 All films screened in over 15 years wanted to show how Africans, people of African descent and black people all over the world live and face reality.Themes are related to history (colonialism, independence, contemporary issues), politics (current affairs, migration, refugees, war) social problems (poverty, access to water, discrimination) and culture (music, dance, traditions, food).Since 1992 it takes place every year in Manhattan, between the end of November and the middle of December.