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Next screening
Wed., August 12, 7:00 p.m. 
the Sabira Cole Film Festival
organized by City of Asylum, followed by Q&A with filmmakers
Register for free screening: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/yemanja/register
The festival honors our beloved friend and supporter Sabira (Bushra) Cole who passed in February.

Select past screenings
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival - virtual edition 
June 2020

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.
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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 
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December - Canadian Diversity Film Festival - Toronto, Ontario
WINNER - Best Foreign Documentary!

​December 18-22 - Festival Imagens dos Povos, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
Cine Humberto Mauro
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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

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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.
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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.

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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.
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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.
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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.



  


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