The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s annual Afro-Punk festival begins this weekend with concerts taking place at BAM and at the Park Slope venue, Southpaw. The film repertory program, BAMcinématek, jumps in on the action with a bundle of art house films this weekend. On the occasion of the festival, Dinner & a Movie takes a look at Afro-centric city eateries and films screening in Brooklyn this weekend.

DINNER

Awash — A mainstay for Columbia students and Upper West Side residents alike. The best deals on the menu are the combination plates, featuring dollops of meat and vegetable stews served on top of injera, or sourdough bread Stews include the restaurant’s specialty tibs, slow-cooked spicy beef Also included is the kitfo, an African version of steak tartare (which can also be served cooked) The raw beef is mixed with spices hot peppers, onion, and butter (947 Amsterdam Ave., between 106th and 107th streets, 212-961-1416)

A Bistro — This Brooklyn eatery puts a Western spin on African food, featuring house salads with feta cheese, and a chicken salad with “Senegalese” salsa. Also on the menu is curried lamb, moules frites, and West African fried chicken, served with pineapple jasmine rice. (154 Carlton Ave., be tween Myrtle and Willoughby av enues, Brooklyn, 718-855-9455)

Café Mogador — More of a Northern African/Mediterranean restaurant, Mogador has been serving the overflow crowd from next-door neighbor Café Orlin for years. The chicken tagine with apricots and prunes is a sweet-and-sour delight. The restaurant is one of very few in the city to offer an authentic bastilla, a flaky phyllo dough pastry stuffed with chicken, spices, and almonds. (101 St. Marks Place, between First Avenue and Avenue A, 212-677-2226)

MOVIE

Thomas Reichman’s “Mingus” (1968) is a biographical portrait of the extraordinary jazz bassist and composer during one of many difficult periods in his life. The director interviewed Mingus in his cluttered New York loft while, awaiting eviction in the 1960s, he spoke about racial injustice, sex, and music. The documentary also includes footage of Mingus performing at a nightclub in Boston. (Friday, 4:30 p.m., Saturday, 9:30 p.m., BAM Rose Cinemas, Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Ave., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, 718-636-4100, $11 general, $7.50 students and seniors)

J. Lee Thompson’s “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes” (1972) doesn’t seem Afro-Punk at first glance, but the movie includes parallels to the 1960s civil rights movement. Intelligent apes are enslaved and one hero rises to lead a revolution against human oppressors. BAM screens this film in a new print. (Friday, 2 p.m., Sunday, 6:50 p.m., address and prices are same as above)

James Spooner’s “Afro-Punk” (2003) says it all. The film explores race identity within the punk scene. Channeling the sound of punk rock rebellion, this documentary tackles issues such as loneliness, exile, interracial dating, and black power. Screenings are accompanied by Tamra Davis’s “A Conversation with Basquiat,” a documentary featuring rare interviews with Jean-Michel Basquiat before his death. On Friday night, the director is on hand at BAM for a postscreening discussion. (Friday, 7 p.m., address and prices are same as above)

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