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The noted film maker demonstrates his camera techniques. $25 tuition (scholarships and work exchange available; contact workshops@MediaSanctuary.org for more information). Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm
Leonard Retel Helmrich is an internationally-renowned, award-winning Indonesian filmmaker. Come early for a 6 PM potluck with the artist! | ||
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04 / 8
Start: 7:00 pm
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04 / 9
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm
The Sanctuary for Independent Media's annual African Film Festival begins in Troy on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, presenting four feature films (including, on the opening night of the festival, Bling: A Planet Rock director Raquel Cepeda), four short subjects and an evening of African music with Grammy Award-nominated kora master Mamadou Diabate and his quartet. | ||
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Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm
The Sanctuary for Independent Media's annual African Film Festival begins in Troy on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, presenting four feature films (including, on the opening night of the festival, Bling: A Planet Rock director Raquel Cepeda), four short subjects and an evening of African music with Grammy Award-nominated kora master Mamadou Diabate and his quartet. | ||
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Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm
The Sanctuary for Independent Media's annual African Film Festival begins in Troy on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, presenting four feature films (including, on the opening night of the festival, Bling: A Planet Rock director Raquel Cepeda), four short subjects and an evening of African music with Grammy Award-nominated kora master Mamadou Diabate and his quartet. | ||
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The Sanctuary for Independent Media's annual African Film Festival begins in Troy on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, presenting four feature films (including, on the opening night of the festival, Bling: A Planet Rock director Raquel Cepeda), four short subjects and an evening of African music with Grammy Award-nominated kora master Mamadou Diabate and his quartet. 
Grammy-nominated kora master Mamadou Diabate from the West African country of Mali performs live with his ensemble as part of the 2008 African Film Festival at 8 PM on Friday, April 11, 2008. Because The Sanctuary for Independent Media has been shut down by the City of Troy in an action currently under investigation by the New York Civil Liberties Union, historic A.M.E.
Fay Victor is the rare singer who can instill silence and focused attention into an audience, and she commands infectious joy and occasionally raucous energy whenever she performs. Ms. Victor, armed with great communicative powers, in charge of a full-tilt band, resulting in something that Betty Carter might have done, had she grown up in the seventies.