Fans of Black film in the Pacific Northwest will be delighted with a cultural celebration coming to their neck of the woods …
The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival returns to Seattle, WA, next week with Matthew Cherry's tale of redemption for a sports star, The Last Fall, as its opening night film. The festival, which runs April 14-22 at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, includes over 20 features, many of which we've discussed at length on this site.
Feature film highlights include Nicole Beharie starrer My Last Day Without You, Qasim Basir's Mooz-lum, LGBT-themed musical Leave it on the Floor, as well as NYADFF hits An Uncommon Woman and The Story of Lover's Rock. As an official AFFRM festival, LHAAFF will also feature Andrew Dosunmu's Restless City as its closing night film.
Documentary selections of note include Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 and Andre Lee's profile of blacks with elite educations, The Prep School Negro. Also in the shorts section is Brooklyn prison drama The Tombs, by recent ABC/DGA directing program finalist Jerry LaMothe.
Tickets are already on sale for this exciting event, bringing Black culture to the rainy environs of the northwest. For more information on programming, click the link below.
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