3 2 M A C O N M A G A Z I N E . C O M A P R I L / M AY 2 0 1 9
Tubman expands
Pan African Festival
to include film fest
On April 27-28 and the following weekend of May 3-5,
the Tubman Museum will present the 23rd annual Pan
African Festival of Georgia and the Inaugural Tubman
African American Film Festival.
The Pan African Festival on April 27-28 at Central
City Park will feature live musical concerts and dance
performances, a Children's Village of activities and
entertainment, and more than 100 vendors of food, music,
jewelry, clothing and art. Saturday also will introduce a
new "Africa to America" food experience, curated by the
Museum of Food and Drink from New York. And Sunday's
Praise Fest will showcase gospel artists, choirs, praise
dancers and other inspiring entertainment by local and
national artists.
The following weekend, May 3-5, the museum will
present its first Tubman African American Film Festival
with film screenings, panel discussions and audience
Q&A with industry professionals. It will begin with an
opening night film premiere and reception at the Grand
Opera House. Saturday will include film screenings, panel
discussions and an evening film presentation and reception.
The festival will conclude on Sunday with a free drive-in
movie in the museum's back parking lot.
Major sponsors and partners for these two weekends of
arts entertainment include the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation, the Macon Film Festival, Attorney Forrest B.
Johnson and AARP Georgia.
For more information, visit tubmanmuseum.com or call
478-743-8544.
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