Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Seattle, WA

Photo: Santana Shelton as Opal in John Sayle’s Honeydripper.  

Seattle’s annual Langston Hughes African American Film Festival offers up both feature length and short films by independent film makers from around the world that portray a wide variety of Black life.  The event always attracts a very  passionate and diverse crowd, who appreciate films by and about people of African-decent world wide. Scheduled events include panel discussions, readings, and special screenings for seniors and youth.

This year’s festival opens its nine-day run on April 12th with a showing of John Sayles’ “Honeydripper,” a blues fable set in 1950s Alabama, and wraps up on April 20th with the Seattle premiere of “Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation,” a historical drama by legendary director Charles Burnett about Sam Nujoma, the first president of Namibia. For a complete schedule and ticket information go to langstonblackfilmfest.org.

Langston Hughes African American Film Festival
Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center
104 – 17th Ave South
Seattle WA 98144
United States
Phone: 206-326-1088
Offical Website: langstonblackfilmfest.org
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