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Burlington, VT February 26 Champlain College, Alumni Auditorium, Maple Street. A Black History Month celebration. An evening featuring Yemanja film, panel & reception with photography exhibit Goddesses of Nature sponsored by Division of Communication & Creative Media Gainesville, FL February 21 University of Florida, Graduate Student Conference Protest, Power and Prayer Oakland, CA January 11, 2020 Annual Symposium - Starr King School for the Ministry Another Meaning of the World: Lessons from Afro-Atlantic Religions for Traumatic Times with keynote speaker Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding San Diego, California October 14, 2019 San Diego State University Mostra de Cinema Nordestino in affiliation with NEH on Road exhibition, Bandits and Heroes, Poets and Saints Detroit, Michigan September 28, 2019 Fourth Annual Detroit Women of Color International Film Festival The Hand That Rocks the Camera Rules the World Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 E. Warren, Detroit, MI Our most recent award - Winner of Best Historical Documentary! Bergen County Film Festival (March 2019) Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil February 2, 2019 / 2 de fevereiro Cinema da Praça de Paraty 2018 Screenings Pittsburgh, PA - November 30, 2018 Afro-Brazilian Week! Casa Brasil, 5904 Bryant St. New Orleans - November 17, 2018 Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum Celebrating 58th Anniversary of the Desegregation of Louisiana's Public Schools with photography exhibit, Goddesses of Nature Hosted by Leona Tate's Foundation for Change November 2 - Parliament of World Religions - Toronto, Canada Colonial Resistance & Contemporary Resilience / Resistência colonial, resiliência contemporânea Room 103A Metro Toronto Convention Centre May 9 - Santa Barbara, CA 6 p.m./18h University of California at Santa Barbara, Multicultural Center sponsored by Department of Religious Studies |
April 26 - Albany, NY 6 p.m./18h
University of Albany/SUNY Imagining Slavery, Envisioning Freedom Symposium
screening and discussion with filmmaker
sponsored by Dept. of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
April 20 - Richmond, VA 6:30 p.m./18h30
Virginia Union University - Interfaith Celebration of Creation & Sustainability
March 19 - Pittsburgh, PA 5 p.m./17h
University of Pittsburgh Lusosphere Symposium, screening and presentation with filmmaker
sponsored by CLAS-Center for Latin American Studies
March 11 - Atlanta, GA
Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library. Northwest Library at Scotts Crossing
Salvador da Bahia, Brasil
January 31 / 31 de janeiro - Espaço Cultural Barroquinha
February 1 / 1 de fevereiro - Largo Santo Antonio
In partnership with the City of Salvador through the Fundação Gregório de Mattos, and Tatur Tourism.
Uma parceria da Prefeitura Municipal do Salvador, artavés da Fundação Gregório de Mattos e Tatur Turismo.
University of Albany/SUNY Imagining Slavery, Envisioning Freedom Symposium
screening and discussion with filmmaker
sponsored by Dept. of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
April 20 - Richmond, VA 6:30 p.m./18h30
Virginia Union University - Interfaith Celebration of Creation & Sustainability
March 19 - Pittsburgh, PA 5 p.m./17h
University of Pittsburgh Lusosphere Symposium, screening and presentation with filmmaker
sponsored by CLAS-Center for Latin American Studies
March 11 - Atlanta, GA
Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library. Northwest Library at Scotts Crossing
Salvador da Bahia, Brasil
January 31 / 31 de janeiro - Espaço Cultural Barroquinha
February 1 / 1 de fevereiro - Largo Santo Antonio
In partnership with the City of Salvador through the Fundação Gregório de Mattos, and Tatur Tourism.
Uma parceria da Prefeitura Municipal do Salvador, artavés da Fundação Gregório de Mattos e Tatur Turismo.
January 15 San Francisco, CA
Liberation Film Festival - Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrations, Q & A with Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Foundation
December 29, 2017 Stein, Switzerland
Orun - aiyé Orixas in Film Festival
Screening followed by discussion with filmmaker Donna Roberts via Skype
organized by Sanzala Umbanda community
November 17, 2017 Boston, MA
American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annual Conference, Religion & Ecology program
Discussion with Candomblé scholar Iya/Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding and filmmaker Donna Roberts
November 5, 2017 Gainesville, FL
Brunch & screening followed by discussion with filmmaker via Skype
organized by The Bailey Learning and Arts Collective (BLAAC)
co-sponsored by UF Department of Latin American Studies
November 2, 2017 Chapel Hill, NC
The Diaspora Festival for Black and Independent Film
The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, University of North Carolina
October 20, 2017 Pittsburgh, PA
Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens Environmental Film Series
panel discussion with Dr. Sheriden M. Booker, social entrepreneur/priestess of Oba,
Dr. Anthony B. Mitchell, Prof. Penn State, Priest of Yemaya, and filmmaker Donna Roberts
October 8, 2017 Baltimore, MD
Baltimore International Black Film Festival
Murphy Fine Arts Center, Morgan State University
October 1, 2017 Montreal, Quebec
Montreal International Black Film Festival
Cinéma du Parc
also Master Class: Meet the Filmmakers, with director Donna Roberts
September 16, 2017 Denver, Colorado
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company Theatre sponsored special Biennial of the Americas screening
Panel discussion with Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding, Dr. Melanie Harris, Deanna Lowman, Donna Roberts and Cleo Parker Robinson
August 12, 2017 Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil
V Seminar on Afro-Brazilian Religion, Culture, Art and Health
CALH- UFRB, Federal University of Bahia Recôncavo
Panel discussion with members of Bahian and Brazilian Candomblé communities, organized by Dr. Denize Ribeiro
August 4, 2017 Florianopolis, Brazil
13th Women's Worlds Congress / Fazendo Gênero 11
Auditório Reitoria, Reitoria I, Térreo, UFSC Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
June 5, 2017 United Nations World Ocean Conference
"Black Guardians of the Sea: The Eco-Theology of Our Waters"
Caribbean Cultural Center-African Diaspora Institute
May 26, 2017 Brazil International Film Festival, Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
WINNER - Best Documentary Prêmio - Melhor Documentario!
May 9, 2017 FOCUS BRASIL & Brazilian Film Festival of Miami
Savor Cinema (formerly Cinema Paradiso), Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Thanks to Mooka Entertainment and Kenia for sponsoring our pre-screening reception and photo exhibit!
April 2017 - Earth Month - Oakland, CA
"Goddesses of Nature / Deusas da Natureza" photography exhibit
Holy Names University, Kennedy Arts Center
Affiliated with screening at Oakland International Film Festival
April 5, 2017 - 15th Annual Oakland International Film Festival
WINNER - Best "Roots" Documentary!
Oakland, CA
February 2017 - Pan African Film Festival - Los Angeles with Q & A
Friday, February 17, 1:00 p.m. & Saturday, February 18, 12:45 p.m.
www.paff.org
December - Canadian Diversity Film Festival - Toronto, Ontario
WINNER - Best Foreign Documentary!
Liberation Film Festival - Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrations, Q & A with Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Foundation
December 29, 2017 Stein, Switzerland
Orun - aiyé Orixas in Film Festival
Screening followed by discussion with filmmaker Donna Roberts via Skype
organized by Sanzala Umbanda community
November 17, 2017 Boston, MA
American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annual Conference, Religion & Ecology program
Discussion with Candomblé scholar Iya/Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding and filmmaker Donna Roberts
November 5, 2017 Gainesville, FL
Brunch & screening followed by discussion with filmmaker via Skype
organized by The Bailey Learning and Arts Collective (BLAAC)
co-sponsored by UF Department of Latin American Studies
November 2, 2017 Chapel Hill, NC
The Diaspora Festival for Black and Independent Film
The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, University of North Carolina
October 20, 2017 Pittsburgh, PA
Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens Environmental Film Series
panel discussion with Dr. Sheriden M. Booker, social entrepreneur/priestess of Oba,
Dr. Anthony B. Mitchell, Prof. Penn State, Priest of Yemaya, and filmmaker Donna Roberts
October 8, 2017 Baltimore, MD
Baltimore International Black Film Festival
Murphy Fine Arts Center, Morgan State University
October 1, 2017 Montreal, Quebec
Montreal International Black Film Festival
Cinéma du Parc
also Master Class: Meet the Filmmakers, with director Donna Roberts
September 16, 2017 Denver, Colorado
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company Theatre sponsored special Biennial of the Americas screening
Panel discussion with Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding, Dr. Melanie Harris, Deanna Lowman, Donna Roberts and Cleo Parker Robinson
August 12, 2017 Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil
V Seminar on Afro-Brazilian Religion, Culture, Art and Health
CALH- UFRB, Federal University of Bahia Recôncavo
Panel discussion with members of Bahian and Brazilian Candomblé communities, organized by Dr. Denize Ribeiro
August 4, 2017 Florianopolis, Brazil
13th Women's Worlds Congress / Fazendo Gênero 11
Auditório Reitoria, Reitoria I, Térreo, UFSC Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
June 5, 2017 United Nations World Ocean Conference
"Black Guardians of the Sea: The Eco-Theology of Our Waters"
Caribbean Cultural Center-African Diaspora Institute
May 26, 2017 Brazil International Film Festival, Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
WINNER - Best Documentary Prêmio - Melhor Documentario!
May 9, 2017 FOCUS BRASIL & Brazilian Film Festival of Miami
Savor Cinema (formerly Cinema Paradiso), Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Thanks to Mooka Entertainment and Kenia for sponsoring our pre-screening reception and photo exhibit!
April 2017 - Earth Month - Oakland, CA
"Goddesses of Nature / Deusas da Natureza" photography exhibit
Holy Names University, Kennedy Arts Center
Affiliated with screening at Oakland International Film Festival
April 5, 2017 - 15th Annual Oakland International Film Festival
WINNER - Best "Roots" Documentary!
Oakland, CA
February 2017 - Pan African Film Festival - Los Angeles with Q & A
Friday, February 17, 1:00 p.m. & Saturday, February 18, 12:45 p.m.
www.paff.org
December - Canadian Diversity Film Festival - Toronto, Ontario
WINNER - Best Foreign Documentary!
December 18-22 - Festival Imagens dos Povos, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
Cine Humberto Mauro
November 2016 - AFRIFF Africa International Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
November 9, 2016 - Eastern Connecticut State University
Screening and discussion with companion photography exhibit on display through December 8. Sponsored by Department of Art History and the Art Gallery
October 27 - 6:30 p.m. JustFilms Series - Pittsburgh, PA
Screening and panel featuring: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker
with Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding and filmmaker Donna Roberts, moderated by Dr. Huberta Jackson-Lowman
Companion photography exhibit Goddesses of Nature on display in Art Gallery,
Chatham University.
Special thanks to lead sponsor: Eden Hall Foundation
additional support by:
Highmark Foundation, Sembene - The Film & Arts Festival, Hill House Association,
JUSTfilms series sponsors: The Women's Institute at Chatham University, New Voices Pittsburgh, Women & Girls Foundation, Women's Law Project.
November 9, 2016 - Eastern Connecticut State University
Screening and discussion with companion photography exhibit on display through December 8. Sponsored by Department of Art History and the Art Gallery
October 27 - 6:30 p.m. JustFilms Series - Pittsburgh, PA
Screening and panel featuring: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker
with Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding and filmmaker Donna Roberts, moderated by Dr. Huberta Jackson-Lowman
Companion photography exhibit Goddesses of Nature on display in Art Gallery,
Chatham University.
Special thanks to lead sponsor: Eden Hall Foundation
additional support by:
Highmark Foundation, Sembene - The Film & Arts Festival, Hill House Association,
JUSTfilms series sponsors: The Women's Institute at Chatham University, New Voices Pittsburgh, Women & Girls Foundation, Women's Law Project.
August 27- BronzeLens Film Festival - Atlanta, GA - International Competition
Many thanks to these sponsors of our Atlanta screening:
INK Paper and Gifts ( https://www.facebook.com/INKpaperandgifts )
Carolina C. McCabe; Dr. William T. Beverly
August 21 - African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) - Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. Closing Evening - Candomblé & Santeria, double feature with film, Oggun.
George Washington University (GWU Marvin Center) 800 21st Street NW, DC 20052
www.nyadiff.org Thanks to these generous sponsors of our D.C. screening:
Claudia Booker, CPM; Batala Washington; and Templo Guaracy das Tradições. Axé!
August 14, 2016 - A Irmandade da Boa Morte e suas Interfaces: IV Seminário de religiões afro-brasileiras, cultura, arte e saúde
Cachoeira, Bahia, Brasil
August 5, 2016 - Gullah Geechee Heritage Film Festival - Winner Best Documentary!
Little River, South Carolina with companion photography exhibit, Goddesses of Nature
www.gullahgeechee.org
May 8, 2016- New York African Film Festival, Lincoln Center, New York City
Film featured during the Lincoln Center Film Society section of the New York African Film Festival, followed by panel discussion with filmmaker. Sold out!
April 16, 2016 - Festival Internacional Du Film Panafricain, Cannes
International Pan African Film Festival of Cannes, France
Film featured in Festival's Official Selection.
April 9, 2016 - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
African & Diasporic Religious Studies Association (ADRSA) annual conference.
Featured film presentation with filmmaker discussion.
April 2, 2016 - Association for the Study of Women & Mythology (ASWM)
Film featured during closing plenary special event of annual conference in Boston, which also honored film's associate director/editor Donna Read for her decades of groundbreaking work.
March 24, 2016 - Florida International University, Miami, FL
Sponsored by African & African-American Studies Dept., co-sponsored by Oloshas United, with panel discussion including scholars from various FIU colleges/departments, including Babalowo Dr. Miguel Willie Ramos.
March 22, 2016 - Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
An Evening of Film & Photography on the occasion of World Water Day
sponsored by the Lee County Alliance for the Arts & Lee County Black History Society, and panel discussion including Mayor Randy Henderson and others.
March 10, 2016 - CUNY, Bronx Community College, NYC
Film showcased in special campus-wide event commemorating International Women’s Day, followed by panel discussion with filmmaker, activist & Candomblé priestess.
Organized by Women's Psychology Professor Iya Gloria Rodriguez.
February 28, 2016 - Caribbean Cultural Center - African Diaspora Institute, NYC
Trade-itions: Trans-Atlantic Orisha Sacred Traditions Symposium at CUNY, City College Center for the Arts. Film and panel discussion with Orisha/Candomblé leaders and filmmaker, featured on day two of conference. Iya Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, Founder/Executive Director, CCC-ADI.
2015
October through February 16, 2016 - The British Library, London
Featured film clip in special exhibit, West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song.
October 8-9, 2015 - Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Debut private screening and associated activities showcasing the English version of film and companion photography exhibit, with panel discussion featuring invited Candomblé scholar & priestess Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding (University of Colorado), and Religion & African American Studies scholar Dr. Dianne Stewart (Emory University). Two days of diverse activities included a sustainable/fair food reception with Brazil Consul General Hermano Ribeiro. Sponsored by Candler School of Theology, lead organizer, Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care and Counseling Dr. Emmanuel Lartey with support of multiple Emory departments and faculty.
Debut private screening and associated activities showcasing the English version of film and companion photography exhibit, with panel discussion featuring invited Candomblé scholar & priestess Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding (University of Colorado), and Religion & African American Studies scholar Dr. Dianne Stewart (Emory University). Two days of diverse activities included a sustainable/fair food reception with Brazil Consul General Hermano Ribeiro. Sponsored by Candler School of Theology, lead organizer, Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care and Counseling Dr. Emmanuel Lartey with support of multiple Emory departments and faculty.
August 8 & 18, 2015 - Bahia, Brazil
Debut private screenings of Portuguese version of film and photography exhibit, organized for the Candomblé communities of Cachoeira and Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. World premiere and reception sponsored by Secretary of Culture, Municipality of Cachoeira, August 8 at Cine-Teatro Cachoeirano, in Cachoeira, Bahia; August 18 at Teatro SESI Rio Vermelho, Salvador, Bahia, co-sponsored by Teatro SESI.
Debut private screenings of Portuguese version of film and photography exhibit, organized for the Candomblé communities of Cachoeira and Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. World premiere and reception sponsored by Secretary of Culture, Municipality of Cachoeira, August 8 at Cine-Teatro Cachoeirano, in Cachoeira, Bahia; August 18 at Teatro SESI Rio Vermelho, Salvador, Bahia, co-sponsored by Teatro SESI.