Community Folk Art Center is excited for another year of their highly anticipated annual Caribbean Cinematic Film Festival! Featuring compelling artistic exploration into Caribbean culture though film, dance, spoken word, discussion, and food. The four day festival will be opened on Wednesday, February 5th by acclaimed actor and model Jimmy Jean-Louis, who is known for his role as The Haitian on the popular NBC television series Heroes. Over the course of the festival, CFAC also enjoy post screening discussions with a variety of guests, including award winning filmmaker Bruce Paddington, celebrated cinematographer Joshua Alafia, Miami based curator Babacar M’bow, author Carole Boyce Davies, and many more. CFAC also be hosting performances from Jamaican spoken word artist and dub poet Ras Henry Howard and Syracuse University dance troupe Kalabash. The schedule for the events are as follows:
Wednesday, February 5:
5:30pm – 6:30pm VIP Reception
6:30pm – 8:00pm Toussaint L’ouverture Part 1
8:00pm – 9:00pm – Post screening discussion with Jimmy Jean-Louis
Thursday, February 6:
5:30 – 6:30pm Book Signing with Carole Boyce Davies for her book, “Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zones”
6:30pm – 9:30pm Forward Ever & post screening discussion with Carole Boyce Davies, Bruce Paddington via Skype, and moderated by Cecilia Green.
Friday, February 7:
6:30pm – 7:30pm Jamaican Spoken Word Artist Ras Howard Henry
7:00pm – 9:00pm Better Mus Come & post screening discussion moderated by Asomgyee Pamoja & Arthur Paris
Saturday, February 8:
11:00am – 12:00pm – Saturday Brunch
12:00pm – 2:00pm – Akwantu The Journey & possible post screening discussion
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Fyah & Post screening discussion with Joshua Alafia
3:00pm – 5:00pm – El Medico & post screening discussion (Kalabash Dance Troupe to Open Film)
5:00pm – 6:30pm – Toussaint L’ouverture Part 2 & post screening with Babacar M’bow
