Film Screening: COMING BACK FOR MORE @ Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON - Sun Feb 8th!

A documentary about pioneering musician, Sly Stone. In 2002, director/musician Willem Alkema began to look for Sly Stone. Two years later he found Stone living in a house on a dead end street on a hill just outside Los Angeles. Stone didn't want to be filmed, but the director didn't give up and eventually followed the musician as he took his first steps on stage since the '70s.

This screening at Kuumba marks the film’s Canadian Premiere.

Sunday, February 8, 2015
4:00PM – 5:30PM
Studio Theatre
Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

FREE

More info click here

Film Screening: Curators of Hip-Hop @ Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON - Fri Feb 6th!

Inspired by a motivation to preserve hip hop culture and its artists, Curators of Hip Hop narrates a tour through the lives of five “dreamers” looking to make a mark in the hip hop world. Their accounts are coast-to-coast, and even across water.

In partnership with Manifesto Community Projects, Inc.
Friday, February 6, 2015
8:00PM – 9:30PM
Studio Theatre
Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON
FREE
For info click here

Kuumba Film Series: Black Identity - Shorts (REMEMBER AFRICVILLE, COLOUR OF BEAUTY and BLACK SOUL) @ Studio Theatre, York Quay Centre, Toronto, ON - Sun Feb 9th!

Three short films will be featured within the hour:

Remember Africville (35 mins)

This short film depicts Africville, a small black settlement that lay within the city limits of Halifax. In the 1960s, the families there were uprooted and their homes demolished in the name of urban renewal and integration. More than 20 years later, the site of the community of Africville is a stark, under-utilized park. Former residents, their descendants and some of the decision-makers speak out and, with the help of archival photographs and films, tell the story of that painful relocation.

nfb.ca/film/remember_africville

Colour of Beauty (16 mins)

Renee Thompson is trying to make it as a top fashion model in New York. She's got the looks, the walk and the drive. But she’s a black model in a world where white women represent the standard of beauty. Agencies rarely hire black models. And when they do, they want them to look “like white girls dipped in chocolate.”

nfb.ca/film/colour_of_beauty

Black Soul (10 mins)

Martine Chartrand’s animated short dives into the heart of black culture with an exhilarating trip though history. Watch as a young boy traces his roots through the stories his grandmother shares with him about the events that shaped their cultural heritage.

nfb.ca/film/black_soul

Everyone: FREE

Sunday, February 9, 2014

2:30PM – 3:30PM

Location, Studio Theatre, York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

For more info click here

Kuumba Film Series: Film Screening: HOME AGAIN @ Studio Theatre York Quay Centre, Toronto, ON - Fri Feb 7th!

Kuumba Film Series: Black Identity

Kuumba shines a light on the struggle for identity and survival with a series of films that showcase works by emerging and innovative Canadian and international film makers. Family films, features, Q&A's and more!

Marva, Dunston and Everton grew up in Toronto, New York and London respectively, but are deported “home” to Jamaica. Once in Kingston, they discover that every day is a fight for survival in which family support, friendships and shelter are elusive. They embark on a journey that pushes their endurance beyond measure and forces them to discover who they truly are. A searing, fast-paced drama, Home Again asks the question: How would you survive?

A Q&A with with director Sudz Sutherland will follow the screening.

Admission:  FREE

Friday, February 7, 2014

Time:  8:00PM

Location:  Studio Theatre, York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

Kuumba Film Series: - Film Screening: INVISIBLE CITY @ Studio Theatre, York Quay Centre, Toronto, ON - Fri Feb 7th!

Kuumba Film Series: Black Identity - Invisible City

Invisible City is a moving story of two boys from Regent Park crossing into adulthood – their mothers and mentors rooting for them to succeed; their environment and social pressures tempting them to make poor choices.

Admission:  FREE

Friday, February 7, 2014

Time:  10:30PM

Location:  Studio Theatre, York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

More info visit:  http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/kuumba/

Film Screening: Late Night Kuumba Films: I'm Santana the Movie @ York Quay Centre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON - Sat Feb 2nd!

The Trinidadian muppet web sensation that went viral online before being made into a theatre-packing feature film.

Directed by Roger Alexis and Ian Pantin.
In partnership with CaribbeanTales Film Festival.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

10:00PM – 12:00AM

Studio Theatre

York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

Don't miss our other Late Night Kuumba Films screening over the weekend: The Story of Lover's Rock.

For full listing of Harbourfront Kuumba events visit:
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/whatson/seasonalfestivals/index.cfm?festival_id=124

Film Screening: Late Night Kuumba Films: The Story of Lover's Rock @ Harbourfront, Toronto, ON - Fri Feb 1st!

Often dubbed "romantic reggae," lover’s rock is a unique genre of British music, developed against a backdrop of racial tension, the Brixton riots and sound systems in the late '70s and '80s. It went from being a small UK scene to become a global phenomenon that defined a generation through artists such as UB40 and Maxi Priest.

Directed by award-winning director/producer Menelik Shabazz, The Story Of Lover’s Rock combines comedy, live performance, interviews and archival footage to shed light on the music and the generation that embraced it. Contributors to the documentary include UB40, Maxi Priest, Levi Roots, Linton Kwesi Johnson, comedians Angie Le Mar, Robbie G and Eddie Nestor, alongside new artists such as Ava Leigh and Lovella Ellis.

Best known for his award-winning feature film Burning an Illusion, Menelik Shabazz is one of the pioneers of black British cinema. The Story of Lover's Rock marks his return after a 30-year absence from cinema.

Directed by Menelik Shabazz
96 minutes | UK | 2011
In partnership with CaribbeanTales Film Festival.

Location:

Harbourfront Centre,

Studio Theatre

York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON

Admission:  FREE

Don't miss our other Late Night Kuumba Films screening over the weekend: I'm Santana The Movie.

For a full listing of Kuumba festival events visit,
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/whatson/seasonalfestivals/index.cfm?festival_id=124