Lecture Hall
National Museum of African Art
950 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC

 Friday, October 23
7:00 PM
La Raiz Olvidada/The Forgotten Root

La Raiz Olvidada is about the “forgotten root” of the Africans who were brought to Mexico as slaves or who escaped from slavery in the U.S. This film illuminates the African legacy in the regions of Veracruz in the east and the Costa Chica region of Guerrero and Oaxaca in the west. In Spanish with English subtitles. (Mexico, 2001, 50 min.)

Saturday, October 24
1:00 PM
La Tercera Raiz/ The Third Root

In La Tercera Raiz/ The Third Root, director Rafael Rebollar Corona’s documentary focuses on the daily life and cultural traditions of Afro-Mestizos living in the Costa Chica region of Mexico’s Pacific coast. In Spanish with English subtitles. (Mexico, 2001, 30 min.)

And

Africanias

Africanias, a film directed by Rafael Rebollar Corona, provides insights into traditional Mexican festivals and dances that are inspired by African beliefs and aesthetics, first brought to the country by the enslaved. (Mexico, 2007, 30 min.)

Join the Smithsonian Museum of African Art for a fun-filled day of face painting, arts and crafts, music, film and performance.

Africa Live! – Community Day 2009 – on Saturday, September 12, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Workshops: Arts & Crafts, Henna and Face Painting, Albus Cavus Interactive Live Art Demonstration

Music: DJ Natty Boom, Neo-Soul Songstress Princess of Controversy, The Lara Family & Friends Steel Band

Performances: Aerialists EChO and Nina Charity, DC Double Dutch team Kandies Rope Twisters, Spoken Word with Jason Reynolds, The Young Women’s Drumming Empowerment Project, Farafina Kan Youth Ensemble, West African Dance and Drumming

Film: Kikirou and the Sorceress

For more info go to africa.si.edu