Detailed Schedule

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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.