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An evening of liberating #Souls fusing together across Brooklyn for collective enjoyment and connection between communities. We have a vision of each of us that believes in building a world where we all thrive regularly convene and find ways to live in ways to uplift all of us.

Love is the goal, focus and objective.

With folks that believe in the possibilities that come with the fusion of energy aligning consistently, Visions become reality.

We manifest in the real world, Spirits are felt.

Big Up to @malaisie @prince_jahlil @marilynthechef @jonesgrey @brownstonebabe and @rauldougou and others for the photos! My #FOMO was on 💯

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Ideas Of Focus:

fightracism
timeportal
timeportals
neighborhood
scalingintimacy
scalingintimately
instantincubator
outcomeopportunity
commonexperience
enjoyingmaximizingcapacity
SpreadingLoveItsTheBrooklynWay

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🌑 🇯🇲 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁! 🙏🏿🖤✊🏿

𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮
Date: Saturday, July 11, and Sunday July 12
Time: 6pm-6am
Venue: Poinciana Park (Fairy Hill Ball Field)
Address: Fairy Hill, Portland, Jamaica
Hosted by: Priest Alex
Extra: The 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 is presented by 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝘁𝘀 & 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆
Tickets: 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 (no registration required), just come and join, and bring a bottle (for the ancestors)
More info: 𝗺𝘆𝗮𝗹𝗷𝗮.𝗰𝗼𝗺 | www.myalja.com

#greathuts #caribbeancreativity #portiefilmfestival2026 #poff2026 #rebirthdaykumina

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🎥 🇯🇲 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! 🙏🏿🖤✊🏿

𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 | 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟵-𝟭𝟭 | 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 🇯🇲 | 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺
𝗧𝗵𝘂 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟵 | 𝟳.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 | 🎥 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗲 + 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 + 𝗜 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗰𝗮 | 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 | 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹
𝗙𝗿𝗶 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟬 | 𝟳.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 | 🎥 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 + 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗲 + 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝘆𝗮𝗵 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿 + 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 + 𝗢𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗺 [𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿] | 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝘁𝘀 | 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘆
𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟭 | 𝟭𝟬.𝟯𝟬𝗮𝗺 | ▶︎ 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 | 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗮 | 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝘁𝘀 | 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘆
𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟭 | 𝟯.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 | ▶︎ 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 | 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀 + 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 | 𝗗𝗶 𝗛𝗶𝗽 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 | 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼
𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟭 | 𝟲.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 | 🎥 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝗳𝗳 + 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 + 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗰𝗮 | 𝗗𝗶 𝗛𝗶𝗽 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 | 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼
𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟭 | 𝟴𝗽𝗺 | 🎥 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆 + 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 + 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 | 𝗗𝗶 𝗛𝗶𝗽 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 | 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼
𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟭 | 𝟲𝗽𝗺-𝟲𝗮𝗺 | 🌑 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮 | 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 | 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 | 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹

𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 to is 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲, but please 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 for the events at 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝘁𝘀 and 𝗗𝗶 𝗛𝗶𝗽 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 by emailing to 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼@𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆.𝗻𝗹. 📧

#greathuts #caribbeancreativity #portiefilmfestival2026 #poff2026 #seeyousoon

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🎥 🇯🇲 To conclude the 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, join 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 for the 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮, taking place from dusk on 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟭 until dawn on 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟮 at 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 (Fairy Hill Ball Field) in east Portland. Come after the 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹’𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 at 𝗗𝗶 𝗛𝗶𝗽 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 and experience this 𝗮𝗹𝗹-𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 through drumming, dance, and spiritual ceremony.

The annual 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮 is a powerful gathering that brings the community together in a 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Through ritual and sacred community we honor the legacy of our ancestors. Centered on ancestral remembrance, renewal, prayer, and community, the ceremony creates a space for spiritual reflection, cultural affirmation, and reconnection with ancestral heritage. More than just music and dance, 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮 is ritual and ceremony and celebrates 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 that continues to shape community, identity, and collective memory across generations. 🙏🏿🖤✊🏿

𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮
Date: Saturday, July 11, and Sunday July 12
Time: 6pm-6am
Venue: Poinciana Park (Fairy Hill Ball Field)
Address: Fairy Hill, Portland, Jamaica
Hosted by: Priest Alex
Extra: The 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 is presented by 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝘁𝘀 & 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆
Tickets: 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 (no registration required), bring a bottle (for the ancestors)
More info: 𝗺𝘆𝗮𝗹𝗷𝗮.𝗰𝗼𝗺 | www.myalja.com

#greathuts #caribbeancreativity #portiefilmfestival2026 #poff2026 #rebirthdaykumina

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📖🎓🎞 The TTFF/25 Industry programme was held over two days and encompassed 20 events across workshops, panels, presentations, talks, one-on-ones and tours. With sessions led by industry experts and creative specialists, including TTT programme manager Diane Robertson ('So you want to make a TV series'), documentary director and producer Alison Duke ('Making the music documentary'), photographer and tech aficionado Mark Lyndersay ('AI - tool for construction or harbinger of destruction'), Film Industry strategist Renee Robinson ('Locally resonant and globally appealing'); Manager of C15 Studios Lorraine O'Connor ('Music rights - the hidden deal breaker').
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Sessions were designed specifically to cater to the needs of practitioners in an emerging industry, with the overall industry programme embedding our commitment to professional development, upskilling and industry development.
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🎥 TTFF/25 is made possible with thanks to our amazing sponsors, partners, collaborators and volunteers!
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SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
Ministry of Trade and Tourism/ @globaltrinidadandtobago
Fernandes Foundation
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PRIMARY VENUE PARTNERS
One Woodbrook Place
@cinemaonetrinidad
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PROGRAMME PARTNERS
@bocaslitfest
@c15studios
COSTATT
Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
High Commission for Canada in Trinidad and Tobago
@medullaartgallery
The Frame Shop
V-Tape
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#TTFF25 #TTFilmFestival #CaribbeanFilms #CaribbeanFilmmakers

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🤝🎬 Celebrating our community of Caribbean makers and creators is a huge part of what TTFF is all about. Creating spaces for connecting, re-connecting and sharing are vital to building our community.
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🥂Here's to making new friends, reconnecting with old friends and finding ways to draw strength, inspiration and joy from each other!
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Photos by Shaun Rambaran
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#CaribbeanFilmmakers #TTFilmFestival #CaribbeanFilms #TTFF25 #ittakesavillage #magicmoments✨ #FilmFestivalMagic #CaribbeanCinema

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The brilliance and living legacies of movement, choreography, music, and the vibrant culture of Jamaica are on display at the @ndtcjamaica National Season of Dance.
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#culture #Dance #Stage #Jamaica #Caribbean #Folk #Modern #Generations #Bodies #BlackBodies #Rexnettleford #Kumina #creators #Musicians #Kingston #Sublime

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@nyashalaing Nuff Respect @kuminaqueen does the spirit well!! #Kumina #KuminaQueen #jamaicanindigenousmusic #AfricanDiaspora #ConnectingtheDotsacrosstheDiaspora

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We will fight the Obeah Act till the winds shift!!!
#jamaica🇯🇲 #indigenous #free #freedom #spirituality #rights #facts #justice
@mekramekra_ @jcdcjamaica @mcgesjamaica @kuminaqueen @tambufest @blaki_tutus @bertsamuels @samuels.bert @kabu.maat @chiefrichardcurrie @anu.tafari.zion.el33 @indrasbotanica @maroonmaragh @wits_ja

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This past Saturday at the William Grant Still Arts Center was filled with music, memory, and movement.

We began the day with a heartfelt celebration of Dr. William Grant Still’s birthday, hosted by Mark Broyard. Mark honored the legacy of the "Dean of African American Composers" with a stunning vocal performance of one of Dr. Still’s compositions—followed, of course, by cake and community.

Later, the main gallery transformed into a space of reverence and resistance for a screening of Kumina Queen, a powerful film by Nyasha Laing.

After the film, Laing and DJ/composer Ade Neff led a rich conversation about culture, rhythm, and ancestral connection.

It was a day of honoring Black brilliance—past and present—with voices that continue to rise.
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#WilliamGrantStillArtsCenter #DrWilliamGrantStill #KuminaQueen #BlackComposers #BlackFilmmakers #CommunityArts #NyashaLaing #AdeNeff #BlackLegacy #ArtAsResistance #LeimertParkEvents

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Want more Kumina?

Join us for a special free screening of Kumina Queen — a powerful one-hour documentary that explores legacy, resistance, and spirit through the lens of Afro-Caribbean tradition.
🗓️ Date: Friday, May 10
🕑 Time: 2:00 PM
📍 2520 S West View St, LA, CA 90016
🎟️ Admission: FREE!

Stay after the screening for an engaging discussion with the filmmaker herself, Nyasha Laing — don’t miss this chance to dive deeper into the story behind the film!

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WHAT IS THE MOVIE ABOUT?

In the wake of the loss of her mother, the filmmaker travels into the heart of Jamaican countryside to research Kumina, an ancestral ritual. The ancient practice, she learns, is a driving force in Jamaica’s culture and identity, yet its leaders have historically been discarded as witches and criminalized.

Jamaica’s post-colonial renaissance enabled Queenie to share her practice with the world. Today, Queenie’s mysterious world reveals a divergent pathway to freedom, healing, and transformation-for those who choose it.

Imogene “Queenie” Kennedy was a contemporary priestess in post-colonial Jamaica who catapulted her African spiritual practice into renown. She died in 1998. This film honors her memory and shares her powerful voice through rare archival footage and sound.

#kuminaqueen #nyashalaing #congoincali #wgsac #williamgrantstillartscenter #congosonic #freefilmscreening #filmscreening

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🎬 FREE FILM SCREENING 🎬

Join us for a special free screening of Kumina Queen — a powerful one-hour documentary that explores legacy, resistance, and spirit through the lens of Afro-Caribbean rooted in Kikongo tradition.

🗓️ Date: Saturday, May 10
🕑 Time: 2:00 PM
📍 2520 S West View Street, Los Angeles, CA 90016
🎟️ Admission: FREE!

Stay after the screening for an engaging discussion with the filmmaker herself, Nyasha Laing — don’t miss this chance to dive deeper into the story behind the film! The discussion will be moderated by Adé Neff.

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WHAT IS THE MOVIE ABOUT?

In the wake of the loss of her mother, the filmmaker travels into the heart of Jamaican countryside to research Kumina, an ancestral ritual. The ancient practice, she learns, is a driving force in Jamaica’s culture and identity, yet its leaders have historically been discarded as witches and criminalized.

Jamaica’s post-colonial renaissance enabled Queenie to share her practice with the world. Today, Queenie’s mysterious world reveals a divergent pathway to freedom, healing, and transformation-for those who choose it.

Imogene “Queenie” Kennedy was a contemporary priestess in post-colonial Jamaica who catapulted her African spiritual practice into renown. She died in 1998. This film honors her memory and shares her powerful voice through rare archival footage and sound.

#kuminaqueen #nyashalaing #congoincali #wgsac #williamgrantstillartscenter #congosonic #freefilmscreening #filmscreening

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