La Playa DC
April 27, 2019 5:30pm – 7:00pm
The African Diaspora International Film Festival Presents:
La Playa DC
Tomas,an Afro-Colombian teenager who fled the country’s Pacific coast pushed out by the war, faces the difficulties of growing up in a city if exclusion and racism. When Jairo, his younger brother and closest friend disappears, Tomas plunges in the streets of the city. His search becomes an initiatory journey that compels him to face his past and to leave aside the influence of his is brothers in order to find his own identity. Through this journey, Tomas reveals a unique perspective of a vibrant and unstable city that, like Tomas, stands on the threshold between what once was and what might be.
Directed by Juan Andrés Arango Gracia, 2012, 90 mins, Drama, Spanish with English subtitles.
Contact: African Diaspora International Film Festival
Email: nyadiff.org
Phone: 212 864-1760
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Location
Teacher’s College – Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, Rm# 263 Macy – btwn Amsterdam and Broadway
New York NY 10027 US