For the first time , BLACK Cinema will be celebrated this week-end in Winnipeg!
If Films are your love, then CINEMATQUE would be perfect for you this week-end. Friday, Saturday and Sunday it’s a celebration of BLACK History Month with presentation of the first annual Afro Prairie Film Festival. It’s the first Black-Centric film festival in Western Canada.
This is Black cinema from across North America featuring established and emerging Black Film makers from Canada. Not only is it educational but there are workshops for an opportunity to explore Black films more deeply. Guest actors and filmmakers will be there too to discuss and ask questions.
The first film shows this Friday at 7 pm followed by three more each day , Saturday and Sunday. For times and prices log on at https://www.winnipegfilmgroup.com/product/afro-prairie-film-festival/. Here’s a trailer from “ Black Cop” which runs Saturday night , one of the seven being shown this weekend.