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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Much Ado About Nothing McCadden Place Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
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6 Out of 10 Theatre 68 (8/20-8/20) |
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After the Blast The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Emily Skinner: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/14-8/15) |
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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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John Lloyd Young Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/21-8/22) |
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Love, Loss and What I Wore Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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The Family Album La Jolla Playhouse (7/17-8/23) |