2024 Cascade Festival of African Films

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In celebration of Black History Month, Portland Community College is hosts the annual Cascade Festival of African Films. 

The Cascade Festival of African Films was founded in 1991 by four Portland Community College faculty members. Now in its 34th year, the festival is the longest running annual, nonprofit, non-commercial, largely volunteer-run African Film Festival in the United States. 

The films celebrate Africa’s achievements, expose its failures, and reveal possibilities for a hopeful future. 

This year the festival is a hybrid in-person and virtual festival with many opportunities to participate in its expansive schedule. 

2024 Cascade Festival of African Films Schedule

The 2024 Cascade Festival of African Films is February 2 through March 2 on select days. Every film screening is free and open to the public.

Festival screenings can be viewed in-person or online. In-person screenings will take place at Hollywood Theatre, the PCC Cascade Campus and PCC Sylvania Campus. All in-person films will be screened for free on a first-come, first served basis.

Here’s the schedule: 

Friday, February 2

6:30pm Goodbye Julia at the Hollywood Theatre, 118 min.

Saturday, February 3

2:00pm Catching Feelings at PCC Cascade, 124 min.

7:00pm Four Daughters at PCC Cascade, 110 min.

Thursday, February 8

7:00pm The Last Shelter at PCC Cascade, 83 min.

Friday, February 9

7:00pm Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman sylvania, 96 min.

Saturday, February 10

2:00pm Married to Work at PCC Cascade, 76 min.

7:00pm Omen at PCC Cascade, 90 min.

Sunday, February 11

6:00pm Mambar Pierrette tomorrow, 93 min.

Thursday, February 15

7:00pm Tamaaden at PCC Cascade, 84 min.

Friday, February 16

6:30pm Sira at the Hollywood Theatre, 75 min.

Saturday, February 17

2:00 p.m.

• For Them That Prey (Short) at PCC Cascade, 13 min.
• Night Stop (Short) at PCC Cascade, 13 min.
• Luanda Blue (Short) at PCC Cascade, 13 min.
• Mistida (Short) at PCC Cascade, 30 min.
• The Last Ranger (Short) at PCC Cascade, 27 min.

7:00pm Mwabi/Can You See Us? at PCC Cascade, 109 min.

Thursday, February 22

7:00pm Sisterhood at PCC Cascade, 72 min.

Friday, February 23

7:00pm Our Lady of the Chinese Shop at PCC Cascade, 98 min.

Saturday, February 24

2:00pm Hawa at PCC Cascade, 106 min.

7:00pm All the Colors of the World are Between Black and White at PCC Cascade, 93 min.

Thursday, February 29

7:00pm Transactions at PCC Cascade, 53 min.

Friday, March 1

7:00pm The Mother of All Lies at PCC Cascade, 100 min.

Saturday, March 2

2:00pm Lionheart at PCC Cascade, 65 min.

7:00pm Banel & Adama at PCC Cascade, 87 min.

The Cascade Festival of African Films is free and open to all. For more information, visit the festival website.

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