Toronto Pan Afrikan Film Festival: Honouring Black Storytelling
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
6 pm
Price: Free (tickets required)
Duration: 45 minutes
The 2025 Toronto Pan Afrikan Film Festival is all about the “RIDDIM.” Through a curated selection of films, this year’s festival highlights the stories of Black musicians and features the dynamic role that music plays in storytelling.
The evening’s feature film will be the documentary Sounds & Pressure: Toronto. At the height of the golden age of reggae, some of Jamaica’s brightest stars left their homeland behind to shine their light in an unlikely hub of Caribbean creativity — Toronto. Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land is a captivating series that chronicles the musical and geographical journeys of Nana McLean, Johnny Osbourne, and duo Roy Panton and Yvonne Harrison. Through rare archives, electrifying needle drops and lively interviews with the artists themselves, directors Graeme Mathieson and Chris Flanagan take you from Kingston to Toronto’s Kensington Market to see and hear how reggae made roots in Canada against all odds.
This film screening will be followed by a reception Chai & Chat — a space for the audience to connect with each other.
About the Filmmakers
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Graeme Mathieson
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Chris Flanagan
Government Partners
