(BPRW) African Diaspora: History and Cinema August 28 – September 6 | Virtual Nationwide

(Black PR Wire) Ten award-winning films exploring the people, events, and cultures that shaped a continent.

Dancing the Twist in Bamako – Independence and African socialism in Mali
Nome – Liberation war in Guinea-Bissau
Marighella – Resistance to dictatorship in Brazil
Walter Rodney: What the Don't Want You to Know – Pan-African political thought
Kinshasa Makambo – Democracy movement in DRC
Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light – Black intellectual history
Fighting for Respect: African Americans in WWI – African American military history in France
The First Rasta – Origins of Rastafari
The Mali Cuba Connection – International solidarity
The Esmeraldas Beach – Historical memory and Afro-descendant identity in Ecuador

All of these films engage with historical transformations—moments when political, social, or cultural change reshaped societies.