AFI Silver Hosts 14th Annual DC Caribbean Filmfest

AFI Silver is proud to host the 14th annual DC Caribbean Filmfest from June 13 to June 15.  In recognition of Caribbean Heritage Month in June, the DC Caribbean Filmfest features films that celebrate Caribbean culture and the vibrancy of Caribbean filmmaking.  The festival is co-presented by Caribbean Association of World Bank and IMF Staff (CAWI), Caribbean Professional Network (CPN), Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) and TransAfrica.

The festival opens with POETRY IS AN ISLAND, DERKE WALCOTT, about Walcott, a Nobel Prize-winning poet, playwright, painter and filmmaker.  The film will be followed by a post-screening reception commemorating the 35th anniversary of St. Lucia's independence, sponsored by the Caribbean Professional Netwrok.  Please join us!

Other series highlights include THE STUART HALL PROJECT (Official Selection, 2013 Sundance Film Festival); CRISTO REY (Official Selection, 2013 Toronto Film Festival), an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in the Dominican Republic; and a $5 screening of YURUMEIN (Homeland), a powerful documentary that recounts the painful past of the Caribs on St. Vincent and the extermination of scores of their ancestors at the hands of the British, while building an intimate portrait of Garifuna culture in-transition today.

Visit the festival webpage for more information.