Chicago.
Click on any of the links below and discover the great films presented in the festival this year!  

LES OUBLIES DE L'HISTOIRE (THE FORGOTTEN)
Director: Hassan Benjoullan; 2010; 105 min;

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE  Thursday, June 14 @ 6PM
screening followed by reception 

FACETS CINEMATHEQUE
Saturday, June 16 @ 2PM

MOROCCO

WELCOME TO PINE HILL   

Director: Keith Miller; 2012, 80min

Friday, June 15 @ 6:30PM - Opening Night
Q&A and Reception
Sunday, June 17 @ 5PM
Q&A after the screening

USA   

GOLDEN SCARS
Director: Alexandrine Boudreault; 2010; 61 min

Friday, June 15 @ 9PM
CANANA /CUBA

Screening sponsored by the Quebec Government Office - Chicago    

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH   

Director: John Kani; 2008, 78 min

  Saturday, June 16 @ 4PM
Thursday, June 21 @ 6:30PM
SOUTH AFRICA

Sponsored by the South African Consulate General: Chicago   

COME BACK AFRICA   

Director: John Kani; 2008, 78 min

Saturday, June 16 @ 4PM
Thursday, June 21 @ 8:30PM
SOUTH AFRICA

Sponsored by the South African Consulate General: Chicago 

JESSE OWENS   

Director: Laurens Grant, 2012, 60 min

Saturday, June 16 @ 8:30PM  

USA

ONE PEOPLE (WAM PIPEL)   

Director: Pim de la Parra, 1976, 111 min

Sunday, June 17 @ 1PM
Wednesday, June 20 @ 6:30PM

SURINAM / THE NETHERLANDS

FILLING THE GAP   

Director: TyroneYoung, 2010, 83 min

Sunday, June 17 @ 3PM

USA

TAXIPHONE
Director: TyroneYoung, 2010, 83 min

Monday, June 18 @ 6:30PM

SWITZERLAND / ALGERIA

Sponsored by the Consulate General of Switzerland - Chicago   

THE BIG BANANA
Director: Franck Biel eu, 2011, 85min

Monday, June 18 @ 6:30PM

CAMEROON

ABDIA DO NASCIEMENTO
Director: Aída Marques, 2011, 95 min

Monday, June 18 @ 8:30PM

BRAZIL

THE FIRST RASTA
Director: Hélène Lee, 2011, 90 min

Tuesday, June 19 @ 6:30PM

JAMAICA / FRANCE

SCHEHERAZADE, T ELL ME A STORY
Director: Yousry Nasrallah, 2009, 135 min

Tuesday, June 19 @ 8:30PM

EGYPT

PARRADOX
Director: In-soo Radstake, 2010, 89 min

Wednesday, June 20 @ 6:30PM

THE NETHERLANDS