The First World Festival of Negro Arts

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1966

Runtime

0h 40m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

70%

Original Title

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

Director

William Greaves

Description

Official film of the festival, a gathering that laid crucial groundwork for pan-Africanist thinking. Directed by William Greaves, the prolific African American actor and filmmaker who left the US in the 1950s to train at the more liberal, welcoming National Film Board of Canada.