Happy Emancipation Day, People,
Celebrate the constantly evolving miracle of human survival,
passion, intelligence, humour,
capacity for laughter, grief, sympathy, pain and creativity.
Peace.
Video clip: "I Is A Long Memoried Woman" - A Videotape by Frances-Anne Solomon, based on the book of poems by Grace Nicholls. With Adjoa Andoh, Leonie Forbes. Choreography by Greta Mendez, Music by Dominique Le Gendre.
It has come
It has come
Fire-ritual
and bloodfeast
a banner of heads on spikes
the black surge
and Toussaint in
the Fort de Jour
dying with cold
It has come
It has come
Firestorm
and bloodrage
a sky of flame
the black surge
and Toussaint in
the Fort de Jour
dying with cold
It has come
It has come
Fireceremony
and bloodrush
an insane sunrise
the black surge
and Toussaint in
the Fort de Jour
dying with cold
It has come
It has come
Ashes to Ashes
Blood to Dust
Ashes to Ashes
Blood to Dust
and Toussaint in
the Fort de Jour
dying with hope
I Is A Long Memoried Woman: Film Notes & Study Guide
More about I Is A Long Memoried Woman
Monday, July 30, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Thanks for coming!
Friends,Thanks for coming out to the 2nd Annual CaribbeanTales Film Festival. We had an incredible time! It was wonderful to witness the range and high quality of film and television work of fellow Trinidadians worldwide. The schedule of films & filmmakers is online for you here. We hope to have an opportunity to screen some of the films again during the year.
It was a particular privelege for me to honour legendary film director Horace Ove CBE, and to recognize the extraordinary work of Gayelle The Channel and its co-founder and CEO Chris Laird.Special thanks to all our Sponsors, and especially The Trinidad & Tobago Film Company for facilitating the participation of the T&T contingent.
Til next year friends when we promise to come bigger and better with an even more stunning line-up of films from the Caribbean region.
The Festival also saw the Launch of TALK IT OUT, our nationwide, anti-violence tour of award-winning film A Winter Tale. After the screening cast and crew were on hand for an electric and passionate discussion with the audience about the issues raised by the film.
We are now busy setting up screenings in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax and Vancouver, and will keep you posted on details of the Tour, as well as up-coming Festival screenings of A Winter Tale in your area, and of course the eagerly-awaited DVD release, scheduled for '08.Join A Winter Tale's Facebook Group, for regular updates on the TALK IT OUT TOUR!
Peace,
Frances-Anne
(Photos courtesy of Georgia Popplewell: 1. The T&T delegation: Bruce Paddington(Festival Co-curator), Carla Foderingham (CEO, T&T Film Company), filmmaker Horace Ove, CBE, Caribbean Free Radio's Georgia Popplewell, Filmmaker Yao Ramesar, Chris Laird (CEO, Gayelle The Channel). I am on the left, and behind, waving is Toronto-based artist Chris Pinheiro.
2. Film director Horace Ove, with his new Nikon camera.
3. Cast and crew of A Winter Tale talk it out after the film's screening.
VIEW ALL GEORGIA'S FESTIVAL PHOTOS HERE
Thursday, July 12, 2007
FRIDAY @ The CaribbeanTales Film Festival
Just a reminder of the excitement that we have in store for you at the Opening of the 2nd Annual CaribbeanTales Film Festival starting tomorrow Friday 13th July at the NFB Mediatheque.
During the day workshops and in-depth Q&A sessions with celebrated film and video-makers, will turn a sharp focus onto the latest film and television trends from the Caribbean region. At our Opening night presentation, we honour legendary British-Trinidadian filmmaker Horace Ove. The evening will end with a screening of award-winning Canadian-Trinidadian video-maker's Richard Fung's latest film "Uncomfortable".
Video Clip:: A hilarious teaser from "The Choir" (Lord Have Mercy! Ep. 8) starring dbi.young, Rachel Price, Dennis Sprangalang Hall, an Leonie Forbes, which be screened tomorrow as part of the workshop on Caribbean "Series & Sitcoms".
The full Festival Schedule is here.
Workshops: Friday, July 13th, 2007
MUSIC VIDEOS FROM TRINIDAD & TOBAGO : Featuring music videos by popular Trinidad artists including soca sensation Machel Montano and David Rudder.
During the day workshops and in-depth Q&A sessions with celebrated film and video-makers, will turn a sharp focus onto the latest film and television trends from the Caribbean region. At our Opening night presentation, we honour legendary British-Trinidadian filmmaker Horace Ove. The evening will end with a screening of award-winning Canadian-Trinidadian video-maker's Richard Fung's latest film "Uncomfortable".
Video Clip:: A hilarious teaser from "The Choir" (Lord Have Mercy! Ep. 8) starring dbi.young, Rachel Price, Dennis Sprangalang Hall, an Leonie Forbes, which be screened tomorrow as part of the workshop on Caribbean "Series & Sitcoms".
The full Festival Schedule is here.
Workshops: Friday, July 13th, 2007
SITCOMS & SERIES, Friday, July 13th at 12:30 p.m. (NFB Mediatheque)
A Workshop to discuss Caribbean sitcoms and series, old & new, using clips from episodes 3 popular caribbean-based series: Westwood Park , Lord Have Mercy!, and Who the Cap Fits.
CARIBBEAN ANIMATION, Friday, July 13th at 2:00 p.m. (NFB Mediatheque)
At 2:00 p.m. a second workshop will follow, focusing on Caribbean animation. Attendees will enjoy 20 minutes of animated works from Animae Caribe: Caribbean Animation, Film & New-Media Festival, and a discussion with Camille Selvon Abrahams.
THE NEW MEDIA, Friday, July 13th at 4:00 p.m. (NFB Mediatheque)
A final workshop discussing new media will take place at 4:00 p.m. with guest Georgia Popplewell of Caribbean Free Radio and Global Voices.
MUSIC VIDEOS FROM TRINIDAD & TOBAGO : Featuring music videos by popular Trinidad artists including soca sensation Machel Montano and David Rudder.
6PM: OPENING NIGHT PRESENTATION: HONOURING HORACE OVÉ | |
| | HORACE OVÉ |
| | Uncomfortable: The Art of Christopher Cozier – Richard Fung (CAN) |
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Limin With Verlia in the African Diaspora
Between 11am-2pm today tune into 88.1 FM CKLN. Verlia Stephens will be interviewing Horce Ove, Chris Laird, and Bruce Paddington, some of the filmmkers who will be arrving today from Trinidad for the Festival. I'll be meeting them at the airport then phoning in to the station from there so as not to miss the show.
"Limin in de African Diaspora" with Verlia Stephens on CKLN 88.1 FM between 11-2..
Our Program is Online!
The countdown is on to The CaribbeanTales 2nd Annual Film Festival starting this Friday - Sunday at NFB Mediatheque and Workman Theatre:Our program is online now, and you can peruse it here
In addition, every day this week I've been profiling special events at the Festival, and today it's our SPOTLIGHT ON GAYELLE THE CHANNEL:
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The CaribbeanTales Film Festival turns a Spotlight on the phenomenon of Trinidad’s dynamic local TV station Gayelle The Channel, and its founder & CEO Christopher Laird
The fast-growing young station, which exploded onto the airwaves in Feb 2004, features 100% local content, and reaches a broad audience of over a million viewers internationally through conventional broadcasting, cable TV, and live Internet streaming.
On Saturday 14th July the Festival is proud to present a screening of Laird’s brand new feature documentary "A Day in the Life of De Gayelle", an insider's view of the innovative young Channel, followed by an up close and personal Q&A session with the stations prolific and hard-working founder.
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Christopher Laird is the Founder and CEO of Gayelle The Channel, and co-founder and Managing Director of Banyan Limited, the Caribbean's foremost and most prolific producer of television programmes about the Caribbean and its people, which has produced more than 500 television productions over the past 30 years.
Named by leading Toronto video artist and critic Richard Fung, as "one of the most important filmmakers working in the Anglophone Caribbean", he is also a published poet, has run a theatre in Port of Spain, published a journal of the Arts for five years in Trinidad & Tobago, and since 1975 written, directed and/or produced over 400 TV programmes for Banyan.
He has won many awards for his pioneering use of television in the region as a tool for community engagement, as " a call and response" mechanism to reflect and engage the authentic diverse voices of the Caribbean and its people, as a collaborative medium through which artists and community make relevent creative interventions that change society.
PLEASE NOTE: BY POPULAR DEMAND
THIS PROGRAM WILL BE REPEATED ON
SUNDAY JULY 15TH @ 11AM
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
An Aftenoon Of Stimulating Workshops on Caribbean Media
The 2nd Annual CaribbeanTales Film Festival is full of exciting events!
In addition to film screenings, presentations and special guest appearances, on Friday 13th July the Festival will host a series of workshops and in-depth Q&A sessions with celebrated film and video-makers, which turn a sharp focus onto the latest film and television trends from the Caribbean region.
The festival runs from July 13 to 15, 2007 at the NFB’s Mediatheque and Workman Theatre.
The workshops will begin with a short screening, followed by an informal discussion between attendees and guest speakers.
12:00PM – 1.30PM
Workshop: Sitcoms & Series
Westwood Park-D. Diefenthaller, (T&T),
Lord Have Mercy – F. Solomon (CAN),
Who The Cap Fits – C. Laird (T&T)
1.30PM – 2.30PM
Workshop: Caribbean Animation
Animae Caraibe Film Festival: Camille Selvon Abrahams
3PM-4.30PM - (In the Overflow)
Workshop: The New Media
Caribbean Free Radio & Global Voices: Georgia Popplewell
4PM – 5PM
Workshop: Music Videos from T&T
OUR FULL SCHEDULE IS ONLINE HERE
Saturday, July 7, 2007
A Winter Tale @ The CaribbeanTales Film Festival
Friends:
Join me for this Special Community Screening of my film A Winter Tale, where we will also launch our new project TALK IT OUT.
Invite your friends. Spread the word!
Sunday July 15th at 5.30pm,
at the Workman Theatre,
1001 Queen St West, Toronto.
at the Workman Theatre,
1001 Queen St West, Toronto.
RSVPs to AWinterTale@gmail.com.
See you there,
Frances-Anne
TALK IT OUT: Read the PRESS RELEASE
CaribbeanTales 2nd Annual Film Festival: Peruse the full program here.
Frances-Anne Solomon’s Award-Winning feature launches "TALK IT OUT", a Canada-wide anti-violence program for youth.
"Solomon and her cast deliver extraordinarily credible, emotionally raw and sincere performances..."
"...violence is not a spectator sport, and nowhere in this film could you simply watch - you felt the call to action, and even discussion."
Expose Magazine (Read the full review here).
"A Winter Tale" tells the emotional story of a Black Men's support group that meets in a Caribbean Takeaway restaurant, in the wake of the death by gunfire of a young child in Toronto. It offers a brilliant and ultimately positive perspective on the timely topic of gun violence in the city.
The film won the Award for Outstanding Canadian Feature at this year's ReelWorld Film Festival, and was hailed by media and audiences alike as "very compelling" and “exactly what Toronto needs”.
Now it will be used to promote discussion and anti-violence strategies, in a wide-ranging Canada-wide tour called “TALK IT OUT” aimed at urban high school youth and communities in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax and Vancouver.
"TALK IT OUT" will have it’s Official Launch on Sunday July 15th at 6pm, at the Workman Cinema, as the Closing Night Presentation at the CaribbeanTales 2nd Annual Film Festival
"A Winter Tale", written, directed and produced by Frances-Anne Solomon, features a talented ensemble cast led by Canadian stars Peter Williams and Michael Miller, along with Caribbean icons Leonie Forbes and Dennis “Sprangalang” Hall. The script was developed over a 4-year collaborative process of research and improvisation with the cast.
The CaribbeanTales 2nd Annual Film Festival is proud to host this special community screening of the film, after which Solomon and the cast will be on hand for a Q&A.For more information: A Winter Tale Official Website
Read Feedback to the Film
About the CaribbeanTales 2nd Annual Film Festival
Detailed Schedule
CaribbeanTales Film Festival's Full Schedule is online now!
FRIDAY JULY 13
NFB Mediatheque
150 John Street
10AM-12AM
Trinidadian-Canadian Documentary-Makers
Screening/Q&A
Older Stronger Wiser- C. Prieto (CAN),
A unique history of Canada’s Black people through the eyes of four Black women.
Journey to Justice – R. McTair (CAN),
Canada’s civil rights movement and the brave Black Canadians who led the fight for equality.
Journey of Lesra Martin – S. Jacob (CAN),
Inspiring story about a young boy’s heroic defense of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
12:00PM – 1.30PM
Workshop: Sitcoms & Series
Westwood Park-D. Diefenthaller, (T&T),
The popular and groundbreaking tongue-in-cheek Caribbean soap opera.
Lord Have Mercy – F. Solomon (CAN),
A wildly irreverent take on Black church life, set in Toronto’s Caribbean community.
Who The Cap Fits – C. Laird (T&T),
A 13-episode soap drama that was the first of its kind in Anglophone Caribbean.
1.30PM – 2.30PM
Workshop: Caribbean Animation
The Animae Caraibe Film Festival
Feat. Camille Selvon Abrahams, presenting a selection of the best animation films from the Animae Caribe: Caribbean Animation, Film and New-Media Festival in Trinidad.
3PM-4.30PM - (In the Overflow)
Workshop: The New Media
Interview w. Georgia Popplewell
on Caribbean Free Radio & Global Voices, featuring innovative new trends in Caribbean media.
4PM – 5PM
Workshop: Music Videos from T&T
Screening /Informal Discussion
5PM – 6PM
Meet & Greet – in the Overflow
Carla Foderingham, Horace Ove, Bruce Paddington, Georgia Popplewell, Camille Selvon Abrahams
6PM – 6.30PM
Opening Night Presentation
Honouring Horace Ove
Current Production Opportunities in Trinidad and Tobago:
Carla Foderingham (CEO, T&T Film Co.)
History of Trinidad and Tobago Film:
Bruce Paddington presents an entertaining overview of the rich history of filmmaking in T&T and the Trinidadian Diaspora.
Dream to Change the World – Horace Ove (UK)
A profile of British-Trinidadian activist John La Rose, founder of New Beacon Books & the Caribbean Artists' Movement.
9:15PM – 10PM
Uncomfortable – R. Fung (CAN)
The work and ideas of artist Christopher Cozier in the context of post-independence Trinidad’s oil-rich economy, complicated ethnic politics, and vibrant cultural forms.
SATURDAY JULY 14
NFB Mediatheque
150 John Street
10AM-11.30AM
Screening/Q&A
The English Lesson- S. Mootoo (CAN)
A “native West Indian” gives “an English lesson” in his kitchen.
Barrel Children – C. Weir (US)
An intimate look at a Trinidadian family separated because of migration.
Mennonites of Belize – B. Paddington (T&T)
The complex and fascinating world of an exclusive white Mennonite community in Belize.
12.00AM – 1.30PM
Her Sweetness Lingers –S. Mootoo (CAN)
Poetry and lyrical imagery combine to explore the fatal possibilities that begin with a caress.
The Doctor’s Daughter (or The Secret & The Lie) - J. Fung (CAN)
An exploration of the volatile and compelling nature of relationships.
1.30 – 2.45PM
Screening/Q&A
Short- Elspeth Duncan (T&T)
Concert in the Rainforest - Laird/Gilkes (T&T)
Pianist Rudy Luck holds a concert in the rainforest for the Waiwai Amerindians.
JAB! Blue Devils of Paramin – A. Verteuil (T&T)
Every Carnival, Kootoo a hillside farmer, becomes the “Blue Devil of Paramin.”
3.00PM – 4.30PM
Screening/Q&A
Black Men & Me – M. Clarke (CAN)
A Trinidadian dyke explores her complex relationships with Black men.
Paradise Lost – Inge Blackman (UK)
Trinidad’s uneasy relationship with queer folk. mixing tolerance and censure, religion and ritual.
What My Mother Told Me – F.A.Solomon (CAN)
A young British woman goes to Trinidad to bury her father, and meets her mother for the first time. Her mother tells her stories, revealing a troubled & violent past.
5PM – 6PM
Meet & Greet
Christopher Laird, Yao Ramesar, Janine Fung, Shani Mootoo, Michele Clarke,
6PM – 8.00PM
Spotlight: Gayelle the Channel
Screening/Q&A
A Day In The Life of De Gayelle - C.Laird (T&T)
An insider’s look at the dynamic young Trinidad-based TV Station.
In Conversation with...
Christopher Laird, CEO/Founder of Gayelle
8.15 – 10PM
Filmmaker Profile: Yao Ramesar
Screening/Q&A
Sista God – Yao Ramesar
The coming of a black female messiah in a future time called “Apocalypso,” a global holocaust only she survives.
SUNDAY JULY 15
Workman Theatre
1001 Queen Street W.
10AM – 11AM - SHORTS SERIES
Ritche – Sharon Lewis (CAN)
George & The Bicycle Pump - A.Lovelace (T&T)
Animae Caraibe – (Repeat) (T&T)
Leftovers - J. Fung (CAN)
Cold Dead Hands -Kaz Ove (UK)
11PM-12PM
Music Video – W. Lovelace (T&T)
A Day In The Life of De Gayelle (Repeat) – C.Laird (T&T)
An insider’s look at the dynamic young Trinidad-based TV Station.
12PM – 2PM
Spotlight: Horace Ove
Pressure – Horace Ove (UK).
The story of Tony, torn between the churchy conformity of his Trinidadian parents and his brother’s Black Power militancy. An unflinching at look 1970s Britain from a Black POV.
2.00PM-3.15PM
In Conversation with…
Horace Ove
3:30PM – 5PM
Up Close & Personal with…
Julien “Lil X” Lutz, the acclaimed Hollywood music video director opens up to fans during an in-depth, hour-long interview with radio personality Rudy Blair of 680 News.
5:30PM – 7:30PM
Closing Night Presentation:
Special Community Screening / Q&A
Launch of TALK IT OUT:
CaribbeanTales' Canada-wide Anti-violence Program for Youth.
A Winter Tale – Frances-Anne Solomon (CAN)
In Toronto’s Parkdale community, a Black Men’s support group meets at the local Caribbean Take-away, in the wake of a young child’s shooting death.
FRIDAY JULY 13
NFB Mediatheque
150 John Street
10AM-12AM
Trinidadian-Canadian Documentary-Makers
Screening/Q&A
Older Stronger Wiser- C. Prieto (CAN),
A unique history of Canada’s Black people through the eyes of four Black women.
Journey to Justice – R. McTair (CAN),
Canada’s civil rights movement and the brave Black Canadians who led the fight for equality.
Journey of Lesra Martin – S. Jacob (CAN),
Inspiring story about a young boy’s heroic defense of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
12:00PM – 1.30PM
Workshop: Sitcoms & Series
Westwood Park-D. Diefenthaller, (T&T),
The popular and groundbreaking tongue-in-cheek Caribbean soap opera.
Lord Have Mercy – F. Solomon (CAN),
A wildly irreverent take on Black church life, set in Toronto’s Caribbean community.
Who The Cap Fits – C. Laird (T&T),
A 13-episode soap drama that was the first of its kind in Anglophone Caribbean.
1.30PM – 2.30PM
Workshop: Caribbean Animation
The Animae Caraibe Film Festival
Feat. Camille Selvon Abrahams, presenting a selection of the best animation films from the Animae Caribe: Caribbean Animation, Film and New-Media Festival in Trinidad.
3PM-4.30PM - (In the Overflow)
Workshop: The New Media
Interview w. Georgia Popplewell
on Caribbean Free Radio & Global Voices, featuring innovative new trends in Caribbean media.
4PM – 5PM
Workshop: Music Videos from T&T
Screening /Informal Discussion
5PM – 6PM
Meet & Greet – in the Overflow
Carla Foderingham, Horace Ove, Bruce Paddington, Georgia Popplewell, Camille Selvon Abrahams
6PM – 6.30PM
Opening Night Presentation
Honouring Horace Ove
Current Production Opportunities in Trinidad and Tobago:
Carla Foderingham (CEO, T&T Film Co.)
History of Trinidad and Tobago Film:
Bruce Paddington presents an entertaining overview of the rich history of filmmaking in T&T and the Trinidadian Diaspora.
Dream to Change the World – Horace Ove (UK)
A profile of British-Trinidadian activist John La Rose, founder of New Beacon Books & the Caribbean Artists' Movement.
9:15PM – 10PM
Uncomfortable – R. Fung (CAN)
The work and ideas of artist Christopher Cozier in the context of post-independence Trinidad’s oil-rich economy, complicated ethnic politics, and vibrant cultural forms.
SATURDAY JULY 14
NFB Mediatheque
150 John Street
10AM-11.30AM
Screening/Q&A
The English Lesson- S. Mootoo (CAN)
A “native West Indian” gives “an English lesson” in his kitchen.
Barrel Children – C. Weir (US)
An intimate look at a Trinidadian family separated because of migration.
Mennonites of Belize – B. Paddington (T&T)
The complex and fascinating world of an exclusive white Mennonite community in Belize.
12.00AM – 1.30PM
Her Sweetness Lingers –S. Mootoo (CAN)
Poetry and lyrical imagery combine to explore the fatal possibilities that begin with a caress.
The Doctor’s Daughter (or The Secret & The Lie) - J. Fung (CAN)
An exploration of the volatile and compelling nature of relationships.
1.30 – 2.45PM
Screening/Q&A
Short- Elspeth Duncan (T&T)
Concert in the Rainforest - Laird/Gilkes (T&T)
Pianist Rudy Luck holds a concert in the rainforest for the Waiwai Amerindians.
JAB! Blue Devils of Paramin – A. Verteuil (T&T)
Every Carnival, Kootoo a hillside farmer, becomes the “Blue Devil of Paramin.”
3.00PM – 4.30PM
Screening/Q&A
Black Men & Me – M. Clarke (CAN)
A Trinidadian dyke explores her complex relationships with Black men.
Paradise Lost – Inge Blackman (UK)
Trinidad’s uneasy relationship with queer folk. mixing tolerance and censure, religion and ritual.
What My Mother Told Me – F.A.Solomon (CAN)
A young British woman goes to Trinidad to bury her father, and meets her mother for the first time. Her mother tells her stories, revealing a troubled & violent past.
5PM – 6PM
Meet & Greet
Christopher Laird, Yao Ramesar, Janine Fung, Shani Mootoo, Michele Clarke,
6PM – 8.00PM
Spotlight: Gayelle the Channel
Screening/Q&A
A Day In The Life of De Gayelle - C.Laird (T&T)
An insider’s look at the dynamic young Trinidad-based TV Station.
In Conversation with...
Christopher Laird, CEO/Founder of Gayelle
8.15 – 10PM
Filmmaker Profile: Yao Ramesar
Screening/Q&A
Sista God – Yao Ramesar
The coming of a black female messiah in a future time called “Apocalypso,” a global holocaust only she survives.
SUNDAY JULY 15
Workman Theatre
1001 Queen Street W.
10AM – 11AM - SHORTS SERIES
Ritche – Sharon Lewis (CAN)
George & The Bicycle Pump - A.Lovelace (T&T)
Animae Caraibe – (Repeat) (T&T)
Leftovers - J. Fung (CAN)
Cold Dead Hands -Kaz Ove (UK)
11PM-12PM
Music Video – W. Lovelace (T&T)
A Day In The Life of De Gayelle (Repeat) – C.Laird (T&T)
An insider’s look at the dynamic young Trinidad-based TV Station.
12PM – 2PM
Spotlight: Horace Ove
Pressure – Horace Ove (UK).
The story of Tony, torn between the churchy conformity of his Trinidadian parents and his brother’s Black Power militancy. An unflinching at look 1970s Britain from a Black POV.
2.00PM-3.15PM
In Conversation with…
Horace Ove
3:30PM – 5PM
Up Close & Personal with…
Julien “Lil X” Lutz, the acclaimed Hollywood music video director opens up to fans during an in-depth, hour-long interview with radio personality Rudy Blair of 680 News.
5:30PM – 7:30PM
Closing Night Presentation:
Special Community Screening / Q&A
Launch of TALK IT OUT:
CaribbeanTales' Canada-wide Anti-violence Program for Youth.
A Winter Tale – Frances-Anne Solomon (CAN)
In Toronto’s Parkdale community, a Black Men’s support group meets at the local Caribbean Take-away, in the wake of a young child’s shooting death.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Julien "Lil X" Lutz - Up Close & Personal w/ Acclaimed Music Video Director
Hollywood’s hottest music video director, Julien “Little X” Lutz will be in Toronto this month, for a celebration of his renowned career at the 2nd Annual CaribbeanTales Film Festival.Get to Know the Man behind the Music in a Special In-Depth Interview and Audience Q&A on Sunday July 15, at 3.30pm at the Workman Theatre, 1001 Queen St West.
One of the biggest Trinidadian talents to hit North America, Little X will get up close with fans during an in-depth hour-long interview hosted by 680 news presenter Rudy Blair, followed by a special audience Q&A.
Critically acclaimed for his cinematic style and vivid imagination, Little X has directed hundreds of music videos and commercials, and has worked with a host of A-list Hollywood celebrities including Usher, Chris Rock, Alicia Keys, Sean Paul, Nelly Furtado, LL Cool J, and P. Diddy.
Born and raised in Toronto, of Trinidadian parentage, Little X has always had a passion for art and music. At the age of 18 Little X began working for famed music video director Hype Williams, and quickly became his protégé. More than 10 years later, Little X is one of the most sought-after video directors in the entertainment industry.
He has won a slew of awards for his work, including the Soul Train Awards’ Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video award for Usher’s Caught Up.
The CaribbeanTales Film Festival will showcase Little X’s work during a weekend of films and music videos highlighting artists both local and international, who call Trinidad “home” - among them British film pioneer Horace Ove, innovative TV station Gayelle The Channel's Founder & CEO Christopher Laird, and acclaimed video artist Richard Fung, to name but a few.
The festival will also host a Special community screening of Frances-Anne Solomon’s award-winning feature film A Winter Tale, to launch TALK IT OUT, a Canada-wide anti-violence program for youth.
Peruse our SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE @ http://ledaserenesnewz1.blogspot.com/2007/06/schedule-at-glance.html
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