Festivals enhance the cultural landscape of the cities where they are held. This is reality, particularly in cities where regular movie-theaters do not show a great diversity of films. However, the productions of a festival is not a minor event as festivals are part of the film industry. The December issue of the Hollywood Reporter published an interview with Chris Rock in which he eloquently indicates that the film industry, Its a white industry, it just is, Imagine then how challenging it is to produce and Afro-Centric film festival in the USA, specifically one dedicated to Afro-Centric Foreign Language and Specialty films. Nevertheless, ADIFF has been around for 22+ years. The Best Of ADIFF is a condensed version of the Fall event. It is always very difficult to curate because it is a small production with a big aim, that of showing the best of the previous years event. The Caribbean appears in the Best Of this year with films that are very diverse, however distinctive of the Caribbean identity. Re-Shipment/Re-embarque by the Afro-Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando is a study on the Haitian presence in Cuba and the contribution Haitians made to the Afro-Cuba identity. Cuba has the dual identity of being a Caribbean and a Latin-American country. However, the strong African presence in the country has many layers that defines Cubas national identity. The Price of Memory by Karen Marks Mafundikwa traces the Rastafarian petition for Reparations and Repatriation. Ms. Marks Mafundikwa goes into the African presence in Jamaica, the Rasta movement, as a strong advocate of the African presence in Jamaica and the responsibility of the British Empire for the economic situation in the country. Shadow of Color/Sombra Di Kolo by Angela E. Roe and Selwyn de Wind is part of the ongoing discussion on race and skin color in the Caribbean. The filmmakers talk to people in their native Curaçao and what people say is very revealing regarding a caste system that is rooted in skin color. The films has the resonance of the work of Frantz Fanon, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and other who have written about the interaction between skin color, privilege and power in plantation societies. Three women, three films from the Caribbean region and on event, the Best Of ADIFF-2015. https://youtube/watch?v=8aMnZlPSYo8
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 14:42:17 +0000
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