Thursday, June 20, 2009
Quest of the Carib Canoe
Carib Indian artist and activist Jacob Frederick, and others from his community, sail nearly 1000 miles in a hand built canoe from their home on the island of Dominica in the British West Indies to South America in a voyage to rediscover their ancestral heritage. Director Eugene Jarecki generously donated this extremely rare film for presentation. Special guests for the evening included poet Kantuta and Cheryl Noralez of the Garifuna Heritage Foundation, an Indigenous organization in LA that focuses on the preservation of Carib and African roots!
Special guest artist Kantuta begins the night with song and poetry.
Cheryl Noralez, President of the Garifuna Heritage Foundation, discusses the history of the Carib people.
Lorin Morgan-Richards, Cheryl Noralez, Ruben Reyes
How to get involved:
http://www.garifunaheritagefoundation.org
http://www.geocities.com/caribcanoe/