15th Annual African Film Festival to Conclude at BAM

The 15th Annual African Film Festival, a showcase of African themed features, shorts and documentaries, will conclude its run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Cinématek from May 23-May 26.

Screenings at BAMCinématek will vary from Meokgo and the Stick Fighter, a South African  film about a stick fighter who invokes a clairvoyant spirit with a musical instrument;  to Growing Stronger,  a documentary on two Zimbabwean AIDS victims; to Les Saignantes, a sci-fi/action/horror hybrid about a futuristic country with corrupt, sex-obsessed leaders. Almost all of the filmmakers and performers are of African descent.

The 15th Annual African Film Festival  began April 9  at the Walter Reade Theater and is currently running through May 27 at the French Institute. Each year, the festival features films, panel discussions, and archival footage with an African focus.

For more information, visit www.africanfilmny.org