HaMafilms Antigua is pleased to announce that the next screening of their latest film, ‘Deep Blue’ will be hosted by the Urban Studies Program of the University of Toronto on Saturday 21st September at Innis College Town Hall at the University of Toronto.
David J. Roberts, Director of the Urban Studies Program, says the Urban Studies Program “is excited to host a screening of Deep Blue”.
He further iterates that “part of our commitment to work towards more livable, just, and sustainable futures, is to learn from and support the struggles for justice both here and elsewhere.”
‘Deep Blue’ is a film that focuses on environmental justice and reflects various perspectives on coastal development in the Caribbean. Roberts of the University of Toronto believes ‘Deep Blue’ is aligned with the work done in the Urban Studies Program.
He says of the screening, “I am especially excited to learn from and share perspectives from the Caribbean with my students at this time, as we have just begun a partnership with the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis to update the urban revitalization plan for downtown Basseterre. I hope that this marks the beginning of deeper partnerships between the Urban Studies Program at the University of Toronto and work being done on the ground in the Caribbean.”
‘Deep Blue’ has been screened at several locations and film festivals across the Americas including Canada, the USA, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Montserrat and here in Antigua and Barbuda.
However, this particular screening on September 21st will mark a new chapter for HaMafilms in which they will use their films to aid civil society. P
art of the proceeds of the screening at Innis College Town Hall in Toronto will go to the Borden Place Inc. non-profit organisation in Canada.
60 Borden Place is a lodging facility that provides in-house medical support, healthy meals and an elevated standard of living to those in need, helping its residents eliminate their cycle of homelessness and instability.
Founder and Executive Director of Borden Place Inc., Alana Jones, who is also a University of Toronto faculty member, recognises that art can transform lives and is pleased that HaMafilms Antigua will donate part of the proceeds of the upcoming Deep Blue screening to Borden Place inc.
Managing director of HaMafilms Antigua, Mitzi Allen says of the screening, “I hope the film will be transformative for people who watch it when it comes to protecting what we have.”
HaMafilms Antigua plans to do similar collaborations at home in Antigua and Barbuda with other civil societies where they can use HaMafilms screenings as fundraisers.
Allen emphasizes that society can “go further with all the things we want to accomplish in life by working together.”
