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Film Series and Panel Discussion MAY 1st - 2nd, 2010 As part of its ongoing ADFF Spring and Summer Film Series at Teachers College, Columbia University, ADFF is presenting the "LOVE AND SOCIETY" film series on May 1st and 2nd, a selection of classic, comedy, and urban films that explore the dynamics between the values promoted by societies and individual's ability to give and receive love. PROGRAM AT A GLANCE SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2010 1:00PM THE OTHER WORLD (France/Algeria) 3:00PM NO TIME TO DIE (Ghana) 5:00PM BURNING AN ILLUSION (UK/Barbados) 7:00PM EL MESTIZO (Venezuela) FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2010 1:00PM BLUEPRINT (US) 3:00PM NOTHING BUT A MAN (US) 5:00PM PANEL "LOVE AND SOCIETY" With * Director of Blueprint, Kirk Shannon-Butts* * Co-Founder and Co-President of the The Spirit of a Woman Leadership Development Institute (S.O.W.) Monica C. Dennis * * Author/Poet and Public Speaker Jewel Allison, who recently published the book of poems Stealing Peace * WHERE: Teachers C...

TC African Diaspora Cine-Club Teachers College, Columbia University 525 West 120th Street Train 1 to 116th Street - Walk up four blocks or Bus M4, M60 or M104 to 120th Street Photo ID required to enter building WHAT: FREE Friday screenings and discussions on films from Africa and the African Diaspora. Refreshments will be served. UPCOMING SCREENING: Friday, July 31 @ 6:00 PM CClogoTHE LEARNING TREE US, 1969, 107min, drama in English, Gordon Parks, Dir. Gordon Parks' adaptation of his autobiographical novel. The story centers on Newt, a sensitive and intelligent 15-year-old boy living in the South during the 1920s. An African-American with high aspirations in an age when segregation ruled, Newt's experiences with racism, sex, love, and loss help him develop into a mature individual. In contrast, Newt's friend Marcus is a sullen youth who seems to think only with his fists, and whose life is headed nowhere. But Newt's morality is severely tested when the wrong ...