15 Producers from Four Regions Selected for the 2026–27 Cross Continental Forum

NewsBy Olivier AgustinOctober 9, 2026

Year-long decolonial co-production programme centres ownership, creative control and international market access for Black and Global Majority producers. TORONTO, CANADA / KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA — CaribbeanTales Media Group (CTMG) has announced the 15 producers selected for the 2026–27 Cross Continental Forum (CCF), bringing together producers from Canada, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the Caribbean. CCF…

Cross Continental Forum : You Can Still Apply! Deadline Extended

NewsBy Olivier AgustinApril 24, 2026

Thank you for your continued support, They say that when you build something truly meaningful, people will take notice. This has certainly been our experience. Since launching CCF2026 we’ve seen a plethora of interest in the Cross Continental Forum, so much so that our inbox is overflowing with requests for more time. We hear you!…

Actress CCH Pounder to Lead Cross Continental Forum Expansion to South Africa with UMEDA and Pambili Media Partnership

NewsBy Olivier AgustinMarch 18, 2026

March 16, 2026 – Toronto Award-winning actor CCH Pounder is helping to spearhead the expansion of the Cross Continental Forum (CCF), an international co-production platform connecting producers across Africa and the global diaspora, as the initiative moves its 2026 edition to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The move is being made in partnership with UMEDA, the economic…

Jamaican Voice Behind Garvey

NewsBy Olivier AgustinMarch 4, 2026

Repost: Published by Nation News Friday, February 13, 2026, in the Entertainment section of Weekend Nation News (print edition). The TV series Garvey’s Ghost has been gaining attention across the Caribbean, Canada, the UK, and communities interested in diaspora stories. Created by filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon (born in England to Trinidadian parents), the series blends history,…

Cross Continental Conversations with Nicolette Richardson and Joy Loewen – Episode 1

NewsBy Olivier AgustinFebruary 18, 2026

Finding Your Team Joy Loewen on Storytelling, Belonging, and Decolonizing Film Futures At the Cross Continental Forum in Barbados, emerging and established storytellers from across the Global South came together to share, learn, and collaborate. Among them was Joy Ford-Loewen, Canadian media executive and changemaker, currently serving as Vice-President, Industry Development at the Canada Media Fund. For thirteen years, she…

The ‘Ghost’ of Marcus Garvey Haunts Black History Month

NewsBy Olivier AgustinFebruary 10, 2026

“The Ghost of Marcus Garvey” Haunts Black History Month How an Ancestor’s Spirit Has Returned to Inspire a New Generation When we talk about Black History Month, we often speak of legacies. We speak of spirits that refuse to be buried. But this year, there’s a spectre with swagger on the scene: the ghost of Marcus Garvey. Not…

5 Questions with Owen ‘Blakka’ Ellis – From The Cast of Garvey’s Ghost by Frances-Anne Solomon

NewsBy Olivier AgustinJanuary 21, 2026

A Caribbean Icon on Comedy, Culture and Garvey’s Ghost – Jan 6, 2026 – Originally posted on Jamaicans.com Jamaicans.com recently sat down with cultural icon Owen ‘Blakka’ Ellis, the beloved Jamaican actor, comedian, dub poet, writer and educator whose career has spanned more than four decades. Ellis reflected on his extraordinary journey in the creative…

Diaspora as Legacy: Peter Williams on Movement, Memory, and Garvey’s Ghost

NewsBy Olivier AgustinJanuary 3, 2026

Where some actors carry their history quietly, Peter Williams wears his across borders. Born in Jamaica and shaped by a life largely lived in Canada, Williams embodies the very tensions Garvey’s Ghost seeks to explore: movement and memory, belonging and displacement, roots that travel and identities that refuse to stay still. “I spent my formative years in…