AfricaNow! Jun. 6, 2018 Roots, Remembrance & the Caribbean on Film

AfricaNow! June 6, 2018 Roots, Remembrance and the Caribbean on Film Summary—Topics and Guests: AfricaNow! today focuses on the Roots, Remembrance and the Caribbean on Film in the context of Caribbean American Heritage Month, Immigrant Heritage Month, and African-American Music Appreciation Month and Black Music Month in the U.S. and the U.K. respectively. Connecting these topics in conversations on AfricaNow! are: British filmmaker Jaha Browne co-director with Ms. Tara Manandhar of Homelands--Going Back to Our Roots the opening film at the 2018 DC Caribbean FilmFest; and Eurica Huggins of African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute (ADACI). Topics and Guests: AfricaNow! today focuses on the Roots, Remembrance and the Caribbean on Film in the context of Caribbean American Heritage Month, Immigrant Heritage Month, and African-American Music Appreciation Month and Black Music Month in the U.S. and the U.K. respectively. Connecting these topics in conversations on AfricaNow! are: British filmmaker Jaha Browne, and Eurica Huggins of African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute (ADACI). We begin the show with a discussion with Ms. Jaha Browne, co-director with Ms. Tara Manandhar of Homelands: Going Back to Our Roots the opening film at the 2018 DC Caribbean FilmFest. “Homelands is the culmination of a year-long project in which four acclaimed British urban musicians returned to their cultural roots, connecting with their homelands to create and produce new music. Mercury Music Prize nominee Terri Walker travelled to Jamaica and double MOBO Award winner Shakka visited Dominica, while grime artists Diztortion and Saskilla headed to Suriname and Senegal, respectively. This groundbreaking documentary produced by Punch Records follows each artist as they travel alone, only accompanied by a small film crew, to explore the roots of their sound and their cultural identity. The result is a fascinating story of cultural genealogy studded with rocking and rousing musical interludes.” (Note courtesy of BFI, on the 2018 DC Caribbean FilmFest.) The show also features Ms. Eurica Huggins Co-Founder and Director of International Affairs, African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute (ADACI). Together with Ms. Huggins AfricaNow! discusses the importance of remembrance and heritage in forging the way forward for African people. Originally broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM, Washington, DC.  Tune into AfricaNow! live on WPFW 89.3 FM in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area or visit www.wpfwfm.org on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:00PM (Eastern).