My student Eddie shared this with me. It looks quite interesting. Thanks, Eddie!:
The African Diaspora in Asia
Saturday, April 16, 2011, 1 p.m

Join us for a presentation by Omar Ali, Associate Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina followed by a screening of Afro-Iranian Lives (46 min, 2007), a documentary by Iranian filmmaker Dr. Behnaz A. Mirzai.
Have a look at the trailer here:
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard (between West 135th and West 136th Streets)
New York, NY 10037-1801