Pan African Film Festival
pan african film festival paff nonprofit corporation los angeles california united state state goal promote cultural understanding among people african descent exhibiting art film host film festival art festival los angeles february year los angeles time called film festival largest black film festival united state early year held west africa specifically burkina faso february held ouagadougou hosted thomas sankara first official festival organized actor danny glover janet dubois executive director ayuko babu glover actress whoopi goldberg cohosted festival featured film black director four continent los angeles time said film universal theme well african theme overthrow colonial government clash modern value traditional value tale gifted artist film first festival included sarraounia heritage africa lord street film festival attracted approximately patron art festival attracted around film festival featured film country film included featurelength documentary short documentary narrative feature film narrative short film web series panafricanism list film festival official website