The one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd is upon us. A time of reflection. A look back at the reckoning that followed that tragic day. Systemic Racism. Inequity. White Privilege. All finally acknowledged. Inclusion. Equality. Diversity. Words that echoed in every corporate promise,...
When I was 5 years old, my father joined the Trinidad and Tobago foreign service, and was posted first to Ottawa, then a year later, to the United Nations in New York. So I went into school there. That was where I experienced for the...
I was born in England to Trinidadian Windrush Generation parents and though there was no way of knowing it at the time, those elementary years undeniably shaped my passion for sharing the stories of not only the hundreds of thousands of Caribbean immigrants that entered...
I didn’t know when I started CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF) in August of 2006 that it would grow into a major portal for stories from the African and Caribbean Diaspora that it has become today. With my tiny but mighty team, and many eager...
“Where there are experts, there will be no lack of learners.” - Swahili Proverb Next Sunday July 5th at 4pm, I will be launching my new webinar series. It will feature a discussion with my amazing friend, award-winning filmmaker Julie Dash and will be followed by...
We deserve three-dimensional characters who look like us, in every genre. Frances-Anne SolomonWriter, producer, director, curator and distributor in film, television and radio. He had just come off one of the most successful weekends at the box office — ever. Director Jordan Peele was speaking at...