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not affiliated with them, just saw it in the newspaper and it seemed interesting, especially if any of the films are hard to locate etc, For anyone in nyc etc, these 2 colleges usually put on caribbean events etc
Welcome to Caribbean in the tumultuous and impactful 1970s, in the film presentation, “Wake the Town and Tell the People - Caribbean on Film in the 1970s,” curated by the Curated by Caribbean Cultural Theatre.
“The newly minted territories of the Caribbean navigate local and international political and economic minefields while refashioning their social and cultural landscapes in the turbulent decade of afros, dashikis, guns and embargoes,” reads promotional material for the series of film, which will be screened Oct. 25 and 26 in Brooklyn at Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Ave. (between Carroll and Crown Sts.)
On Oct. 25, the series features:
The series continues on Oct. 26 with:
The program is presented by the Caribbean Cultural Theatre in association with the Caribbean Research Center, Medgar Evers College ‘s School of Liberal Studies, with support from Brooklyn Arts Council, Caribbean Film Academy , New York Council for the Humanitie and Poets & Passion – A Caribbean Literary Lime.
Welcome to Caribbean in the tumultuous and impactful 1970s, in the film presentation, “Wake the Town and Tell the People - Caribbean on Film in the 1970s,” curated by the Curated by Caribbean Cultural Theatre.
“The newly minted territories of the Caribbean navigate local and international political and economic minefields while refashioning their social and cultural landscapes in the turbulent decade of afros, dashikis, guns and embargoes,” reads promotional material for the series of film, which will be screened Oct. 25 and 26 in Brooklyn at Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Ave. (between Carroll and Crown Sts.)
On Oct. 25, the series features:
- Stephanie Black’s “Life and Debt” (USA), about foreign nations and institutions affecting Caribbean nationals at 22:30 p.m.
- Alex de Verteuil and Elizabeth Topp’s ‘'70 Remembering a Revolution” (Trinidad and Tobago), about the 1970’s Black Power uprising; at 4:30 p.m.
- “Convulsion and Creativity,” about influences which the region, at 6:30 p.m.
- Bruce Paddington’s “Forward Ever: The Killing of a Revolution” (Grenada/Trinidad and Tobago), about the 1983 invasion of Grenada, at 8 p.m.
The series continues on Oct. 26 with:
- “W.A.R. (Walter Rodney) Stories” (Guyana), the Clairmont Chung documentary looking at the Guyanese leader’s his political beliefs on post-independence Guyana and the region, at 4:30 p.m.
- “Stepping Razor – Red X” (Canada), about the life and times of reggae great Peter Tosh, at 7 p.m.
- Poets & Passion - A Caribbean Literary Lime program and open mic in observance of Peter Tosh’s 70th birthday, hosted by poet, Ras Osageyfo.
The program is presented by the Caribbean Cultural Theatre in association with the Caribbean Research Center, Medgar Evers College ‘s School of Liberal Studies, with support from Brooklyn Arts Council, Caribbean Film Academy , New York Council for the Humanitie and Poets & Passion – A Caribbean Literary Lime.
