The NBAF brings the popular Los Angeles-based Pan African Film Festival, the largest event in the United States dedicated to the exhibition of Black films to the Southeast for the National Black Arts Festival.

This festival within the Festival features films from across the Diaspora - the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, South America, Latin America, Europe, the South Pacific and Canada.

The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is a magnificant opportunity to move beyond the cineplex and experience the images, issues, imagination, intensity and artistry of people of African descent through this cinematic showcase.