TODAY- MONDAY FEB.9 SCHEDULE OF PAFF

Monday, February 9, 2009 (Films begin at 1 p.m., Art Market opens at 10 a.m.)

Location:
Culver Plaza Theatre, 9919 Washington Blvd.Los Angeles (unless otherwise noted)


Art Market
10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Location: Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, 3650 MLK Jr. Los Angeles, CA 90008

The Pan African Film and Arts Festival's Art Market is a major juried exhibit of Black fine art and quality crafts featuring the work of over 100 different artists and artisans. The artistic works range in scope from oil paintings, watercolors, sculpture, mixed media, pen and ink drawings, glass painting and carvings to jewelry art and woven apparel. The exhibit will be presented to the public free of charge.

The PAFF continues to be the largest Black film festival in America, as well as a world-class art exhibition showcasing work from the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, the South Pacific and Canada to illustrate the diversity and complexity of people of African descent.
The Art Market is curated by Ghana's Allohn Agbenya.

The PAFF Art Market will take place each day from Thursday, February 5 through Monday, February 16, 2009. The PAFF Art Mart continues to remain free and open to the public.

Senior Connections
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Giving honor to the elders among us, each weekday during the PAFF from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., seniors aged 62 and older are invited to come and watch films for free!

Panel: "A Conversation with Gina Prince-Bythewood and Terilyn A. Shropshire"
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Gina Prince-Bythewood's primary credits as a director include the films Disappearing Acts and Love & Basketball, produced by Spike Lee and starring Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan, which won her the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.

Terilyn A. Shropshire is an award-winning motion picture and television editor. She is the daughter of the late Thomas B. Shropshire, a corporate executive. Her big break as a motion picture editor came when she was hired to cut Eve's Bayou, the auspicious feature directing debut of actress Kasi Lemmons. The film went on to become the highest grossing independent film of 1997, and it received numerous awards including Best First Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards. Shropshire has received an Eddie Award from the American Cinema Editors and has been nominated for an Emmy Award. She has been elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors.

Film Screenings:

1:00pm Milking the Rhino
1:30pm My Name is Albert Ayler
1:30pm The Eastsiders
1:45pm Redemption Song
2:30pm This is Our Country Too
3:15pm Sampari w/ Kwame
4:00pm The Bloody Writing is For Ever Torn w/ Festival Cancelled Due to Heavy Rain
4:00pm Distant Tremors
4:15pm Stolen Kisses (Kobolat Masroka)
5:00pm The Black Candle
5:30pm Standing-n-Truth: Breaking the Silence6:30pm U People
7:00pm The Prince of Broadway
7:15pm Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
7:30pm Pray the Devil Back to Hell
8:00pm Sugar
9:00pm Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans w/ Stitches
9:45pm African Underground: Democracy in Dakar w/ Estilo Hip Hop
9:45pm Number One with a Bullet
10:00pm Sex, Gumbo & Salted Butter

Quick Festival Facts

17th year, largest Black History Month event in U.S., event takes place February 5-16
Showcases Black independent cinema and fine art
Main venues: Culver City Plaza Theatre and Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza
42 countries represented in film selection, over quarter of a million attendees throughout 12-day festival, over 140 films selected for 2009 festival
Founded by Danny Glover, Ja'Net Dubois, and Ayuko Babu



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