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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260605T173000
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URL:https://annarborwithkids.com/events/aadl-welcomes-ann-arbor-black-film
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SUMMARY:AADL Welcomes: Ann Arbor Black Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:\nThe Ann Arbor Black Film Festival is&nbsp\;here to promote th
 e vibrant culture of filmmaking in Ann Arbor\, Michigan and showcase artis
 ts and media creators of color.\n\n\n\nThis evening's program includes the
  following films:\n\n\n\nCogito\, ergo sumBloomington\, INDirector: AHMED 
 TAHSIN SHAMSThis hybrid documentary fuses the real-life reflections of cer
 amicist Malcolm Mobutu Smith with a claymation resurrection of the long-er
 ased Black comic character Li’L Tuffy—who return to confront his origi
 ns\, reclaim his stories\, and ask: Who’s holding the pen now? With clay
 mation this doc explores race\, memory\, and artistic agency through the h
 ands and words of Professor Malcolm Mobutu Smith (Indiana University Bloom
 ington)\, a ceramicist whose practice is rooted in Black material expressi
 on. As he shapes clay and reflects on the frozen imprints of time and iden
 tity\, his words awaken one forgotten figure from America’s comic book p
 ast: Li’L Tuffy\, a fictional amalgam inspired by the lost promise of Al
 l-Negro Comics.The United States of WTF !!!Detroit\, MIDirector: A Ray Jon
 esA man in a laundromat goes through a range of emotions watching the absu
 rdity of modern media on TV.TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizin
 gDirector: Louis Massiah and Monica HenriquezA biography of the influentia
 l writer\, filmmaker and cultural worker\, who with humor and deep insight
 \, inspired a generation of artists to dedicate themselves to community em
 powerment. The film is structured as a series of lessons on cultural organ
 izing\, gleaned from Bambara's life and shared by her friends\, colleagues
  and students.\n\n\n\nOther Days of Ann Arbor Black Film Festival\n\n\n\n[
 events_list tag="aabff" scope="2026-06-01\,2026-06-30"][/events_list]\n
CATEGORIES:Arbor Annie's Highlights,BIPOC,Free,High Schoolers,Indoor
 Activities,Movies,Parents
LOCATION:Downtown Branch of AADL\, 343 South Fifth Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, Mic
 higan\, 48104\, Downtown\, United States
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