Director Steve McQueen and Actress Golda Rosheuvel Honored as Hollywood Celebrates the Caribbean
Virtual panels and film festival highlights Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
In celebration of Caribbean-American Heritage month, the Government of Barbados in association with the Caribbean Heritage Organization and the Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute will present the 2021 CaribbeanLensInternational Virtual Film Festival -Where Hollywood Celebrates the Caribbean on Thursday, June 10 and Friday, June 11 10am - 3pm PT/1:00pm - 6:00pm ET.
The honorees for the 2021 CaribbeanLensInternational Virtual Film Festival are: Actress Golda Rosheuvel (Rising Sun Award), Director Steve McQueen (Social Consciousness in Film Award), The Kanneh-Masons (Excellence in Music Award) and Nurse Sandra Lindsay on Behalf of Covid-19 Frontline workers (Robert Nesta Marley Humanitarian Award).
Among the panel discussions, inclusive of from multicultural storytelling to film tourism, there will be a one on one conversation with award-winning "Small Axe" Director Steve McQueen and Screenwriter, Director and Educator from Manchester, Jamaica, Natasha Griffiths.
Due to COVID-19 postponement, films have been selected from 2020 submissions. Winners will be announced on the last day of the festival, Friday, June 11, at approximately 2:30 PST.
To Register for the CaribbeanLens International Virtual Film Festival, Thursday, June 10 and Friday, June 11 10am - 3pm PT/1:00pm - 6:00pm ET: Learn more at https://caribbeanheritage.org/art-festival-registry/.
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Dead John Madnani Theater (6/30-6/30) |
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E=MC² Einstein The Musical Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center (7/03-7/26) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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STRAITJACKET SIRENS The Three Clubs (6/01-6/30) |
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Fiddler on the Roof Ahmanson Theatre (2/13-3/14) |
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NewGen Jewels MA (12/04-12/04) |
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The Spongebob Musical Youth Edition The Phantom Projects Theatre at La Habra Depot (7/10-7/26) |
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Closing Costs Gil Cates Theater (3/31-5/02) |
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Shrek the Musical Morgan-Wixson Theatre (6/28-7/26) |
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Olivia Dean Crypto.com Arena (7/14-7/14) |