This is the Tumblr page for the African Film Festival Australia Visit our homepage at www.africanfilmfestival.com.auTumblr (3.0; @africanfilmfestival)http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wmkkMkZYrQ4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://brazzzaville.tumblr.com/post/23451084822/she-cotton-summer-dresses-head-wraps-and-sharp">brazzzaville</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal"><em>She cotton summer dresses </em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em>Head wraps <span> </span>and sharp bony ankles</em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em>And I know her story well</em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em>Have learnt the dead do not speak</em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em>Neither do the survivors</em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em>But who will tell these stories</em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em>To unspeakable to speak</em></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><em>_____________________</em></p> <p>Poet and story teller Eritrean - Australian Alia Gabres with her breath taking poem She Cotton Summer Dresses.</p> </blockquote>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/23452106812http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/23452106812Sun, 20 May 2012 21:02:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34akmfDh81r7ey86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>African Film Festival Melbourne 2012 </p>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892620887http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892620887Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:50:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34ajypwqe1r7ey86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>African Film Festival Sydney 2012</p>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892592726http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892592726Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:50:22 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34ajmoiKj1r7ey86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>African Film Festival Melbourne 2012 </p>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892582876http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892582876Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:50:09 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34ahsQyGj1r7ey86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>African Film Festival Sydney 2012 </p>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892511782http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892511782Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:49:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34agtoiXU1r7ey86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>African Film Festival Sydney 2012</p>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892476118http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892476118Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:48:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34aggrP761r7ey86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>African Film Festival Sydney 2012</p>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892462722http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892462722Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:48:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34ag272XB1r7ey86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>African Film Festival Melbourne 2012 </p>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892452000http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892452000Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:48:01 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34afyB7AR1r7ey86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892443714http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892443714Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:47:58 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrzf1dcN4m1qbekwbo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://colorsuper.tumblr.com/post/10558017692">colorsuper</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Super</p> </blockquote>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892276223http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892276223Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:45:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34aae6PeZ1r7ey86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892238292http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892238292Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:44:37 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34a6zLSIX1r7ey86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>African Film Festival Melbourne 2012</p>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892107317http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21892107317Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:42:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34a33K9Yh1r7ey86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>African Film Festival Sydney 2012</p>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21891953995http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21891953995Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:40:15 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m34a2c6rEL1r7ey86o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>African Film Festival Sydney 2012 </p>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21891925165http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21891925165Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:39:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2a1ceTT381qzkbjpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://peninsularian.tumblr.com/post/20852473801/little-stevie-wonder-and-mahummad-ali-michael">peninsularian</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Little Stevie Wonder and Mahummad Ali</strong> (Michael Ochs archives)</p> </blockquote>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21881784389http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21881784389Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:24:21 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33bwlJKDR1qmt5gzo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33bwlJKDR1qmt5gzo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33bwlJKDR1qmt5gzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33bwlJKDR1qmt5gzo4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33bwlJKDR1qmt5gzo5_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33bwlJKDR1qmt5gzo16_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33bwlJKDR1qmt5gzo17_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33bwlJKDR1qmt5gzo18_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33bwlJKDR1qmt5gzo19_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33bwlJKDR1qmt5gzo20_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><span>Ozwald Boateng’s “I Love Soweto” Shoot</span></p> <p><span>‘From the beginning I have always wanted to shoot this collection in Africa, and The ‘I Love Soweto’ shoot captured what I was trying to do so beautifully. Spring/Summer 2012 essentially represents a European take on an African aesthetic, and my African heritage coupled with the setting of Soweto really gave the concept it’s authenticity’ – Ozwald Boateng</span></p> <p><span>Website: </span><a href="http://www.ozwaldboateng.co.uk/"></a><a href="http://www.ozwaldboateng.co.uk/"><a href="http://www.ozwaldboateng.co.uk/">http://www.ozwaldboateng.co.uk/</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21881282288http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/21881282288Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:17:55 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1u1m40TKe1r7ey86o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1u1m40TKe1r7ey86o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Three more sleeps till the first annual African Film Festival in Australia opens with the Australian premiere of Restless City. <br/><br/>Yippee</p>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/20331586608http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/20331586608Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:27:40 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GYV_pp6aUuI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fearfullymade-locs.tumblr.com/post/19611557533/aprill-showers-brianna-mccarthy-after-colour">fearfullymade-locs</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://aprill-showers.tumblr.com/post/19605862730/brianna-mccarthy-after-colour-after-colour">aprill-showers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Brianna McCarthy</strong> : <em>After Colour</em></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span">After Colour takes a look at the contemporary dynamic of complexion defining beauty in diasporan women. It examines the representation of women of different shades of skin, by themselves and by others, and the idea of ‘shadism’, both in Trinidad and within a wider, global discussion that’s happening right now.</span></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>This right here? This right here?  This is the manifestation of all the ideas I’ve only recently considered thinking about, especially since I’ve been attending college in New Orleans and have been bombarded with the Creole vs. Black, good genes vs. bad genes message.  </strong></p> <p><strong>Thanks, Ms. McCarthy!  I really appreciate your voice (and I love your accent!)</strong></p> </blockquote>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/20331487659http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/20331487659Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:25:53 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1gtnwPkik1qze0jco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/20331474431http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/20331474431Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:25:38 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1k1xvJjQZ1qlr9u6o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1k1xvJjQZ1qlr9u6o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1k1xvJjQZ1qlr9u6o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1k1xvJjQZ1qlr9u6o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://37thstate.tumblr.com/post/20059403997/skateboarding-in-kitintale-uganda-photography-by">37thstate</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Skateboarding in Kitintale, Uganda</strong></p> <p>Photography by <a href="http://www.yanngross.com">Yahn Gross</a> (View more photos from the set <a href="http://www.yanngross.com/kitintale.htm">here</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/20331448112http://africanfilmfestival.tumblr.com/post/20331448112Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:25:08 -0400