Event

The Black Consciousness Festival 2025 presented in partnership with the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (DMLL) Faculty of Humanities and Education The UWI St. Augustine offers a four-day journey of film conversation and community that celebrates the power of memory art and solidarity across the African diaspora.

This four-day journey of film conversation and community celebrates the power of memory art and solidarity across the African diaspora.

Theme: All of Us: One Humanity Bound by Many  

- Dates: November 20–23 2025  

- Venue: School of Education Auditorium, The University of the West Indies St. Augustine  

- Time: 5:00 PM daily  

Admission: Free Reservation of your seat required at www.purplepass.com (search the name of the film you would like to see or The Black Consciousness Festival)

The Festival opens on Black Consciousness Day November 20th, with a virtual community conversation exploring shared histories and living connections across Africa and the Americas followed by three powerful films, each beginning at 5 PM and followed by a short conversation on the film and its themes

Film Lineup:

November 21 – MÔA: Mother Africa Roots  

A celebration of the enduring legacy of musician and capoeira Master Moa do Katendê and the living rhythms of Afro-Brazilian culture

November 22 –TILL  

A moving story of Mamie Till-Bradley in the USA whose courage transformed grief into a civil rights movement and a global call for justice

November 23 – WALTER RODNEY: What They Don’t Want You to Know

An intimate portrait of one of the Caribbean’s most powerful voices for knowledge liberation and truth

In the tradition of the DMLL's Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Section, we honour the legacies of Zumbi dos Palmares, Emmett Till, Walter Rodney, and Master Moa do Katendê while imagining new paths of unity, empathy, and tran