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BFAP
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BFAPBureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (est. 2004; South Africa)
BFAPBerkeley Finding Aid Project (University of California, Berkeley; library encoding standard project)
BFAPBoard Financial Assistance Program (student aid)
BFAPBroadland Flood Alleviation Project (UK)
BFAPBrother from Another Planet (rap)
BFAPBreaker/Frame Alarm Panel (DSC)


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African-Americans figure significantly in his work and the hero of his ingenious satirical comedy The Brother From Another Planet is an extraterrestrial fugitive taking on a black identity when seeking refuge from inter-galactic bounty hunters in New York.
Slavery and racism are the background themes haunting "The Brother from Another Planet," his 1984 sci-fi satire about a black alien who crash lands in Harlem and turns out to be a runaway slave traveling an interplanetary version of the underground railway.
Currently in release is Alfonso Cuaron's record-breaking, Golden Globe-nominated hit Y Tu Mama Tambien, the John Sayles Retrospective, which includes The Return of Secaucus Seven (1979), Lianna (1980) and The Brother From Another Planet (1985); and the box office hit comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding, starring Nia Vardalos and John Corbett, and is produced by Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.
 
 
 
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