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New York African Film Festival To Feature ‘Over The Bridge’, ‘Dilli Dark’, Short Film EP’d By Spike Lee And More
The New York African Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 2024 edition, featuring more than 50 films from over 25 countries.
Among North Americans premieres is Fight Like a Girl, directed by Matthew Leutwyler, “depicting the true story of a young Congolese woman (Ama Qamata from the hit Netflix series Blood and Water) who finds liberation after joining an all-women’s boxing club in Goma, led by an ex-child-soldier coach.” A young Congolese woman (Ama Qamata from the hit Netflix series Blood and Water) forced to work in an illegal mineral mine escapes her captors and finds a new life for herself after joining a renowned all-women’s boxing club in the border city of Goma. Join AFF as veteran independent filmmaker Ngozi Onruwah discusses the craft of utilizing cinema as a tool for unmasking the dynamics of the socioeconomic status quo in an intimate conversation with Ashley Clark, Curatorial Director at the Criterion Collection, in the Amphitheater in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center.
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