This festival cAmazigh Film Festival 2010elebrates the rich Amazigh culture of North Africa and the Sahara with film, music, and food. "Amazigh" is the original word for the Berber people and means "the free people". Amazigs and their descendants are found in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

The celebration will commence on Saturday, October 30 at 5 pm at the Barnsdall Theatre and Art Gallery. The event will feature two films, Footsteps to Africa: A Nomadic Journey and Asshak: Tales of the Sahara, as well as exhibit artwork by painter Leslie Clark and jewelry designer Moussa Albaka.

You can look forward to musical performances by Fattah Abbou and Mohamed Aoualou of the AZA North African band of Santa Cruz and a special guitar solo by Alhassane Fongounou of the Tidawt band of Niger. Rachid Bouksim, Director of the Issi N'Ourgh Film Festival of Agadir, and Dr. Aomar Benslimane, the president of the ACAA, will speak about Amazigh film and cinematography. A catered reception will take place on the front patio from 6:30 to 7 pm. 

Please visit http://www.laaff.org for more information.