Caribbean Cinematic Festival 2013 (CCF)
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We are proud to present our second annual Caribbean Cinematic Festival, featuring film, dance, spoken word, photography, discussion and food. This event is free and open to the public. Donations are welcome. Come take a journey to the Caribbean Islands with us.
Screening Schedule:
6:00pm Table talk with Director and Producer Frances-Anne Solomon led by Prof. Cecilia Green
7:00pm Screening: What My Mother Told Me
Reception
Thursday, February 7
6:30pm Photovoice Exhibition, “Our Community , Our Vision, Our Voices” followed by talk and book signing of “A Place We Call Home: Gender, Race, & Justice in Syracuse” (Syracuse University Press, Fall 2012) by Prof. Kishi Animashaun Ducre
Opening Reception
Friday, February 8
6:30 – 7:30pm Spoken Word Theatrical Performance by Roger Bonair-Agard, veteran spoken-word artist and two-time National Poetry Slam Champion
8:00pm Screening: Calypso Rose: Lioness of the Jungle
Saturday, February 9
12:00pm-1:30pm Spoken Word Workshop with Roger Bonair-Agard (Downtown Writers Center – YMCA of Central NY followed by a discussion
12:00pm Screening: Queen of Myself: Las Krudas d’Cuba followed by a discussion with Director and Producer Celiany Rivera
2:00pm Screening: Taboo…Yardies followed by a discussion with Filmmaker Selena Blake and facilitated by Prof. Kevin Browne
5:30pm Reception
6:00pm Performance by Bronx-based dance theater company, Areytos Performance Works followed by artist talk and workshop
Sunday, February 10
12:00pm Sunday Caribbean Brunch followed by a discussion, ‘Food and Sensibilities of the Caribbean with Asomgyee Pamoja’
2:00pm Screening: Art, Craft or Soul followed by a discussion with Director and Producer Sandra Stephens and a kids craft project.
3:00pm Screening: Haiti: One Day, One Destiny
3:30pm Screening: Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories followed by a discussion with Prof. Danielle Brown
This is event is sponsored by: Central New York Community Foundation, YMCA Downtown Writers Center, Spanish Action League of Onondaga County, the Gifford Foundation and various Syracuse University Departments and Organizations: Office of Multicultural Affairs, La Casita Cultural Center, Student African American Society, University College, Department of Sociology, LGBT Resource Center, and the Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Doctoral Program.
Click on the links for more information about our key speakers Frances-Anne Soloman, Roger Bonair-Agard, Selena Blake, Celiany Rivera and Sandra Stephen
Frances-Anne Solomon
Roger-Bonair Agard
Celiana Rivera
Selena Blake
Sandra Stephens
* Some films may not be suitable for children.