WCFF 2020: Media Launch Screening & Program Reveal

Windrush Caribbean Film Festival

WCFF 2020 MEDIA LAUNCH & SPECIAL SCREENING

<h2>Please join the first Windrush Caribbean Film Festival for our Media Launch, Sneak Preview and SPECIAL Michael Gilkes Tribute with SARGASSO! A CARIBBEAN LOVE STORY</h2><p>The evening will be hosted by <strong>Juliet Alexander</strong>.</p><p><em>Speakers</em></p><p><strong>Patrick Vernon OBE</strong> and <strong>Natalie Barnes</strong> (daughter of the late Windrush campaigner Paulette Wilson) join forces with award-winning film producer and director<strong> Frances-Anne Solomon</strong> to launch the Inaugural Windrush Caribbean Film Festival.</p><p><em>Schedule of Events (</em><strong><em>British Standard Time</em></strong><em>)</em></p><h3>6:30pm <strong>WCFF2020 Introduction</strong></h3><h3>6:45pm <strong>Q&amp;A about WCFF and the Windrush Generation</strong></h3><p><em>with Patrick Vernon, Natalie Barnes, Frances-Anne Solomon and Garry Stewart</em></p><h3>7:30pm<strong> Tribute to Michael Gilkes</strong></h3><p><em>with Christopher Laird and Michael Gilkes' son, Mark Gilkes</em></p><h3>7:50pm<strong> Featured Screening - Sargasso! A Caribbean Love Story</strong></h3>

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WCFF is a UK-based Community Interest Company that aims to educate and inform audiences about the impact of the Windrush generation. We believe it's important to honour their stories and their lives. We deeply appreciate your support of our programs. All donations will go towards supporting our mandate. Black Stories Matter.

<h2>FEATURED SCREENING</h2><h3>SARGASSO! A CARIBBEAN LOVE STORY</h3>

<p><strong>Synopsis</strong>: The first screen adaptation of Jean Rhys novel, Wide Sargasso Sea, in which the girlhood and marriage of Antoinette Bertha Cosway, the madwoman in the attic in Charlotte Brontëe’s novel Jane Eyre, is portrayed. Also includes biographical and critical information about Rhys.</p><p>_______________________________________________________</p>

<p><a href="http://windrushfilmfestival.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Windrush Caribbean Film Festival </a>aims to engage and educate audiences on the contributions of the Windrush generation and its impact on the country through screenings, talkbacks and a micro-cinema challenge that will take place in cinemas, schools and community centres across the country. </p><p>Due to COVID-19, in 2020, the inaugural edition of WCFF will take place online.</p><p>The six day digital festival of screenings, discussions and master classes aims to celebrate the contributions and impact of the Windrush generation on life in the UK today. The festival is the brainchild of  Solomon whose award-winning film HERO, inspired by WW2 and Windrush hero Ulric Cross, toured the UK to critical acclaim in 2019. Its success was the inspiration for this full blown festival.</p><p>WCFF is sponsored by Solomon’s Caribbean Tales Media Group , and led by a core team including Garry Stewart of <a href="https://www.recognizeonline.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Recognize Black Heritage &amp; Culture</a>,  Joy Coker of <a href="https://alt-africa.com/about/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alt-Africa Magazine</a> as Lead Programmer, <a href="https://shilohpr.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Shiloh  PR</a>’s Evadney Campbell  and Patricia Hamzahee of <a href="https://integriticapital.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Integriti Capital</a>, with support from <a href="https://www.thefundingnetwork.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Funding Network</a> and <a href="https://www.unison-scotland.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Unison</a>.</p><p>WCFF is registered as a community interest company (CIC) in the UK.</p><p>WCFF is part of the CaribbeanTales Media Group,  that provides technical support and administration for these events. The films are screened courtesy of <a href="http://caribbeanTales-worldwide.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution</a>.</p><p>For more information: <a href="https://windrushfilmfestival.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">windrushfilmfestival.com</a></p>

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