If I Was in Brooklyn--Sigh
African Voices 270 W. 96th Street, New York, NY 10025 • (212) 865-2982 • www.africanvoices.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / Contact (Press): Maitefa Angaza, 347.413.8762 / Anne Lloyd, 212.865.2982 / Alka Gupta , 718.488.1015 From India to Iraq, From Biloxi to Brooklyn: Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival at LIU's Brooklyn Campus, September 27-30 Singer/actress Irene Cara to Receive Reel Sisters Trailblazer Award September 10, 2007 (Brooklyn, NY) ― Cinematic works by more than 30 women filmmakers hailing from India to Brooklyn will screen at the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus. Oscar-winning actress and singer-songwriter Irene Cara will be honored, as will Susan Robeson, co-founder of Third World Newsreel and arts promoter Kojo Ade. On Sunday, September 30th the Festival hosts the U.S. premiere of Kadamtole Krishna Nache, a Bollywood film written and directed by Suman Haripriya. Councilwomen Letitia James and Inez Dickens ...