Public Programs Calendar

Can we feed the world and live together in a healthy environment without pollution? Learn how to begin the transformation to a sustainable society through a day of fun demonstrations, hands-on art projects, and performances!

Family activities presented in partnership with ECO Village Farm Learning Center.

Museum admission and all activities are free from 11 am until 4 pm.

Presenters: African American Farmers Association, Southern Farmers Federation, and Mo' Better Foods.

Growing public attention has spotlighted the consequences of U.S. commodity subsidies worldwide. Environmental impacts of industrial agriculture are linked to the effects of unhealthy diets. Additionally, excitement for regional food systems, combined with increasing connections between farmers and consumers, has opened up the current 2007 Farm Bill debate to many who have not paid attention to it in the past.

Join Eric Holt-Gimenez, Food First and Heather Senney, California Food and Justice Coalition, and Shyaam Shabaka, Eco Village Farm Learnig Center to learn how the 2007 Farm Bill legistlation pursues a just an sustainable agriculture and food system.

Director: Michel Ocelot

France l 1998 l 70 min.

Genre: Animation

The San Francisco Black Film Festival and the Museum of the African Diaspora present a Holiday treat for the entire family; the award winning animated film Kirikou and the Sorceress.

This animated film exquisitely recounts the tale of tiny Kirikou born into an African village in which a sorceress called Karaba has cast a terrible spell; the spring has dried up, the villagers are being blackmailed, the men of the village have either been kidnapped or have mysteriously disappeared.

'She eats them!', the superstitious villagers declare...

Karaba is a stunning and cruel woman, surrounded by fearless and servile robots. But no sooner has Kirikou delivered himself from his mother's womb than he wants to rid the village of Karaba's curse and understand the cause of her wickedness.

His adventure-filled voyage leads Kirikou to the Forbidden Mountain, where the Wise Man of the Mountain, who knows of Karaba and her secrets, awaits him.

Please note: True to African culture some of film's content contains natural nudity.

This is a free event for children and $ 10.00 per adult. Space is limited and each adult is allowed to bring up to four children.