Film Series

Caribbean Film Series: A 5th Anniversary Festival

 
Film Series
 
Mar 14—Mar 17, 2019
 
   
 
 
 
 
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Caribbean cinema is at a high point critically and artistically, in the ways its filmmakers thrill, entertain, and inform audiences globally. This four-day festival marks the five-year anniversary of the Caribbean Film Series, providing an unparalleled platform to reflect on the Caribbean and its diasporic experiences, in new and unconventional ways.

For more information visit the Caribbean Film Academy website.


 
PAST EVENTS
Yardie
Film
Yardie
 

Idris Elba’s directorial debut about a young Jamaican man in 1980s London.

Thu, Mar 14, 2019
 
 
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Douvan Jou Ka Leve
Film
Douvan Jou Ka Leve + The Crying Conch
 

A textured, personal documentary by Haitian filmmaker Gessica Généus paired with the modern fable.

Fri, Mar 15, 2019
 
 
Being Blacker
Film
Being Blacker + For Gregorio
 

Insightful portraits of a British Jamaican reggae producer and a Puerto Rican immigrant.

Fri, Mar 15, 2019
 
 
Angela
Film
Caribbean Diaspora Shorts Program
 

A selection of shorts capturing life in various corners of the Caribbean diaspora.

Sat, Mar 16, 2019
 
 
1950: The Nationalist Uprising
Film
1950: The Nationalist Uprising + An Excavation of Us
 

Electrifying visions of a seminal Puerto Rican uprising and a Haitian slave revolt.

Sat, Mar 16, 2019
 
 
Panorama
Film
Panorama: Jamming to the Top + Lifted
 

A steel band in Brooklyn and stilt-walking in Trinidad.

Sat, Mar 16, 2019
 
 
The Terror and the Time
Film
The Terror and the Time + In the Sky's Wild Noise
 

Two documents of the working class in Guyana in the 1970s from the Victor Jara Collective.

Sun, Mar 17, 2019
 
 
Cocote
Film
Cocote
 

A rapturous crime fable set in the Dominican Republic.

Sun, Mar 17, 2019
 
 
Black Mother
Film
Caribbean Film Series: Black Mother
 

Part film, part baptism: a spiritual exploration of Jamaica.

Sun, Mar 17, 2019