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  Three of the best film festivals’ films in three different venues on three different days but come on, Jamaica is no T&T 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 of popcorn, sit back in a darkened theatres and watch a trio of amazing movies about the community’s history, its living heroes and of course Carnival. We are talking about a suite of films that have just gotten the red carpet treatment at three different events and venues - the Caribbean Tales Film Festival launch, a Harbourfront star studded 85 th  birthday party / film premier, and a drama about growing up in Malvern which debuted earlier this month at TIFF and shows again at a TIFF repeat  showing next week. These three titles, with one reservation are keepers not just for now but forever.   Toronto Caribbean Carnival: Fun and Free  is an hour-long docum...

Stephen Weir Goes To The Movies In September Stephen Weir in a theatre  lobby ub July Ms Jean Augustine, Ms Everything, is about to be crowned Canada’s Movie Queen. Earlier this week the annual Caribbean Tales Film Festival (CTFF) held it's 2022 Media Launch to roll out the movies that will be screened in theatres this September, and the show stopper is none other than   Steadfast – The Messenger And the Message,   a documentary about the life of  Canada’s first Black Canadian woman to serve as a Federal Minister of the Crown, Jean Augustine of course. The hour-long film  tells the amazing life story of this Grenadian Canadian Liberal politican who spent a dozen years in parliament and then become a non-stop community activist here in Toronto. The film was recently completed by Canadian director Fahim Hamid and has an amazing three-person castlist which actually includes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau! The film will be shown the evening of Friday  ...