Pan African Film Lounge

The First, World Festival of Negro Arts

Dir.William Greaves, 1966,USA, 40mins – In 1966, in Dakar, Senegal, artists, performers, writers, intellectuals and political leaders from the African Diaspora ─ came together to celebrate and debate the world wide renaissance of Black culture in the 20th century. Read more …

Aimee Cesaire: A Voice for History: Party 2 ‘Where Edges of Conquest Meet’

Dir: Euzhan Palcy, Martinique, 57mins, 1994 –

This is one film in the documentary trilogy Aimee Cesaire: A Voice For History that presents through extensive direct interviews with Aimee Cesaire, captivating historic archival film and interviews with other significant people who knew him Read More…

W.E.B. Dubois: A Biography in 4 Voices

Prod/Dir: Louis Massiah, 1995, USA, 116mins Writer/Narrators: Wesley Brown, Thulani Davis, Toni Cade Bambara and Amiri Baraka –

This film tells the story of one of the key advocates of Pan Africanism the intellectual movement that spanned continents and provided the context for the Harlem Renaissance and Negritude. Read More…

CLR James Lectures: Lectures 2 and 3 ‘The Caribbean and Africa’

Producer:HO Nazareth,UK,2x 26mins, 1983\1985 – The renowned Trinidadian historian intellectual, writer and cultural activist, CLR James, is known as one of the most significant thinkers and cultural commentators of his time Read More…