12th Annual Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival at
Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, September 26-27
- Rhonda L. Haynes, producer/director of “Bringin’ in Da Spirit,” is curator -

Brooklyn, N.Y. – In “Honoring Our Roots & Family Ties,” this year’s Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus will address the important role films have played in reflecting the lives and heritages of people of African descent.

The two-day festival, co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Campus’s Media Arts Department and African Voices magazine, will be held at the Campus’s Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts on Saturday, September 26, and Sunday, September 27. The Campus is located in downtown Brooklyn, on the corner of DeKalb and Flatbush avenues. For ticket prices and conference schedule, visit www.kumbletheater.org or www.reelsisters.org; or call (718) 488-1624 or (212) 865-2982.

Reel Sisters of the Diaspora, which marks its 12th anniversary, provides opportunities for diverse women filmmakers to showcase their films. Among the films at this year’s festival will be: “Hurricane Season: Hidden Messages in the Water,” “My Change Adds Up,” “Jamaica for Sale,” “Lillie and Leander: A Legacy of Violence,” “I am Sean Bell: Black Boys Speak,” “Africa Rising: The Grassroots Movement to End Female Genital Mutilation,” and “Let the Eagle Scream: Evolution of Lynching In America.”

Rhonda L. Haynes, the producer, director, writer and cinematographer of “Bringin’ in Da Spirit,” a provocative documentary on African-American midwives, is the curator of this year’s festival.

The Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival is supported by New York City Council Member Inez E. Dickens, 9th C.D., Speaker Christine Quinn and the New York City Council, The New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Brooklyn Arts Council.

Posted: August 26, 2009