The 20th annual African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF), here in New York City, kicked off its 2012 edition (also its 20th anniversary, a milestone year), last Friday, November 23rd, and continues through December 11th. We'll continue to bring you reactions to screenings, and other events on the festival's schedule... like this one on Juan Andrés Arango's La Playa D.C. I'd like to say just how useful it was for me to have Professor Tanya K. Hernandez (she authored a scholarly work titled Racial Subordination in Latin America) present for the screening discussion that happened...
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