ImageNation has hosted film screenings, live music performances and other cultural events for more than 150,000 people worldwide since its inception in New York City in 1997.
Co-presented with the City Parks Department.
WHAT:
ImageNation’s Black Anime Con is a traveling festival and market place celebrating Black anime makers, writers, voice actors, musicians and people who recognize Black culture in anime. The inaugural Black Anime Con will be one-day festival in Brooklyn NY on Sun. Aug 28th in Von King Park as part of ImageNation Outdoors 20th Anniversary.
BLACK ANIME CON will feature:
-Black Anime CosPlay
-The Black Anime Market
-Panel Discussion
-Live Music Performances
-An Outdoor Movie Screening
WHERE: Herbert Von King Park, Marcy Ave., Tompkins Ave., bet. Greene Ave. and Lafayette Ave.
TIME: 2pm to 10pm
WEBSITE: https://blackanimecon.com/
Led by Moikgantsi Kgama (Founder & Executive Director) and Gregory Gates (Executive Producer), ImageNation has hosted film screenings, live music performances and other cultural events for more than 150,000 people worldwide since its inception in New York City in 1997. In addition to hosting year-round programs at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the world-famous Apollo Theater, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and in New York City Parks, ImageNation has presented internationally in South Africa, Scotland and Canada and domestically at Harvard University, MASS MOCA, and in Dallas, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Baltimore, MD and Washington DC. Programs have featured appearances by leading filmmakers such as Spike Lee, Lee Daniels, Stanley Nelson and Ava Duvernay.
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