QFest St. Louis 2016 preview | 04.24.16-04.28.16
Twenty-eight films will be screened during the festival, including seven features, six documentaries, and 15 shorts.
Twenty-eight films will be screened during the festival, including seven features, six documentaries, and 15 shorts.
Sembene once said that he would sleep with the Devil to make his films, and that attitude is reflected in some less than admirable behavior in his life.
Afripedia: Angola a very lively and entertaining program.
Washington University’s African Film Festival offers a rare opportunity to pay a vicarious visit to Africa.

Tickled is about a Kiwi investigative journalist looking into the “sport” of competitive endurance tickling. (Yes, you read that correctly.)
Rififi is considered by many the ultimate heist film.
There’s nothing fancy about Mavis!, but there doesn’t need to be.
Sometimes A Ballerina’s Tale feels like the work of a publicist rather than a documentarian, but it’s still worth seeing.

It’s a tribute to the power of storytelling in T-Rex that I feel like I know this young woman.
Festival organizers couldn’t have picked a more appropriate or more timely film to open a festival centered on women and leadership.
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