Quick Facts

• The Cascade Festival of African Films is the longest running African film festival in the United States organized entirely by volunteers and offered to the public free of charge.
  
  
• CFAF has shown 240 films over the course of 18 years.
  
  
• Over 4,500 people attended the 17th festival in 2007. Approximately 400 people attended the first festival in 1991.
  
  
• Seventeen visiting film directors have attended the festival between 1995 and 2008. Two of the filmmakers have attended the festival twice, Haile Gerima (Ethiopia/USA) in 1995 and 2003 and Kwaw P. Ansah (Ghana) in 2000 and 2007.
  
  
• Actor Danny Glover attended the festival in 2002 to receive an award from CFAF for his contributions to African cinema.
  
  
• Educational materials on films and related countries are always available at the festival.
  
  
• After-film discussions are held at every screening except for the Thursday matinees.
  
  
• The Cascade Festival of African Films has built the African Film Collection in the Portland Community College Library into one of the largest in the Pacific Northwest. Over 200 African videos and DVDs are available to the public at no charge.
  
  
• For festival history and mission, check this site's About section.