African Film Festival Family Day Celebration

Discovering African culture will be only a brief ferry ride away during this afternoon of workshops, games, film and food on Governors Island. Presented by the African Film Festival, the celebration will include storytelling, needlework arts, double Dutch and workshops in dance. Accompanied by live percussion, the dance offerings are Zumba and Horton (11 a.m.), Afro-Brazilian (12:15 p.m.), Senegalese sabar (2 p.m.) and Guinean (3:30). The activities will take place at Colonels’ Row from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., while the festival will screen short films from Africa and the African diaspora in the Commanding Officer’s Headquarters from 1 to 5 p.m.