Nine African films to be shown in Douglas, Bisbee and Sierra Vista April 13-23 are part of the African Film Festival Traveling Series presented locally by the Cochise College Center for Lifelong Learning. The schedule is as follows.

  • Tuesday, 4/13 – Nora, SV Campus, Room 313, 12:10 pm; Wrestling Grounds/L’Appel des Arenes, Douglas Public Library, 5:30 pm; Sex, Okra and Salted Butter/Sexe, Gombo et Beurre Sale, SV Public Library, 5:45pm
  • Wednesday, April 14 – Bronx Princess, Douglas Campus, Student Union, 12:10pm; Movement (R)evolution Africa, Copper Queen Library, 5:30 pm
  • Thursday, April 15 – Coming of Age and From a Whisper, Douglas Campus, Little Theatre, 7 pm
  • Friday, April 16 – Coming of Age and Area Boys, SV Campus, Room 313, 12:10 pm
  • Sunday, April 18 – In My Genes, SV United Methodist Church, 1 pm
  • Monday, April 19 – Bronx Princess, SV Campus, Room 313, 12:10 pm
  • Tuesday, April 20 – Nora and Area Boys, Douglas Public Library, 12 pm
  • Wednesday, April 21 – Movement (R)evolution Africa, SV Campus, Room 313, 3:30 pm; From a Whisper, UA South, Public Meeting Room, 6 pm; In My Genes, Copper Queen Library, 5:30 pm
  • Thursday, April 22 – Wrestling Grounds/L’Appel des Arenes, SV Campus, Student Union, 5:30 pm
  • Friday, April 23 – Sex, Okra and Salted Butter/Sexe, Gombo et Beurre Sale, Central School Project, Bisbee, 7 pm

The film series has been organized by the African Film Festival Inc. and made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York State Council on the Arts and the Tides Foundation.

Admission to the films is free. For more information, call (520) 515-5492 in Sierra Vista or (520) 417-4772 in Douglas, or visit www.cochise.edu/cll. Anyone needing an accommodation in order to attend should contact the Office of Disability Services, (520) 515-5337 or (520) 417-4023, at least 72 hours in advance.

Location addresses:

Douglas Public Library, 560 E. 10th St.
Sierra Vista Public Library, 2600 E. Tacoma St.
Copper Queen Library, 6 Main Street, Bisbee
Sierra Vista United Methodist Church, 3225 Saint Andrews Dr.
University of Arizona South, Public Meeting Room, 1140 N. Colombo, Sierra Vista
Central School Project, 43 Howell Ave., Bisbee