33rd New York African Film Festival
May 6 — 26, 2026
The 33rd annual edition of the New York African Film Festival (NYAFF32) runs May 6-26, 2026 at Film at Lincoln Center, Maysles Documentary Cinema, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). This year Cinema Tropical is delighted to co-present three Latinx and Latin American films. Convened under the theme As the Stars Sow the Earth, NYAFF33 celebrates cosmic agents that have sown memory, will, and possibility into Africa and its Diasporas.
Launched in 1993 and one of the first of its kind in the United States, the festival reflects on the myriad ways African and diaspora storytellers have used the moving image as a mold to tell stories with their own nuances and idiosyncrasies.
The lineup has been announced for the 33rd edition of the New York African Film Festival (NYAFF), spotlighting 14 contemporary and classic feature films and 25 short films.
For more information, visit: www.africanfilmny.org/festival/2024-festival
MARÍA ANTONIA
(Sergio Giral, 1990, Cuba, 110 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
New York premiere
Set in pre-revolutionary Havana, this restoration of Sergio Giral’s classic film follows the turbulent life of a fiercely independent Afro-Cuban woman whose defiance of social norms puts her in constant conflict with the world around her. Adapted from Eugenio Hernández Espinosa’s acclaimed stage play, the film portrays María Antonia’s struggle against poverty, machismo, the rigid moral codes of her neighborhood, and her passionate but destructive relationship with a charismatic boxer.
MISS JOBSON
(Amanda Sans Pantling, 2025, Jamaica/Spain, 95 min. In English)
Miss Jobson is an intimate portrait of the Rastafarian icon Diane Jobson, Bob Marley’s close friend and attorney. Now in her 80s, Diane confronts the passage of time and her legacy as a defender of the defenseless with a dry sense of humor and unflinching honesty.
DIASPORA POWER
(Joseph Hillel, 2026, Canada, 53 min. In French with English subtitles)
U.S. Premiere
Diaspora Power explores immigration and the integration of the Haitian community in Quebec. It is inspired by the stories of Haitian women and men who arrived there in the 1960s and 1970s.
