Join Amnesty International and TransAfrica Forum for a special screening of Trouble the Water: winner of the 2008 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Trouble the Water takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. The film features Kimberly and Scott Roberts, a young couple living on the margins who survive the flooding of their city by any means necessary, recording their experience in a chilling video diary which opens the film.

¡SALUD! is a documentary produced and directed by Academy Award nominee Connie Field and co-produced by Gail Reed (Cuba/USA, 2006, 93 min). ¡SALUD! is a timely examination of human values and the health issues that affect us all, ¡Salud! looks at the curious case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with what the BBC calls "one of the world's best health systems." From the shores of Africa to the Americas, !Salud!

TransAfrica Forum, CAWI, CPNS and Institute of Caribbean Studies present the DC Caribbean Filmfest 2008 featuring Africa Unite at AFI Silver Theatre on June 6. Click here for more information.

TransAfrica Forum, CAWI, CPNS and Institute of Caribbean Studies present the DC Caribbean Filmfest 2008 featuring Africa Unite at AFI Silver Theatre on June 6. Click here for more information.

ITVS Community Cinema-DC presents screeing of Iron Ladies of Liberia; co-presented by WHUT, WETA TV 26 in partnership with Busboys and Poets, the Social Action and Leadership School for Activisits (SALSA), D.C. Center for Global Education and Learning, The League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia, Phelps Stokes Fund, and TransAfrica Forum