April 2012
10 posts
Telling Our Stories by Any Means Necessary
Event Details: Date - May 3rd 3pm. Venue - Nalis, 1st Floor, National Library Bldg,Hart & Abercromby St.,POS RSVP - 773 5061 WHO IS ULRIC CROSS? He is probably the most decorated West Indian Squadron Leader of World War Two. Ulric was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for meritorious service by an Officer of the Armed Forces during wartime in actual combat. He was...
Telling Our Stories by Any Means Necessary - An...
This year sees another fantastic groundbreaking collaboration between CaribbeanTales and the Animae Caribe Animation and New Media Festival. LETS TELL OUR STORIES BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. BRING EVERYTHING……… LETS EXPERIMENT Animation Documentary is a relatively new genre that has a very challenging premise. How can you document reality using animation, and mix media without compromising the...
RESTLESS CITY opens in the US | AFFRM
CaribbeanTales is a proud supporter of AFFRM, the African American Film Festival Releasing Movement, whose 3rd theatrical release, the extraordinary RESTLESS CITY by Nigerian filmmaker Andrew Dosunmu opens in cinemas in New York and Los Angeles on Apr 27. Join me at the box office. SUPPORT CINEMA OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA.
New York Salutes Legendary Caribbean Actress
LEONIE FORBES FILM RETROSPECTIVE FOUR FILMS! THREE DIRECTORS! ONE STAR! NEW YORK: The vision of some of the Caribbean’s most prolific filmmakers join in a New York City celebration of the illustrious career of legendary Jamaican actress, Leonie Forbes. Caribbean Classics - Leonie Forbes Film Fest features work from Lennie Little-White (Jamaica), Andrew Millington (Barbados), and...
Harry Belafonte film is a call to action.
The third in a 3-part series in which documentarist and screenwriter Wenty Bowen, explains why SING YOUR SONG is a must see for Caribbean and especially for Barbadian, audiences. Read Parts 1 and 2 here. SING YOUR SONG will have its Barbados premiere as the Opening Night Film at the CaribbeanTales 2012 Film Festival at Frank Collymore Hall on April 11th at 6pm. Advance Tickets are on sale at...
CARIBBEANTALES 2012 in the NEWZ
President’s Film Endowment Bearing Fruits NCN Guyana “Tradition”, one of the eight short films Produced under the President’s film endowment 2011 will be shown at the Caribbean tales film festival in Barbados. CARIBBEANTALES 2012 FILM Festival 10-15 April 2012 and Caribbean Young Film Professionals In Science CTA is collaborating with CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution and...
Barbados FIlm Commission in Focus at...
For Immediate Release OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS THROUGH FILM COMMISSION TO BE IN FOCUS AT CARIBBEANTALES SYMPOSIUM Business people, government officials and visiting film commissioners will explore opportunities that the proposed Barbados Film Commission will offer when the third CaribbeanTales Symposium convenes at the Island Inn Resort, on April 13. The event entitled Caribbean Film ...
BAJAN FILM MAKERS IN CARIBBEANTALES 2012 GALA
Two Barbadian film makers – Penny Hynam and Alison Saunders – will share the spotlight during the Opening Gala of CaribbeanTales Film Festival 2012. Hynam is the producer of a ten-part series entitled, “A Day in a Bajan Life”, which features short films on the lives of “interesting but not necessarily famous Bajans”. One of those segments will be shown at next Wednesday’s screening at...
Homemakers: Passionate about film-making
“We are building a film industry. There is much work to be done. We believe it is possible. But it will take all of us, working together to make it so. All our good thinking, pooled, a coordinated exchange of skills, perspectives and resources, - a modern day Circle of Souls - to create a model that is right for our Region. And then, it will take all of our united efforts to implement it,...
SINGER/ACTIVIST HARRY BELAFONTE’S DAUGHTER COMING...
Gina Belafonte – the youngest daughter of world-famous American singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte – and the Producer of the highly regarded bio-documentary of her father’s life, will attend next week’s premiere of “Sing Your Song” in Barbados. The film is the highlight of the Opening Gala of CaribbeanTales Film Festival 2012 which is the third annual edition of...
