PRESS
- ‘They Are We’ review: Documentary unites Cubans, Africans – Chicago Tribune
- They Are We – Chicago Reader
- They Are We is a breezy uplifting African saga, Straight.com.
- “Afro-Cubans Welcomed As Family in Remote Sierra Leone Village, Clutch Magazine.
- Through Music, Cubans Trace Their Roots To Sierra Leone, Clutch Magazine.
- Cubans trace roots to remote Sierra Leone village, BBC.
- Afro Cubans-Sierra Leoneans bridging the gap Doc ‘They Are We’ to premiere Stateside in January (Official Trailer).
- ‘They Are We’ Premieres in Cuba.
- Reunion of Africa and Cuba.
- Cuba/Africa: An Inspiring Example of Human Survival.
- Descendientes de esclavos encuentran sus raíces africanas.
- Cubans Visit their Ancestral Home in Africa.
- How Cuban Villagers Learned They Descended From Sierra Leone Slaves.
SCREENINGS
Please check future screenings here!
- Black Filmmakers’ International Film Festival – Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Tottenham. July 2015.
- Theatrical release – Facets Cinema, Chicago. June 26 to July 2 2015.
- American Museum of Natural History, as part of their Kwanzaa celebrations – New York. December 2014.
- African Diaspora International Film Festival – New York. December 2014.
- Africa In Motion Scotland African Film Festival – Glasgow & Edinburgh, UK. October-November 2014.
- The 24th London Latin American Film Festival – London. November 2014.
- BronzeLens Film Festival of Atlanta – Georgia. October 2014.
- Island of Music Festival – Vancouver. October 2014.
- Felebration ATL 2014 – Atlanta, Georgia, Oct 2014.
- DocMiami International Film Festival – Miami, Florida, September 2014.
- Capital City Black Film Festival – Austin, Texas, August 2014.
- National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian – Screening for Sierra Leone Day, Washington DC, August 2014.
- Just Festival 2014 – Edinburgh, UK, August 2014.
- African Diaspora International Film Festival 2014 – Washington D.C, August 2014.
- New York African Film Festival – Outdoor screening at Joyce Kilmer Park, New York. July 11th, 2014.
- African Diaspora Film Festival – Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. May 31, 2014.
- Helsinki African Film Festival – Kino Andorra, Eerikinkatu 11,Helsinki, May 17th.
- Festival International du Film Panafricain – Auditorium Californie – Hôtel Novotel Cannes Montfleury, Cannes, France. April 25th, 2014.
- Ethnografilm Film Festival – Ciné 13 Théâtre, Montmartre, Paris, France. April 19t, 2014.
- Bare Bones Film & Music Festival – Studio Broadway, Muskogee, Oklahoma. April 9th, 2014.
- Texas Black Film Festival – The Studio Movie Grill – Northwest Highway, Dallas, Texas. February 20th, 2014.
- PanAfrican Film Festival – Rave Cinemas 15, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza(BHCP), Los Angeles, California. Feb 7th, 9th and 17th, 2014.
- San Diego Black Film Festival – Reading Cinema Gaslamp 15 Downtown. 2nd Feb, 2014.
- Class ‘The African Diaspora in the Americas’, Professor Vincent Brown, Harvard University. Nov 15th, 2013.