Caribbean Tales Film Festival Screenings: ADOPTED ID & GARIFUNA IN PERIL and Short Films @ Studio Theatre, Harbourfont Centre, Toronto, ON - Wed Sept 11th!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH – HARBOURFRONT CENTRE

Time	Event	Venue	Cost
6:30PM	Trailers and Introductions Haiti Mon Amour Short Film Showcase: “No Creo Que Sommons Iquales” –Dominique Telemaque, Haiti/Dominican Republic “Conversations with the Dead” – Haiti Reporters, Haiti “Stilt Walker” – Francisco Montas, Dominican Republic Feature: “Adopted ID” – Sonia Godding-Togobo, Haiti/Canada Talk Back (20 mins)	Studio Theater	FREE
9:00PM	Trailers and Introductions Warriors Short Film Showcase: “Women West Indies Diaspora” – Stephanie James, Guadeloupe Feature: “Garifuna in Peril” - Ali Allie & Ruben Reyes, Honduras	Studio Theater	FREE

ADOPTED ID
Sonia Godding-Togobo | 61 min | Canada/Haiti | 2013

Wednesday, September 11th, 2013, 6:30 pm

*FREE SCREENING*

VIEW ON SCHEDULE

This gripping observational documentary uncovers the extraordinary journey of Judith Craig who was found in a ditch at birth and adopted by a Canadian family. Judith bravely returns to the impoverished nation of Haiti to find the mother that left her. From the poverty stricken parents who had given up a child to the foreign families looking to adopt one, these disparate worlds collide amid Judith’s quest to solve the puzzle of her past. With the sights and sounds of a Haiti before and after the earthquake as a back drop, these intersecting lives provide a rare and intimate insight into the conditions surrounding transnational adoption.


GARIFUNA IN PERIL
Ali Allee and Ruben Reyes | 99 min | Honduras | 2013

Wednesday, September 11th, 2013, 9:00 pm

*FREE SCREENING*

VIEW ON SCHEDULE

The film follows a Garifuna language teacher, Ricardo, as he struggles to preserve his fading culture by building a language school back in his home village in Honduras. A business venture with his brother Miguel designed to raise money for the school’s construction becomes complicated by the expansion plans of a nearby tourist resort, prompting Ricardo to confront land rights issues in tandem with his educational mission. Family tensions heighten when Miguel waivers in the face of pressure from the resort, and Ricardo’s wife Becky objects to her daughter Helena’s new boyfriend Gabriel. Historical parallels to the contemporary land struggle are invoked as Ricardo’s son Elijah rehearses a stage play about Garifuna hero and Paramount Chief, Joseph Satuyé and his last stand against British colonialism on the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean over 200 years ago.

Location:  Harbourfront Centre, Studio Theatre, 235 Queen's Quay West, Toronto, ON

For more info on Caribbean Tales Film Festival, visit:  http://caribbeantales-events.com/