Afro-Punk

I walked out of my house and saw a flyer for this taped to the street light. I began asking around and it's a pretty popular event.





Official film site http://www.amannamedpearl.com/
Afro-punk Festival 2009 http://www.afropunk.com/
* Films run 3-8 July
* Music/ Skate park 3-6 July
* Block party 12 July

at

BAM
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217



------------------------------Full film schedule------------------------------
FRIDAY 3RD JULY:
2pm – Petey Greene: Adjust Your Color (60min) & Faubourg-Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (68min)

4:45pm – A Man Named Pearl (78min)

6:50pm – Eventual Salvation (87min) + Q & A

9:30pm – Favela Rising (80min) & Hoods to Woods (25min) + intro only


SATURDAY JULY 4th:
2pm – The Anderson Platoon (62min) + Fred Hampton interviews (29min)

4:30pm - Crips and Bloods: Made in America (93min)

6:50pm – Afro Saxons (84min)

9:15pm – Attica! (90min)


SUNDAY JULY 5th: In Honor Of Spike Lee. Afro-punk Honors 20th Anniversary Of "Do The Right Thing"
2pm – Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop (58min) & The Making of Do The Right Thing (60min)

4:30pm – School Daze (120min)

7pm – A Huey P. Newton Story (86min)

9:00pm – Get on the Bus (120 minutes)


MONDAY JULY 6th:
4:30pm – A Man Named Pearl (78min)

6:30pm – The Two Towns of Jasper (90min) + Q & A

9:15pm - Afro Punk & WLBS (150min) + intro


TUESDAY JULY 7TH:
4:30: When We Were Kings (89min)

6:50: What’s On Your Plate (72min) + Q & A

9:30: The Night James Brown Saved Boston (75min)


WEDNESDAY JULY 8th:
4:30pm - Petey Greene: Adjust Your Color (60min) & Faubourg-Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (68min)

6:50pm – Revolution ’67 (90min) + Q & A

9:30pm – Medicine for Melancholy