CHASING SHAKESPEARE, directed by Norry Niven and starring Danny Glover and Graham Greene, will open the 21st edition of the African Diaspora International Film Festival on November 29th, as a New York Premiere.

CHASING SHAKESPEARE is described as a beautiful and enchanting love story about a young Native American woman’s search for her destiny and her widower husband’s attempts to reunite with her after her death. Based on a screenplay by James Bird,Chasing Shakespeare recounts the beginning, end and rebirth of a love affair between William and Venus in rural Arkansas.