When a person leaves a country, it is often because dialogue has broken down. Upon arriving somewhere new, another kind of dialogue begins—between cultures, between people, and within oneself. Sometimes it flows easily. Sometimes it resists, or fails.

Across stories of migration, exile, identity, and memory—from Peru to Germany, North to South Korea, the United States to Europe and the Caribbean—the films in this series explore the many forms this dialogue can take. They reflect encounters between past and present, between communities, and between different ways of understanding the world.

The program also opens space for dialogue beyond the screen, through conversations with filmmakers and a panel on Black migration, identity, and visibility, as well as a closing program where music becomes its own form of exchange across the African diaspora.

Presented at ​Teachers College, Columbia University​, the series invites audiences to watch, listen, and take part in an ongoing conversation.

Friday, April 24 

6pm ​Naomi’s Journey (Peru​ / Germany)

8pm ​A Poet of the River​ ( South Korea)

Saturday, April 25

African Americans in Europe

1pm ​Black Paris: African Americans in the City of Light​ (USA / France)

2:30pm ​Invisible Heroes: African Americans in the Spanish Civil War​ (USA / Spain) + Zoom with director Jordi Torrent

-------- 4:30pm  ​Angels on Diamond Streets​ (USA)

6:30 pm ​The Invisible Color: Black Cubans in Miami​ (USA)

Followed by Panel Discussion: Black Migration, Identity, and Visibility with Abraham Paulos, Deputy Director ​Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)​ and Dr. Reinaldo B. Spech, Co-Director ADIFF

Sunday, April 26

1pm ​Remaining Native​ (USA)
3pm ​Sneak Preview: Silent Legacy​ (Sweden / Burkina Faso)
5pm Transcultural Sound Program (Music Shorts): Candombe (Uruguay) + ​Afrissippi​ (USA) + Tambu (Jamaica)