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Call for Proposals - CaribbeanTales Worldwide Dist...

Call for Proposals - CaribbeanTales Worldwide Dist...

CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution Inc, in partnership with Caribbean Export, UNIDO, and with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts will facilitate a Market Development Program for selected Caribbean, Caribbean-Diasporic and Caribbean-Canadian independent filmmakers.

As Kingston Seethes, Some Jamaicans Read

As Kingston Seethes, Some Jamaicans Read

At first, the sendoff texts and emails struck me as sweet. By the time I arrived in Jamaica, though, they’d taken on unnervingly fretful tones. “You okay?” “Safe?” “Hearing gunshots?” “Please be careful, hon!” A look at my Facebook page and one would think I was armed in comb...

Jamaica’s Commander of Distinction Returns to Jazz At Lincoln Center

Jamaica’s Commander of Distinction Returns to Jazz At Lincoln Center

CaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. June 16, 2010: Renowned Jamaican jazz pianist and Jamaica`s acclaimed Commander of Distinction, Monty Alexander, is set to turn the heat up this summer in New York City with a five-day return to Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Young Haitian Film Makers Aim To Revitalise Their Country`s Cinema

Young Haitian Film Makers Aim To Revitalise Their Country`s Cinema

CaribWorldNews, PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Weds. June 16, 2010: When the earthquake hit the southern Haitian town of Jacmel on January 12th, students at the country`s only film school, Ciné Institute, were on the ground within hours.

Obama Urges All Americans to Celebrate Caribbean Culture

Obama Urges All Americans to Celebrate Caribbean Culture

CaribWorldNews, WASHINGTON, D.C., Fri. June 4, 2010: U.S. President Barack Obama is urging all Americans to celebrate the rich culture and history of the Caribbean this Caribbean American Heritage Month.

 

CIE News

  • Trinidad American Rapper Gets Spot On New Kanye Album Friday, 02 July 2010 22:21 CIE News

    CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. July 2, 2010: Fresh from her wins at the BET Awards, Trini-American rapper, Nicki Minaj, is in the news again.

    Minaj is reportedly on the new Kanye West album, titled 1Good A*s Job1.

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  • Pushing Region's Filmmakers Thursday, 03 June 2010 18:36 CIE News

    BARBADOS IS SET to become the home of the first film distribution company in the English-speaking Caribbean. Last Wednesday, CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution Inc. was launched to present Caribbean film-makers to the international community.

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Fighting for Survival

Call it the Marley Industrial Complex: an unrelenting stream of companies and commodities branded by a certain late, great Jamaican reggae singer. Aside from the spate of albums, box sets and commemorative editions, there’s the official clothing line, candles, sundry home furnishings and Marley Coffee Inc.

Antonio Banderas Takes On Bob Marley

CaribWorldNews, LOS ANGELES, CA, Fri. May 21, 2010: Spanish-born actor, Antonio Banderas, is taking on a version of a popular Bob Marley song in his latest film set to open today.

Banderas, who turns 50 this year, returns to the big screen as the suave and charming orange cat Puss-In-Boots in Shrek: Forever After, the fourth and final installment of the blockbuster series.

UNCTAD Creative Economy E-news N°12

UNCTAD_creative_economy_12We are pleased to share with you our Creative Economy E-news N° 12 with highlights of our recent work.

Feel free to further disseminate it to potentially interested parties in your respective countries or institutions.

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Gallery - Gala Launch for the Best of CaribbeanTales

This was held at the Frank Collymore Hall, February 23, 2010. Photos are from the VIP reception Hosted by the Canadian High Commission, Barbados.

Gallery - The Best of Caribbeantales

Thursday February 25 2010
NETWORKING LUNCH

Gallery - Film Market Place

Photos from the film marketplace which was held on Thursday the 25th of February 2010.

UNIDO Cinematic & Entrepreneurship Motivation Awards (CEMA)

CEMA Awardees at CTWD Incubator

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Danny Glover directs and produces movie on epic slave revolt in the Caribbean
Danny Glover directs and produces movie on epic slave revolt in the Caribbean
Venezuela is to give the American actor Danny Glover almost $18m (£9m) to make a film about a slave uprising in Haiti, with President Hugo Chávez hoping the historical epic will sprinkle Hollywood stardust on his effort to mobilise world public opinion against imperialism and western oppression.
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