An amazing and powerful festival marked the 33rd festival 2014. Beginning with a Red Carpet and a great Opening Gala, TAN the Afro News was delighted to be a part of it. The World Poetry Media Team of Una and Juergen Bruhns provided the exceptional photos of the festival. An amazing amount of 63 wonderful
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Ariadne Sawyer
World Poetry African Award Winners
on September 6th, 2014
The Fourth World Poetry Canada International Peace Festival October 1-27 with displays, UBC, SFU, UBC Learning Exchange, New Westminster Public Library, and the Britannia Library. Book launches and a Peace and Human Rights Film festival will be celebrating the African Award Winners and welcoming them to Vancouver. Each winner has been recommended and carefully chosen.
Must See African Interest Films at VIFF
on September 4th, 2014
TAN the Afro News is honoured to present a quick review of the African Interest Films at the Vancouver International Film Festival. For film information, Showtime’s and ticket sales on www.viff.org Also, the World Poetry Café Radio Show and the www.worldpoetry.ca site will offer interviews as requested.. The Vancouver International Film Festival is presenting some
Only When I Dance Movie Review By Afro News reporter Ariadne Sawyer, MA.
on October 25th, 2009
Beauty, vibrant color, family loyalty, a supportive, loyal dance school and the search for perfection are featured in this movie entitled Only When I Dance. It shows the quest of two talented young Afro Brazilian ballet dancers as they attempt to break racial and economic barriers to follow their muse. The dance sequences are exquisite
Multigenerational trauma meets poverty, victimization and hope in Precious.
on October 22nd, 2009
Movie review by The Afro News Reporter, Ariadne Sawyer, MA“Precious “from the novel Push was originally written by African American, poet and writer Sapphire. Skillfully adapted for screen by Damien Paul and directed by the Academy Award Winner Lee Daniels; it is a remarkable film where multigenerational trauma and poverty weave together a hard core
Displacement, Longing and Bonding highlight A Cargo to Africa.
on October 9th, 2009
By Afro News Reporter, Ariadne Sawyer. Made in scenic Montreal and surrounding rural areas, this film follows the adventures of Norbert (Pierre Lebeau, Winner of the Grand Prize of the Americas at the 2009 World Film Festival, 2009 for his exceptional body of work). Norbert is forced to return to Canada as an evacuee from
Actor Morgan Freeman’s Goal, Prom in Mississippi! By Ariadne Sawyer, MA
on October 2nd, 2009
A unique event was set into motion when the Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman decided to sponsor and pay for an integrated prom in his home town of Charleston, Mississippi. He was turned down once in 1997 and tried again in 2000, this time being accepted by the school board. The school of 435 students
