Roger Toussaint, the Trinidadian-born former president of the Transport Workers Union Local 100 and a member of the Caribbean Awareness Committee, said “the Grenada experience impacted the course of struggles throughout the Caribbean and beyond. “Forward Ever: The Killing of a Revolution,” a documentary film that examines the rise and implosion of the Maurice Bishop-led People’s Revolutionary Government (1979-1983) of Grenada will have its New York premiere on Friday, June 20 at the Main Auditorium, Medgar Evers College, CUNY, commencing at 6:00 p.m. The film, which runs approximately two hours, focuses on events in 1983 surrounding the execution of Prime Minister Bishop, cabinet members and civilians and the subsequent U.S. military invasion in alliance with certain governments in the region. The screenings of the film are scheduled for Harlem June 21-Lower Manhattan June 26-Rochester, New York June 27.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:50:56 +0000
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