‘The Old Man’ Season 2: Thrilling Return to Dan Chase’s Dangerous Journey Premieres on Disney+ Canada

‘The Old Man’ Season 2: Thrilling Return to Dan Chase’s Dangerous Journey Premieres on Disney+ Canada

“The Old Man” Season Two is set to Premiere on Disney+ in Canada on September 13, 2024. The wait is almost over! “The Old Man” returns with its second season, continuing the thrilling journey of Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges). This season delves deeper into Chase’s past and the consequences of his actions as a former CIA […]

Marcus Garvey’s Ghost Premieres at Caribbean Tales Festival

Marcus Garvey’s Ghost Premieres at Caribbean Tales Festival

By Stephen Weir If all went well last night, after The Caribbean Camera was put to bed, the 19th annual Caribbean Tales Film Festival (CTFF) is now well underway. Get ready, Toronto— from now until late night on Sunday, September 25th, the city will be buzzing with virtual movies, short films, and several not-to-be-missed in-person events. This […]

Viola Davis on her film The Woman King

Viola Davis on her film The Woman King

While walking the TIFF red carpet last week, Viola Davis said that embodying an African warrior who leads an all-female battalion in The Woman King was just part of the gig. “Your job as an actor is to humanize your character. Nobody is strong all the time,” Viola Davis said. “Nobody’s without vulnerability, no one’s […]

My Caribbean – Canadian film Odyssey  

My Caribbean – Canadian film Odyssey   

Three of the best of “Caribbean – Canadian” films in three different venues on three different days  By Stephen Weir Why does it just happen in September? Now that all the critics and movie people have seen the best new film festival flicks how do we, the common people, get a chance to buy bags […]

Original documentary “BLACK ICE” to premier at TIFF in September

Original documentary “BLACK ICE” to premier at TIFF in September

BLACK ICE, the full length film will make its international premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September. This new sponsorship is part of Scotiabank’s hockey for all initiative, focused on promoting diversity and inclusion throughout the game. The film will explore the journey of Black hockey players from the creation of The […]

Oscar Peterson: Black + White debuted at TIFF

Oscar Peterson: Black + White debuted at TIFF

Born in a working-class area of Montreal, Oscar Peterson catapulted to the top of the jazz world in the late 1940s, remaining there until his death in 2007 at the age of 82. The legendary Count Basie offered the pianist a job when he was practically still a teenager. He founded one of the greatest […]

Hero back in the news

Hero back in the news

Remember Hero? That’s the the highly acclaimed feature film inspired by the extraordinary life and times of Trinidad and Tobago citizen, diplomat and judge Ulric Cross, Last year it won the won the newly created Ja’Net Feature Narrative Award at the  28th Pan African Film and Arts Festival (PAFF), in West Hollywood. In Hero,the lead […]

CAG partners with TIFF to screen “Sprinter”

CAG partners with TIFF to screen “Sprinter”

– film about Jamaican running phenom CaribanaTM Arts Group, Members of the public are invited to join the CaribanaTM Arts Group, The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and writer-director Storm Saulter for an exclusive preview of Saulter’s coming-of-age drama, Sprinter — executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith — about a Jamaican track-and-field […]

Trinidad and Tobago wins CFU cup

Trinidad and Tobago wins CFU cup

COUVA, Trinidad -Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Princesses pulled off a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Guyana in the final game of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Women’s Challenge Series at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva on Sunday night. Trinidad and Tobago was adjudged winner of the tournament after the Soca Princess  won  their other  matches […]

Hidden Figures: Story of a victory over white supremacy and sexism

Hidden Figures: Story of a victory over white supremacy and sexism

By Ian Xun Hidden Figures is an incredibly inspiring film that you and your children should  see before  it exits the theatres. It is a triumphant story about  the genius and foresight  of black women  that went untold for far too long. The film is set in the early 60s,  and chronicles the critical work […]