{"id":100,"date":"2009-12-01T17:07:52","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T01:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfaf.pcc.edu.s67522.gridserver.com\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2023-02-14T14:10:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T22:10:38","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>February 5 \u2013 March 10, 2021<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"graphic wp-image-4491 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/files\/2020\/12\/black-history-month.png\" alt=\"In celebration of Black History Month\" width=\"410\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/files\/2020\/12\/black-history-month.png 410w, https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/files\/2020\/12\/black-history-month-240x235.png 240w, https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/files\/2020\/12\/black-history-month-307x300.png 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/>The Cascade Festival of African Films shows us Africa through the eyes of Africans, rather than a vision of Africa packaged for Western viewers. The films celebrate Africa\u2019s achievements, expose its failures, and reveal possibilities for a hopeful future. Although the films cannot represent an entire continent, we hope to encourage American viewers to become interested in and study African cultures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fS67gZJB-f4&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;ab_channel=CascadeFestivalOfAfricanFilms\"><strong>Click here to watch our opening night celebration at 6pm, February 5th!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Virtual festival<\/h3>\n<p>This year, the festival will be held virtually. Read our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/festival\/venues\/\">FAQs about watching films in the virtual format<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"info\">Free &amp; open to the public<br \/>\nBrought to you by Portland Community College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 5 \u2013 March 10, 2021 The Cascade Festival of African Films shows us Africa through the eyes of Africans, rather than a vision of Africa packaged for Western viewers. The films celebrate Africa\u2019s achievements, expose its failures, and reveal possibilities for a hopeful future. Although the films cannot represent an entire continent, we hope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/front-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":98,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5055,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions\/5055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}