Afro-Punk Festival 2006



LaRonda Davis and Darrell McNeill talk with James Spooner, director of the indie film phenom Afro-Punk, in anticipation of the second annual Afro-Punk Festival in 2006 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The festival featured five days of cutting edge films and music throughout Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. Spooner brings in music from several of the bands who will be performing in the festival. (57 minutes)
 

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