We are proud to announce that two finalists from the 2024 Latin American Prize for Short Films about Water & Science will play as part of the 32nd New York African Film Festival in New York City!
The Planet of Water
Leonardo Gámez Gil, 2024, Mexico, 3 min.
Spanish with English subtitles
In the near future, humanity—obsessed with saving water while destroying its own planet—faces a devastating environmental crisis. Humans begin to explore space in search of water, and in their absence, the Earth regenerates itself.
La Serpiente de Shelmeca
Laura Bermúdez, 2023, Honduras, 3 min.
Miskitu/Spanish with English subtitles
The second most important rainforest in the Americas hides an archaeological secret of an ancient indigenous population, known today as Ciudad Blanca. Wildres Wood, the first biologist from the Miskitu ethnic group, embarks on a journey to the heart of the jungle to protect Honduras’ most important treasure for the world.
Followed by:
The Tree of Authenticity
Sammy Baloji, 2025, Belgium/Democratic Republic of the Congo, 89 min.
French and Dutch with English subtitles
With a post-screening Q&A with actor/narrator Edson Anibal.
Nestled in Africa’s largest rainforest lies one of the many gravesites of the West’s efforts to control nations and nature—one of the world’s largest tropical agricultural research centers. Located on the banks of the Congo River, the Yangambi INERA Research Station was a booming scientific center in its heyday, but today, it is an amalgam of jungle and ruin. Sammy Baloji’s gripping documentary The Tree of Authenticity recounts the stigma of ecological destruction that began at the time of colonization through the voices of two emblematic scientists who worked at Yangambi between 1910 and 1950, Paul Panda Farnana and Abiron Beirnaert. Their stories embody the legacies of colonial modernity and trace the origins of today’s environmental injustice.
The event will be held in the renowned Elinor Bunin Munroe Theater at Film at Lincoln Center on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 6pm and introduced by Let’s Talk About Water Founder and Director Linda Lilienfeld.
Get your tickets now at the link below, and find out more about the program and festival at filmlinc.org and africanfilmny.org:
Elinor Bunin Munroe Theater at Film at Lincoln Center on Monday, May 12, 2025 at 6pm
