CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution in partnership with the Harbourfront Center presents the CaribbeanTales 2011 Film Showcase and Market Access Incubator
The creativity of Caribbean filmmakers will be on display again this September when CaribbeanTales Toronto Film Showcase returns to “Hollywood North.” Now in its sixth year, the 2011 Film Showcase, and the recently introduced Market Incubator, will run from September 7-17, 2011 and engages families, youth, community groups and the celluloid industry in a programme that includes workshops, screenings, networking sessions, and other activities celebrating the burgeoning film and television sector in the Caribbean.
Opening “Fete” – Sept. 7
Wednesday, Sept 7th
6 – 11 p.m. | Lakeside Terrace, Harbourfront Cost: FREE
Please join us for a Trini-Style Opening “Fete” to celebrate the Launch of the 6th CaribbeanTales Toronto Film Showcase.
Under the Patronage of His Excellency The High Commissioner for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Phillip Buxo, and also sponsored by the International Development Research Center.
This year CaribbeanTales honors TIFF Co-Director Cameron Bailey.
Join us for food and a lime!
Calypso Rose: Lioness of the Jungle - Opening Gala
Llive interview with the Queen of Calypso, MacArthur Linda Lewis, aka Calypso Rose followed by a screening of the new Trinidad and Tobago film CALYPSO ROSE: Lioness of the JUNGLE
Admission: $25.00
Ghett’a Life – Sept 13
by Chris Browne
North American Premiere: Screening and talkback with filmmaker
Tuesday, September 13th, 6:00 p.m.
Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
Tickets: $15
Jamaica | 2011 | Drama | 100 mins | PG |
GHETT’A LIFE is an “against the odds” action drama set in a politically turbulent inner city community of Kingston. Derrick, a determined inner city teenager struggles to realize his dream of becoming a champion boxer, despite a country, community and family conflicted by a divisive political system.
http://caribbeantales-events.com/?page_id=6007
Dominion / Hit Me With Music – Sept 15
Thursday, Sept 15th | 7:00 p.m. | Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
Cost: $15
Dominion
by Rodney Smith
Canadian Premiere followed by talk-back with the filmmaker.
Barbados/US | 2011 | Web Series | English
In this exquisitely produced supernatural Noir Thriller set in Barbados and New York. Detective Jeremiah Grey is pulled into a strange world by a new client…
Hit Me With Music
by Miquel Galofré
Jamaica | 2010 | Documentary | English
30 years after Bob Marley’s death, Jamaica continues to be on top of the worldwide music scene, especially through the genre of dancehall. Hit Me with Music is the story of Jamaica’s dancehall music. Packed full of interviews with performers, dancers, school children and youth on the street, dancehall music lovers explain the content of the polemic dancehall lyrics, the context in which these songs are born and what this musical phenomenon represents in their lives.
http://caribbeantales-events.com/?page_id=6191
The Skin – Sept 16 by Howard Allen
North American Premiere: Red carpet reception, screening and talkback with filmmakers/cast
Friday, September 16th, 6:00 p.m.
Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
Tickets: $50
Antigua | 2011 | Supernatural Thriller | 100 mins | PG
A young couple encounter strange occurrences after they find and sell an ancient artifact in Howard Allen’s highly anticipated new feature film. Based on Caribbean mythology and set in Antigua and Barbuda, THE SKIN is written and directed by Allen, produced by Mitzi Allen, and executively produced by HAMAfilms, Antigua.
http://caribbeantales-events.com/?page_id=3503
Family Day – Sept 17
Family Day – All day Saturday :
Saturday, September 17th | 12pm – 8pm. | Lakeside Terrace and Studio Theatre, Harbourfront
CALYPSO DREAMS
Calypso like you’ve never heard before.
Director: GEOFFREY DUNN and MICHAEL HORNE | Trinidad & Tobago | 2004 | Documentary | 85 mins | English | PG
Calypso Dreams is an intimate portrait of some of the true calypsonians in Trinidad & Tobago, in performance and in conversation. Shot over three years in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the documentary includes such legendary calypsonians as Lord Pretender, Lord Kitchener, the Mighty Bomber, Relator, Lord Superior, Brigo, Mystic Prowler, Calypso Rose, the Mighty Sparrow, Terror, Valentino, Lord Blakie, David Rudder, Regeneration Now, the Mighty Duke, Conqueror and many others.
MAS MAN
…Peter Minshall, Trinidad Carnival Artist.
Director: Dalton Narine | Trinidad/USA | 2010 | Documentary | 56 mins | English
Mingling traditional Carnival elements with abstract ideas, the film captures his flair for costumery and the enigma of a designer/artist whose main job seems to be to open confrontation between good and evil against the backdrop of the celebrations.
CROSSING OVER
A Caribbean Classic. Bridging the gap of history between Africa and the Caribbean, between Ghana and Trinidad
Director: Christopher Laird and Bampoe Ado | Trinidad & Tobago | 1988 | Documentary | 85 mins | English | PG
Trinidadian calypso musician, Lancelot Layne, visits Ghana in Africa, the land of his ancestors, for the first time. Together with Ghanaian highlife musician Koo Nimo, they explore the roots of Highlife.
Closing Night – Sept 17
Saturday, Sept 17th | 7:00 p.m. | Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
Cost: FREE
Fire In Babylon
by Stevan Riley
They brought the world to its knees, and a nation to its feet.
Starring Viv Richards, Ian Botham, Colin Croft
Fire In Babylon is the breathtaking story of how the West Indies triumphed over its colonial masters through the achievements of one of the most gifted teams in sporting history.
http://caribbeantales-events.com/?page_id=5344
For full Caribbean Tales schedule visit:
http://caribbeantales-events.com/?page_id=5633and
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