Seats are limited and not guaranteed! This event is not included in the festival pass; you must RSVP separately.
Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
Boston Carnival
Directed by London Parker-Mcwhorter (USA, 2025, 5:00 mins).
Filmed in 2017, a dazzling, slow motion portrait of Roxbury's Caribbean Festival & Carnival, Boston's largest annual parade.
Kluskap Meets Summer
Directed by Natasha Ramsay (Canada, 2024, 2:39 mins).
Kluskap Meets Summer is a charming animated tale narrated in Mi'kmaw. Kluskap, the legendary Wabanaki hero, battles icy and powerful Apuknajit, attempting to protect his starving people from never ending cold and darkness. Unable to conquer Apuknajit alone, Kluskap is overcome by the magician's winter sleep spell. As Kluskap dreams, Loon speaks through the spell and implores him to travel South in search of a beautiful and resilient maiden known as Summer. With the help Summer's warmth and restorative power, Kluskap will be able to defeat Winter, restore balance to the land and bring abundance back to the people.
Janke
Directed by Jordan Hendrickson (USA, 2025, 20:00 min)
In 2020 my mother left her career and life in America, and moved to the Gambia. I decided to visit her and film our experience with each other, and ended up meeting other Black Americans who had similar stories of re-patriation in Africa."Janke" is a compilation of those stories in a blend of documentary filmmaking and vivid animated retelling.
Kanenon:we - Original Seeds
Directed by Katsitsionni D Fox (USA, 2024, 26:46 mins).
Kanenon:we - Original Seeds carries viewers into the grassroots Indigenous seed sovereignty movement led by Haudenosaunee women. Prior to European contact there was a rich and vibrant diversity of foods, with women primarily responsible for caretaking of the seeds. Genocidal practices including, boarding schools, land theft, forced relocation, imposed religion and even food warfare contributed to a disconnection from our traditional foods and seeds. Indigenous seed keepers are vigilantly protecting the biodiversity of seeds under threat of Agro-Chemical Giants that currently control over sixty percent of seeds worldwide. As these Haudenosaunee women step back into their sacred responsibility as seed keepers they offer a powerful view of what is possible in Indigenous communities working towards food sovereignty.
The Last Dance
Directed by Hayden Mclean (United Kingdom, 2024, 16:39 mins).
The final chapter of a famous East London haunt and the brainchild of successful club owner/promoter Linford “Fox” Wilson. Fox’s world tailspins, as his iconic “LA bar” is compulsory purchased by the council, forcing him and his patrons out, leaving his life in disarray. A staple for the Caribbean community, a home of Reggae music and a hub for the Windrush generation. We witness a community rise up against the onrushing tide of gentrification, that threatens to tear them apart. Culminating in a final “dance” that will be remembered for the ages.
Q&A to follow.