Volunteer Application
The 17th Annual Pan
African Film and Arts Festival (PAFF), has announced its call for
volunteers for its festival taking place Thursday, February 5 through Monday,
February 16 at the Culver Plaza Theatre in Culver City, California.
Each year the PAFF presents over 175 quality films from
the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, the South
Pacific and Canada, all showcasing the diversity and complexity of people of
African descent and known for showcasing new films first. PAFF will also present
one of America's largest fine art shows featuring prominent and emerging Black
artists and fine craftspeople. Other events include the PAFF StudentFest,
Children's Festival, Senior Connections, Comedy Night and Spokenword Festival. The PAFF attracts an
audience of over 40,000 people to the films and over 240,000 attendees overall.
The PAFF is recognized throughout the world as America's premiere Black film
festival.
Volunteer meetings will be held at the PAFF headquarters located at 3775 Santa Rosalia Drive in Los Angeles (adjacent to the Baldwin Hill Crenshaw Plaza ) on the following dates:
- Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ noon
- Saturday, January 10, 2009 @ noon
- Saturday, January 17, 2009 @ noon
- Saturday, January 24, 2009 @ noon
- Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ noon
Light refreshments will be served. Women, seniors, youth (with parental permission), men and groups are encouraged to volunteer.
For more information, please visit www.paff.org or call (323) 295-1706. Email volunteer@paff.org.
