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!…
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…
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,…
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 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…
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…
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…
Official Repost from Jamaicans.com – Denise Lee, Wed, November 26, 2025 The TV series Marcus 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, the series blends history, humour, and ancestral storytelling to explore the impact of Marcus Garvey’s ideas across generations. Here…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Toronto, Ontario, Sept 23, 2025 Frances-Anne Solomon Announces Season 2 of Garvey’s Ghost PLUS Season 1 Global Screenings Alert! Following the breakout success of its debut season, the award-winning web and TV series Garvey’s Ghost is set to return for a highly anticipated second season just in time for February 2026. Season 1 had…
Originally posted by Alt-Africa (link to post) Frances-Anne Solomon is an acclaimed British-Trinidadian-Canadian filmmaker, writer, producer, and founder of the CaribbeanTales Media Group. With a career spanning over four decades across the BBC, Canada’s cultural institutions, and the Caribbean, Solomon has dedicated her life to amplifying underrepresented voices, particularly those of the African and Caribbean…
The Cross Continental Forum Was Only the Beginning The Cross Continental Forum 2025 was more than a gathering—it was a blueprint in motion. At the core of the forum was one undeniable truth: the future of global storytelling is being rewritten by the Global South. “There’s a depth and richness in our storytelling that often…
Beginnings “What My Mother Told Me” started as a short story I wrote at 16, about the breakup of my parents’ marriage. I shared it with my father, and he cried. The story’s roots are tangled and personal. They began when I first met my mother, and she told me a story I’d never heard…