A screenshot of the film’s trailer on YouTube. The link to the trailer is found at the end of the article.
By Admin. Updated 7:18 p.m., Thursday, October 17, 2024, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).
Eighty-seven years after Marcus Garvey visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), a short film in his honour will be screened here.
The screening of the film called – Mosiah will be done at the inaugural St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Marcus Garvey Symposium scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 8 pm at the UWI Global Campus in Kingstown St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The event is being organized by SVG Solidarity in conjunction with the UWI Global Campus SVG, UNIA ACL, and Caribbean Airlines.
The guest presenter at the symposium and film screening will be Steven Golding from Jamaica.
The short film is expected to highlight key aspects of the historical icon’s struggle and journey to liberate blacks in America and across the globe.
Garvey visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines in October 1937.
Members of the Vincentian public are being invited to view the film for a contribution of $20. Interested persons can RSVP at http://www.facebook.com/uniajamaica
The US National Archives says Marcus Mosiah Garvey “was known as the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Formed in Jamaica in July 1914, the UNIA aimed to achieve Black nationalism through the celebration of African history and culture.”
“Through the UNIA, Garvey also pushed to support the “back to Africa” movement, and created the Black Star Line to act as the Black owned passenger line that would carry patrons back and forth to Africa. He also fostered restaurants and shopping centers to encourage black economic independence. In addition to his support of Pan-Africanism, Marcus Garvey was a Black nationalist and believed in racial separatism. This made him a controversial figure in and out of the Black community, especially as he challenged major thought leader W.E.B Du Bois,” the US National Archives states on its website.
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