Brooklyn’s longest running film festival for kids is baaaack! Inspired by the theme Sankofa: Back to the Future, the 2022 season of KIDflix Film festival celebrates the power of our collective past to propel us forward.

Screening every Friday in August from the 5-26th, this year’s selection of family-friendly films (ages 6+) are inspired by Afrofuturism, sci-fi, intergenerational tales and fables, and more. Presented by MoCADA, African Film Festival, WarnerMedia, and AT&T, with ice cream by Brooklyn’s own Creme & Cocoa.

Join us on the park lawn at Fulton Park, 70 Chauncey Street (between Lewis and Stuyvesant Avenues) a6 6:00-9pm.

SHORT FILM: Begho (Ghana, 2021)
DIRECTOR: Daniel Kumah and Victoria Aryee
LANGUAGE: In English 
RUNNING TIME: 7minutes 19seconds

SYNOPSIS: A little girl named Kasi arrives with her uncle in another country, only to discover a market with different offerings. Begho, an ancient market city in pre-colonial Ghana, West Africa during the 11th and 18th centuries, sits at the crossroads of several trade routes. 

FEATURE FILM: Adama (France, 2015)
DIRECTOR: Simon Rouby
LANGUAGE: In French with English subtitles
RUNNING TIME: 1 hour 22minutes

SYNOPSIS: In 1916, 12-year-old Adama lives in an isolated village in West Africa. One evening his older brother Samba disappears. Defying the wishes of his elders, Adama sets off to find him. A quest which takes him over the sea, northwards, to the front line in Verdun.

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