The 15th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, presented by BET Networks, was held in Manhattan on September 14-18. Urbanworld, which screened 59 films this year (including 17 world premieres), is the largest internationally competitive festival dedicated to the exhibition of independent cinema by and about people of color and showcases features, documentaries, short films, as well [...]
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Labor Day in Brooklyn
September 9th, 2011
On September 5, the 44th Annual West Indian American Day Carnival was held on Eastern Parkway. Two million revelers filled the parkway and despite all the news reports of violence – that is not what Labor Day is about. This is the day that the West Indian/Caribbean American community comes out to represent and support [...]
Brooklyn “Kiddies Carnival”
September 4th, 2011
For the past 44 years, The West Indian American Day Carnival Association (wiadca.com) has hosted the Labor Day festivities in Brooklyn, NY – celebrating Caribbean American people and culture. On Saturday, September 3 the Junior Mas Bands or “Kiddies Carnival” as it is commonly called was held – children carrying on the tradition of their [...]