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African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF) is dedicated to advancing an enhanced understanding of African culture through the moving image. It offers diverse platforms for the wide distribution of African media through its flagship annual film festival and complementary year-round programming. AFF is committed to increasing visibility and recognition for African media artists by introducing African film and culture to a broad range of audiences in the United States and abroad, bypassing economic, class and racial barriers. In 1990, AFF’s founders established goals that continue to enrich the organization mission and organizational development: To use African cinema to promote and increase knowledge and understanding of African arts, literature and culture; To develop an audience for African films; To expand the opportunities for the distribution of African films in the United States and abroad. More info.

Mamadou Niang is a journalist and broadcast producer with more than 40 years of experience covering news and producing documentaries for global television, print and digital outlets. Niang is known for his reports that explore social, political, and cultural issues. They are featured on most of West Africa’s national television channels in Europe, the One Caribbean Television network, and WNYC-TV in New York. They have aired on France Télévisions, the Canadian broadcaster CBC, and Radio Quebec. In December 2011, Niang founded NextMedia.tv, a New York-based television news production, and digital media content agency aimed at bringing a global multicultural experience and sensibility to visual communication.

 

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