What’s On Calendar
February 3–5, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
6:30pm
Celebrate Trinidad Tobago’s and Jamaica’s cinematography with a screening of this compelling film.
Event run: February 3, 2012
FILM / Cinenova: Opening Screening
Friday, February 3, 2012
7:00pm
New York-based artist Emma Hedditch curates a screening from the Cinenova collection of women’s, feminist and queer film and video.
Event run: February 3, 2012
COBA: Collective of Black Artists - Les Rythmes de la Forêt
Friday, February 3, 2012
8:00pm
The traditional dance forms from Guinea and Senegal will move you through an incredible and vibrant experience of folklore and storytelling. Dance and rhythm represent rites of passage, initiations, harvest and moments of pure joy and celebration.
Event run: February 3–5, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
9:30pm
Celebrate black Canadian filmmakers with special screening of this compelling film.
Event run: February 3, 2012
FILM/LIVE / Cinenova: An Audience of Enablers Cannot Fail
Saturday, February 4, 2012
1:00pm 3:00pm
Local artists, activists, thinkers, and educators select films and videos from the Cinenova collection for small-group presentation, viewing and facilitated discussion.
Event run: February 4–25, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
1:30pm
Celebrate the richness of Jamaican and Trinidadian cinema with an afternoon of short film screenings.
Event run: February 4, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
2:00pm
A film, discussion and symposium that shines a spotlight on black and diverse designers, models, and taste-makers in the fashion industry. Strut your stuff in TV personality and supermodel Stacey McKenzie’s “Walk this Way” workshop! With journalist Sarah Nicole Prickett, Montreal’s Miss Sly and Norwayne Anderson. Moderated by CBC Television personality Anne-Marie Mediwake.
Event run: February 4, 2012
FILM/LIVE / Cinenova: An Audience of Enablers Cannot Fail
Saturday, February 4, 2012
3:00pm 5:00pm
Local artists, activists, thinkers, and educators select films and videos from the Cinenova collection for small-group presentation, viewing and facilitated discussion.
Event run: February 4–25, 2012
Lua Shayenne: Afro-Roots Dance Workshop and Performance
Saturday, February 4, 2012
3:00pm
Instructor Lua Shayenne presents traditional African and Afro-contemporary dance works that explore current subject matters with the aim to be a vehicle for spiritual and social progress.
Event run: February 4, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
5:00pm 7:00pm
Celebrate black filmmakers with a screening of Oscar Micheaux's renowned film Lying Lips. In partnership with COMMFFEST.
Event run: February 4, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
7:30pm
Celebrate black Canadian filmmakers with special screening of this compelling film.
Event run: February 4, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
8:00pm
Dr. Jay de Soca Prince returns to melt the ice with a hot blend of sizzling soca beats!
Event run: February 4, 2012
COBA: Collective of Black Artists - Les Rythmes de la Forêt
Saturday, February 4, 2012
8:00pm
The traditional dance forms from Guinea and Senegal will move you through an incredible and vibrant experience of folklore and storytelling. Dance and rhythm represent rites of passage, initiations, harvest and moments of pure joy and celebration.
Event run: February 3–5, 2012
SUNDAY SCENE / Anastasia Hare & Julia Paoli
Sunday, February 5, 2012
2:00pm
Anastasia Hare & Julia Paoli are Curatorial Interns at The Power Plant.
Event run: February 5, 2012
COBA: Collective of Black Artists - Les Rythmes de la Forêt
Sunday, February 5, 2012
3:00pm
The traditional dance forms from Guinea and Senegal will move you through an incredible and vibrant experience of folklore and storytelling. Dance and rhythm represent rites of passage, initiations, harvest and moments of pure joy and celebration.
Event run: February 3–5, 2012
For details inquire at the Info Desk or call 416-973-4000.