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KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 19, 2019 (CMC) – Culture Minister, Olivia Grange, says a digital Reggae Film Archive will be established, in an effort to preserve the island’s cultural heritage and reggae history on film. Grange made the announcement at the ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, February 19, 2019 (CMC) – The Eastern Caribbean Collective Organisation for Music Rights (ECCO) Inc. is concerned that some 90 percent of the money it collects in royalties, here, goes to societies, overseas. ECCO, an association of ...

By Kirk Moss Guest Writer TORONTO, Ontario, Tuesday, February 19, 2019 — The Founder of the #MeToo Movement, Tarana Burke — who knows the pain and agony of violence — humbly accepted the 2019 Social Impact Award for her courageous, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – Police are warning party-goers that they could face criminal charges, if they continue to follow, the lyrics of Grenadian singer, Hollis “Mr Killa” Mapp, to “Run With It”. Mapp’s ...

By A. D. McKenzie Contributing Writer BERLIN, Germany, February 14, 2019 (IPS) — A documentary about a Cuban family facing an uncertain future had its world premiere February 12 at the Berlin International Film Festival, one of the world’s most ...

By Dubb Master Chris Guest Writer I am privileged, each day, to have the ears of thousands of radio listeners in the tri-state area. As a senior radio personality at Irie Jam Radio, 93.5 FM, WVIP, it is part of ...

By Adam Gustafson Guest Writer Jazz seems to be experiencing a bit of a renaissance among movie directors – look no further than documentaries such as “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool,” which just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, ...

By Vershawn Ashanti Young Contributing Writer Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, which was nominated for the Academy’s Best Picture Award, this year, delivers more than a brilliantly entertaining story. Officially, BlacKkKlansman is about Ron Stallworth (John David Washington, son of actor Denzel Washington), the ...

By Cheryl Thompson Contributing Writer Renowned visual artist Mickalene Thomas has taken over the fifth-floor gallery space of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) with her show “Femmes Noires.” Working with curator Julie Crooks, it is the first time the ...

By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario, January 9, 2019 — On the fifteenth of this month, the undisputed leader of the civil rights movement in the United States of America, the incomparable Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would ...