Cascade Festival of African Films

In celebration of Black History Month, Portland Community College is hosting 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 31st year, the festival is the longest running  annual, nonprofit, non-commercial, largely volunteer-run African Film Festival in the United States. 

The films featured during the festival represent different countries and cultures as well as a range of lifestyles from pre-colonial to modern times in rural and urban settings. The films celebrate Africa’s achievements, expose its failures, and reveal possibilities for a hopeful future. 

This year the festival is completely virtual and gives you many opportunities to participate with its expansive schedule. The festival will air online starting February 5. It continues every Thursday, Friday and Saturday through March 6.

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

Cascade Festival of African Films Schedule

FRIDAY, FEB 5

7:00pm, 103 min. You Will Die At Twenty

SATURDAY, FEB 6

3:00pm, 111 min. Hero – Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross

7:00pm, 72 min. Air Conditioner

THURSDAY, FEB 11

7:00pm, 96 min. Softie

FRIDAY, FEB 12

7:00pm, 65 min. Lusala

SATURDAY, FEB 13

3:00pm, 17 min. Blood Rider

3:00pm, 18 min. Hyphen

3:00pm, 13 min. Patios

3:00pm, 22 min. Pumzi

7:00pm, 120 min. This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection

THURSDAY, FEB 18

7:00pm, 87 min. Whispering Truth to Power

FRIDAY, FEB 19

7:00pm, 88 min. Arab Blues

SATURDAY, FEB 20

3:00pm, 80 min. Minga and the Broken Spoon

7:00pm, 70 min. The Ghost and the House of Truth

THURSDAY, FEB 25

7:00pm, 90 min. Downstream To Kinshasa

FRIDAY, FEB 26

7:00pm, 107 min. Nafi’s Father

SATURDAY, FEB 27

3:00pm, 110 min. When We’re Born

7:00pm, 86 min. Dhalinyaro (Youth)

THURSDAY, MAR 4

7:00pm, 78 min. Finding Sally

FRIDAY, MAR 5

7:00pm, 105 min. Desrances

SATURDAY, MAR 6

3:00pm, 99 min. Subira

7:00pm, 95 min. Farewell Amor

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