AFRICA UNITE
Washington, DC Premiere!

DC Caribbean Film Fest Opening Night Event
Reception: 6:30
Screening: 7:30
Tickets $15 Gen Admission / $12 AFI Members, Students, Seniors

At once concert tribute, Marley family travelogue and humanitarian documentary, AFRICA UNITE ignites the screen with the spirit of world-renowned reggae icon Bob Marley in every frame. In commemoration of Bob's 60th birthday, AFRICA UNITE is centered on the Marleys' first-ever family trip to Ethiopia in 2005. There, in the capital city of Addis Ababa, three generations of Marleys take part in a landmark one-week event including a 12-hour concert like no other, attended by more than 350,000 people from around the world. Appearing alongside the many Marleys are Lauryn Hill, Angélique Kidjo and Danny Glover.

DIR/SCR/PROD Stephanie Black. US/Jamaica, 2008, color, 91 min. NOT RATED

Friday, June 6, 6:30 (reception); 7:30 (film screening)

THE HARDER THEY COME
35th Anniversary!

The original "midnight movie!" Billed as "Jamaica's very first feature-length film," THE HARDER THEY COME introduced world audiences to Jamaican music, one year before Bob Marley and the Wailers' debut album would become an international smash. Popstar Jimmy Cliff plays Ivan, a rural Jamaican musician who journeys to Kingston in search of fame and fortune as a musician. Pushed to desperate circumstances by shady record producers, he instead starts selling ganja, achieving notoriety after he shoots and kills a corrupt cop—becoming public enemy number one at the same time that his single starts climbing the charts.

DIR/SCR/PROD Perry Henzell; SCR Trevor D. Rhone. Jamaica, 1973, color, 103 min. RATED R

Friday, June 6, 9:45; Saturday, June 7,12:00 midnight