Not to be confused with International Pan-African Film Festival.

Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is a non-profit corporation in Los Angeles, California, United States, that states its goal is to promote "cultural understanding among peoples of African descent" through exhibiting art and film. It hosts a film festival and an arts festival in Los Angeles in February of each year.[1] The Los Angeles Times in 2013 called the film festival "the largest black film festival" in the United States.[2]

Background

The festival was founded in 1992 by actors Danny Glover, Ja'net Dubois, and executive director Ayuko Babu.[3] Babu had no ties to Hollywood and was working as a financial consultant before he contributed to finding the film festival.[4] Glover and actress Whoopi Goldberg co-hosted the festival in 1992.[5]

One of the main goals was to expose others to African films because many of the films were not being screened and going unnoticed. Babu states, "A showcase festival, maybe two of them. First, try one in Hollywood. That would get the attention of the movie crowd and would stimulate international interest. Then, try Washington that would draw in the political community."[4]

It featured over 40 films by Black directors from four continents. The Los Angeles Times said the films had universal themes as well as African themes: "the overthrow of colonial governments, the clash between modern values and traditional values, and tales of gifted artists". Films at the first festival included Sarraounia, Heritage Africa, and Lord of the Street.[6] In 2013, the film festival attracted approximately 30,000 patrons, and the arts festival attracted around 75,000.[2] In 2014, the film festival featured 179 films from 46 countries. The films included feature-length documentaries, short documentaries, narrative feature films, narrative short films, and web series.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "About". Pan African Film Festival. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  2. ^ a b King, Susan (February 6, 2013). "The world comes calling at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  3. ^ King, Susan (February 16, 2011). "The 19th Pan African Film Festival features eclectic lineup". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Epstein, Robert (October 14, 1992). "Multicultural Curtain Call Films: Ayuko Babu hopes the Pan African Festival will help rebuild hope in riot-scarred L.A.: [Home Edition]". login.proxy180.nclive.org. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  5. ^ Marx, Andy (October 15, 1992). "Pan African Film Fest kicks off tonight at Laemmle". Variety. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  6. ^ Staff (October 17, 1992). "A Kaleidoscope of Continents: Inaugural film festival highlights beauty of pan-African experience". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  7. ^ Bennett, Wyllisa (January 30, 2014). "22nd Annual Pan African Film Festival Night of Tribute this Friday, January 31". EURweb. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.


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