The sixth annual Carrboro Film Festival takes place from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St. The festival offers original and eclectic short features, documentaries, animations and more, capped by an awards presentation and an after party at Open Eye Cafe. CarrboroFilmFestival.com.

A funk-soul supergroup with Pee Wee Ellis, Maceo Parker, Vusi Mahlasela and Cheikh Lo will unleash the power of the Godfather of Soul in "Still Black, Still Proud : An African Tribute to James Brown" tonight at Memorial Hall on the UNC campus. 919-843-3333, carolinaperformingarts.org.

The ArtsCenter stages its ninth annual PlaySlam! at 8 p.m. Saturday. Fast, furious and irreverent, it works like a lot like a poetry slam: the actors (with very little rehearsal time) present a succession of 1- to 3-minute plays, and the audience picks the winner. 919-929-2787, artscenterlive.org.