The 19th Annual Women of African Descent Film Festival presented by The Brooklyn Chapter of The Links now opens its CALL FOR ENTRIES. Please contact wadffbklyn@gmail.com with questions regarding the Festival.
MISSION & OBJECTIVE: To showcase films that are centered around the theme of Linkages: Women, Their Families, Neighborhoods, and the Global Community, and to support the artistic development of Women filmmakers of African Descent by providing a supportive exhibition platform, offering stipends to participants, and seeking industry opportunities that will help to expose the filmmakers’ works and further their careers.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: The Women of African Descent Film Festival (WADFF) is celebrating its 19th Anniversary in 2020. The media constantly bombards us with negative images of people of African descent. Our positive accomplishments, uplifting experiences, and gifts to humanity get little attention. The Brooklyn Chapter believes it is vitally important that our legacy be maintained, nurtured and preserved and it is our responsibility to shape the public’s perception of who we are as a people. Through the medium of film, filmmakers of African descent document and relay the stories of our past, present, and future. They have become the new historians – “preservers of our legacy.” The Brooklyn Chapter realizes that many societal misconceptions start with how we are portrayed in the media. To counteract the adverse portrayal of African Americans in the movies and media, the Brooklyn Chapter, in 2002, initiated Linkages: Women of African Descent Film Festival. By choosing and screening films that depict the positive linkages that women of African descent have to their families, neighborhoods and communities, the film festival is able to effectively influence peoples’ perceptions through the medium of film.
Legacy Linkage Awards: Jurors choice award presented to all
participants
Audience Choice Award: Best film selected by audience