"Brother from Another Planet" opens Seattle's Langston Hughes African American Film Festival this Saturday!

LANGSTON HUGHES AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL

The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival (LHAAFF) celebrates its 10^th anniversary this year at the newly renovated Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute. LHAAFF takes a look back with a 30^th anniversary screening of the sci-fi classic Brother from Another Planet, and a look forward with a presentation of actor/director Robert Townsend’s newest independent film In the Hive. Both films spotlight powerful personal transformation stories. Transformations also appear thematically in many in many of the more than 40 films and shorts expected to run during the nine-day festival, April 13 to 21. Beginning as a weekend series, LHAAFF has expanded over the past decade to include nine days of film, workshops, filmmaker events and community celebrations renowned for presenting positive, provocative and penetrating independent films created by emerging and established filmmakers. Films are selected by panel and will feature contemporary and vintage offerings, as well as local and international filmmakers.

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2013 DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Please note: this schedule is subject to change.

OPENING NIGHT – Saturday, April 13 7 – 11 p.m. BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET

Sunday, April 14 1 – 2:45 p.m. SHORTS & FEATURE DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM 3 – 5 p.m. FAMILY/YOUTH-FRIENDLY FILM PROGRAM 7 – 9 p.m. JAKE’S WAKE with THE SILENT TREATMENT and STONEFACED 9 – 10:20 p.m. THE LOVING STORY

Monday, April 15 4 – 6 p.m. AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE 7 – 9 p.m. MUSIC FILMS: BROADWAY AT THE PARAMOUNT PARTNER PROGRAM 9 – 11 p.m. SHORTS SHOWCASE I

Tuesday, April 16 4 – 6 p.m. SHORT FILM & FEATURE DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM 7 – 9 p.m. FRED HUTCH HIV VACCINE TRIALS/SCCA PARTNERSHIP FILM PROGRAM 9 – 11 p.m. YELLING TO THE SKY

Wednesday, April 17 4 – 6 p.m. FROM THE STREETS TO THE FIELDS 7 – 9 p.m. AFROFUTURIST EVENING: A SCIENCE FICTION FILM PROGRAM 9 – 11 p.m. THINGS NEVER SAID

Thursday, April 18 4 – 6 p.m. CLOSURE 7 – 9 p.m. LADIES’ NIGHT 9 – 11 p.m. SHORT FILM SHOWCASE II

Friday, April 19 4 – 6 p.m. FILMS ABOUT CREATIVITY 7 – 9 p.m. GARIFUNA IN PERIL 9 – 11 p.m. HOME

Saturday, April 20 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. FILMMAKERS PANEL DISCUSSION 2 – 4 p.m. LGBTQ FAMILY AND FRIENDS 4 – 6:45 p.m. THE RETRIEVAL 7 – 9 p.m. THE BLANK CANVAS 9 – 11 p.m. FUNKJAZZ KAFE: THE STORY OF A MOVEMENT

CLOSING NIGHT – Sunday, April 21 1 – 3 p.m. WHAT ABOUT US? FILMMAKER TALKBACK 4 – 6 p.m. CELEBRATING ROBERT TOWNSEND 6 – 11 p.m. IN THE HIVEOFFICIAL SPONSOR COMCAST