The First World Festival of Negro Arts 58 years old

Official film of the festival, a gathering that laid crucial groundwork for pan-Africanist thinking. Directed by William Greaves, the prolific African American actor and filmmaker who left the US in the 1950s to train at the more liberal, welcoming National Film Board of Canada.

The First World Festival of Negro Arts poster
The First World Festival of Negro Arts (58 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, January 01, 1966
  • Runtime: 40 minutes