The African Film Festival is bringing the community a pretty rad free event. Partake in dance classes with "world-renowned choreographers and master teachers from Brazil, Senegal, and Guinea," sit down for some storytelling, join a quilting workshop, or enjoy African films by emerging and established directors shown throughout the day.

If that wasn't enough, get your grub on with the delicious African food vendors on site as well!

Event Details
Governors Island, Manhattan
Sunday, September 11
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

UPDATE: Due to Hurricane Irene, African Film Festival Family Day has been moved back (from August 28) to the rain date of September 11, 2011. Check the official Facebook and Twitter pages below for updates as the rain date approaches.

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David Guetta may be seen as a mainstream pop artist, but the superstar DJ actually started as a pioneer of underground house music in France. We just got a link to an interesting trailer to the soon to be released documentary about his life and rise entitled, Nothing But The Beat. It just goes to show where things can go, and love him or hate him, Guetta has certainly opened some doors for the music we love. We are also glad to see David Morales give some insight.

The movie will be released alongside David Guetta's forthcoming album, also titled Nothing But The Beat, at launch parties worldwide. Below are the dates - stay tuned for more details!

Worldwide Launch Events
Aug 24 - Stockholm, Sweden
Aug 24 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aug 25 - Madrid, Spain
Aug 25 - Cologne, Germany
Aug 26 - Brussels, Belgium
Aug 29 - Paris, France
Aug 30 - Los Angeles, California
Sep 3 - New York, NY

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Having released their debut album, Black Up, last month, Shabazz Palaces is well on their on their way to creating a new space for their quirky sounds. Noisey.com has chosen to feature the duo for one of their awesome multi-part videos. Watch a candid interview as well as live footage from a performance at Neumo's in Seattle.

In case you aren't familiar with the duo already, definitely take a listen and see how Butterfly of Digable Planets has totally flipped his persona for this project.

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Danish four-piece When Saints Go Machine are rad. The sound is just fresh; soothing yet still edgy, one could describe it as a mix of post punk, electronica, dance, and pop. Their debut album, Konkylie, released earlier this year and was recorded over the course of two years, in a remote home in the forest. The peaceful environment lent the group the ability to take meticulous care in recording this album, which is chronicled in the mini documentary above.

Definitely also take a listen to their "Church & Law" and "Add Ends" tracks on the YouTube videos after the jump.

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"Church & Law" and "Add Ends" videos after the jump

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Roy Ayers is a truly prolific musician. His reach as an artist has been expansive and profound, from his timeless original pieces to the mass influence his music has had over hip hop and modern soul music. The Roy Ayers Project aims to tell the story of this incredible talent through documentary, performance, music, and interviews. Peep the trailer that dropped recently featuring Rich Medina, Questlove, DJ Premier, Ski Beatz, Andre Torres, Houseshoes, and Ndugu Chancler.

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