Global Extraction Film Festival 2020 – Curated by Jamaican Environmental Filmmaker, Esther Figueroa
The First Global Extraction Film Festival, streaming online from July 16-20, 2020, is FREE to the public worldwide. Curated by Esther Figueroa, environmental filmmaker based in Jamaica, in collaboration with Caribbean Creativity based in the Netherlands, GEFF 2020 is part of a movement to bring attention to both long-standing and newly evolving threats from global […]
Beenie Man vs. Bounty Killer Verzuz Results in 216% Increase of their Music Catalog
In the music world, Verzuz battles are common between deejays. One of the most famous was between Beenie Man and Bounty Killer. It resulted in a 216 percent increase in their catalogs and streaming for participants. The event was covered by CNN and viewed by hundreds of celebrities, dignitaries, and personalities that included Rihanna, Idris […]
NYC Councilman Calls for Cancellation of West Indian Day Parade Citing Cuts to Police Funding
Republican Councilman Joe Borelli of Staten Island, New York, has called for Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade to be cancelled, claiming that the event requires “beefed up” security that the police cannot afford. Borelli sent a letter to Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD), on July 7, 2020, that characterized the […]
