The First World Festival of Negro Arts
William Greaves
1966
Hosted by a newly independent Senegal and overseen by its first president, Léopold Sédar Senghor, throughout April 1966, the First World Festival of Negro Arts showcased dance, music, theater, film, and literature from dozens of nations in a historic gathering that encompassed over two thousand attendees, including Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Wole Soyinka, and Aimé Césaire, among other notable artists and dignitaries. Spotlighting performances from Ethiopia, Trinidad, Chad, Nigeria, and several other African and American countries, director William Greaves employs poetic voice-over narration to reflect on the festival’s celebration of Pan-African identity as well as the role that creativity can play in fostering global connection.
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