BEHIND THE MOVEMENT (Feature, 90 minutes), Starring Meta Golding, Roger Guenveur Smith.
SPOTLIGHT SCREENING: Presented by TV One. A unique and fast-paced retelling of how Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat launched the history-making Montgomery Bus Boycott. Cast members will be present.
Fri, Feb09 @ 08:00pm
CARGO (Feature Film, 112 minutes), Starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Gessica Geneus.
Screening Times:
Sun, Feb11 @ 06:35pm
Mon, Feb12 @ 08:40pm
Tue, Feb13 @ 03:40pm
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WOODPECKERS, (Feature, 107 minutes), starring Jean-Jean.
Screening times:
Sat, Feb10 @ 08:40pm
Fri, Feb16 @ 01:25pm
Julián (played by Haitian actor Jean Jean) enters the Najayo men’s prison having been busted for a robbery. There he discovers its inmates have invented an intimate love sign-language, “woodpecking,” to communicate with the prisoners in the women’s facility, more than 100 yards away, whom they can just about see but hardly talk to. He starts “woodpecking” for Bacano, a pathologically macho convict, with Yanelly, who’s serving time in Najayo’s women’s facility. But Julián and Yanelly fall in love, and that’s when Julián’s real problem begin.
THE CRYING CONCH: Directed by Vincent Toi (Short narrative, 20 minutes), starring Ebby Angel Louis, Lovena Dieudonne, Jean-Claude Exantus, Andre-Deave Decime, Florence Jean-Paul. Look for the CARIBBEAN SHORTS group.
Screening times:
Sat, Feb10 @ 03:45pm
Sat, Feb17 @ 07:00pm
Mon, Feb19 @ 04:10pm
Trapped in a curse that started centuries ago, a man is drawn into the footsteps of Mackandal, the historic Haitian slave leader. A modern fable folding accounts of the past with the resilience of the present.
HAITI IS A NATION OF ARTISTS (Short documentary, 12 minutes), Directed by Jacquil Constant. Look for the "3 AS SHORTS" group.
Screening times:
Sun, Feb11 @ 06:00pm
Fri, Feb16 @ 04:10pm
Haiti is a Nation of Artists depicts Haitian artists creating transformational work after the devastating earthquake in 2010. It aims to introduce positive images of Haiti and its people. It seeks to reframe the narrative and perspective of a country that is largely seen as naïve and primitive; instead elevating its people’s creativity, strength and positive spirit even in the midst of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The documentary depicts the humanity of Haitian culture through the lens of a Haitian-American filmmaker who seeks to uplift the rich diversity of Haiti and its historical legacy.
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LALO'S HOUSE (Short narrative, 26 minutes), Look for the "CARIBBEAN SHORTS" group. Starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Garcelle Beauvais, Kyra Rosalynd Lesperance, Jasmin Jean-Louis
Screening times:
Sat, Feb10 @ 03:45pm
Sat, Feb17 @ 07:00pm
Mon, Feb19 @ 04:10pm
Inspired by true events, LALO’S HOUSE follows the relentless courage of Manouchka, a 14-year-old Haitian girl, and her 5-year-old sister, Phara, who are abducted and thrown into an underground prostitution network that is posing as a Catholic orphanage. Forced to grow up prematurely, Manouchka must fight to save Phara and escape the fraudulent nun, Sister Francine, who holds them captive.
Official Trailer for "Lalo's House" is HERE
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JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS VISITS TIJUANA (Short Documentary, 16 mins), Starring Jimmy Jean-Louis. Look for the "3 AS SHORTS" group.
Screening times:
Sun, Feb11 @ 07:10pm
Thu, Feb15 @ 08:55pm
What do Tijuana and Haitians have in common? Recently... a whole lot. Tijuana has become home for a community of thousands of Haitian refugees. They took great risks and traveled long distances to live somewhere they felt would be a better life and provide better working conditions. However, many of them have gotten stuck within a frisbee’s throw south of the US border due to recent border control laws. Living in limbo.
For tickets and more info, check out the festival's website is HERE.
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