Venue: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Dates: June 26 & 28, 2009

Details: Encore screenings June 26 & 28 of SHOOT THE MESSENGER and 13 MONTHS OF SUNSHINE--the two films which had the highest attendance at the fifth annual New African Films Festival in March 2009. The festival was presented by TransAfrica Forum, afrikafé and AFI Silver.

SHOOT THE MESSENGER Friday, June 26, 7:00 PM

A bold, funny and controversial film directed by the politically explosive Nigerian-Brit filmmaker Ngozi Onwurah. The film's opening line,"...everything bad that has ever happened to me has involved a black person," rouses and prepares us for a critically insightful and intellectually charged confrontation of ideological and cultural perspectives that is candidly rendered in this remarkably thought-provoking film. (Note courtesy of AFI 20/20) DIR Ngozi Onwurah; SCR Sharon Foster; PROD Anne Pivcevic. UK, 2006, color, 90 min. NOT RATED

Tickets: $10 General Admission / $9 Seniors, Students (with valid ID), and Military Personnel/ $8.50 AFI Members/ $6.00 Children (12 and Under). For ticket information click here.

13 MONTHS OF SUNSHINE Sunday, June 28, 7:00 PM

First-time director Yehdego Abeselom demonstrates a light touch in this drama that explores the tensions between traditional values, cultural identity and the pursuit of one's dreams. In Los Angeles, Soloman and Hanna enter a marriage of convenience that becomes complicated with intimacy, love, jealousy and a clash of cultural values. A uniquely Ethiopian experience of the American dream. (Note courtesy of British Film Institute) DIR/SCR/PROD Yehdego Abeselom; PROD Jeremiah Lewis. US, 2007, color, 98 min. In Amharic, English and French with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Tickets: $10 General Admission / $9 Seniors, Students (with valid ID), and Military Personnel/ $8.50 AFI Members/ $6.00 Children (12 and Under). For ticket information click here.

Films originally shown in March 2009 at the New African Films Festival 2009.

ALSO AT AFI SILVER DURING AFI/DISCOVERY CHANNEL SILVERDOCS DOCUMENTARY  FESTIVAL June 15-22, 2009--"AFRICANA INTEREST FILMS".

For more information call 202.223.1960 ext. 137 or email info@transafricaforum.org.