Film
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OUT OF AFRICA The Best of the African Film Festival concludes with screenings of “Moolaade” (2004), 81-year-old director Ousmane Sembene’s film addressing female genital mutilation in Africa. Nathan Lee wrote in The New York Sun that the Senegalese film is “a gorgeous, rousing drama.” Today, 4:30 p.m., 6:50 p.m., and 9:15 p.m., BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, $10 general, $7 seniors, students, and children under 12, $6 members. Note: The film is in Bambara and French with English subtitles.
POTSHOTS AT POTTER “Wizard People, Dear Reader” is a new version of Brad Neely’s reinterpretation of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” In its previous incarnation, Mr. Neely performed live commentary at unauthorized screenings of the film, a practice he stopped upon strong encouragement from Warner Brothers’ lawyers. The new “Wizard People,” which makes its premiere tonight, is a recording of Mr. Neely’s satiric show. The screening celebrates the release of the latest issue of Stayfree magazine. Tonight, 7 p.m. doors open, Southpaw, 125 Fifth Ave., between St. Johns and Sterling places, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-230-0236, $5.
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