CaribbeanTales is celebrating Juneteenth by supporting Black filmmakers and stories that honour Black joy and greatness. We have personally curated Black-made films that span various genres and decades for you and your family to enjoy this Juneteenth Weekend!
Hero: The Extraordinary Life of Mr. Ulric Cross
Directed by Frances-Anne Solomon
The story of Trinidad-born Ulric Cross, who became the RAF’s most decorated West Indian airman of WWII. His life took a dramatically different course when he followed the call of history and joined the Pan African independence movements sweeping the world in the ‘50s and ‘60s.
In the year 2100, humankind has achieved paradise — and seen it torn away from them.The last hope for liberty is a young woman named Syanna, whose true nature remains a secret even to her. Syanna will confront the fiercest fighters of Mortemonde, to kill the masters inside them — and the slave inside herself.
A talented but unreliable West Indies cricketer is blackballed for three years from playing with the national team. Desperate to win the respect of his estranged and critical father who is a former great West Indies player, he pursues an unlikely quest to regain his team status for a last chance to play in the Global One Day Series.
Examining the concept of African identity as it has evolved over the generations in Trinidad & Tobago, Pantin (Filmmaker) explores her own identity, using the Emancipation Day parade and its rituals as a starting point for her journey. Interviews with African-Caribbean people and scholars define and explain some of the complexities of race in this society.
Rooted in African myth, Orisha’s Journey is about a little girl and the power of imagination. Orisha, who doesn’t believe in fables finds herself in one. After meeting a flower spirit, she must journey though the world of spirits and the depths of her imagination to return the lost flower to the ‘Walking Forest!’