About this Event
NEW DATE!!! This Saturday Oct 3rd, 2026
🇯🇲 Jamaica Heritage Month launches Celebrating Caribbean Stories!
The N'Ester unexpectedly changed our plans last weekend, but we are back on!
Join us for an exclusive screening of Threads of Us, a Jamaican Love story set against the backdrop of Jamaica's Independence day celebrations, following the journey of two working class young people navigating love, work and survival. A narrative feature length film, written and produced by Donisha Prendergast and directed by Mykal Cushnie of DSE Jamaica in collaboration with Kae Media & Tuff Gong Pictures.
Saturday October 3, 2026
Caribbean Heritage Museum
Doors Open: 12:00 PM | Showtime: 12:30 PM
Contribution: $15 USD (plus $2.85 Eventbrite ticketing fee)
Part Proceeds/ Donations will support HOV Hurricane Recovery work in Westmoreland, Jamaica!
Logline
In Kingston, Jamaica, class and status often threaten to define one's dreams. As Danielle and Malcolm chart their journey towards independence, they encounter a fight against a system bigger than them. Can Love survive?
Starring Reggae singer Sevana in her debut as lead, Shomari Downer and Jamaican comedy legend Owen 'Blakka' Ellis and an All Jamaican cast & crew, This film is a tribute to soul of a people and the threads that connect us all.
🎤 Special Post-Screening Fireside Chat Plus Q&A!
Following the film, join us for a special conversation and Q&A with Donisha Prendergast, Writer & Producer of Threads of Us.
Hear directly from the filmmaker about creating the film in Jamaica, bringing Caribbean stories to international audiences!.
🌎 From Jamaica to the Diaspora
Threads of Us has been traveling on a Diaspora tour, directly to Caribbean communities across North America, with screenings in:
New Orleans • Boston • Washington, D.C. • Wilmington • Toronto • Newark • Orlando
And now, Hartford, Connecticut is next.
This isn't just a movie screening. It's a gathering around our stories.
A chance to see Jamaican cinema, celebrate Caribbean creativity, connect across generations and experience a story that speaks to the realities, resilience and complexity of our people.
Saturday October 3, 2026
Caribbean Heritage Museum
Doors Open: 12:00 PM | Showtime: 12:30 PM
Contribution: $15 USD (plus $2.85 Eventbrite ticketing fee)
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Come celebrate where we come from. Come celebrate the stories we tell.
Come celebrate the stories that make us who we are. Connecticut!!!
🎟️ Reserve your tickets and bring your family, friends and community.
Special Thanks to our Community Partners:
Caribbean Heritage Museum
Keney Park Sustainability
West Indian Social Club
A little bit about DSE Jamaica:
DSE Jamaica is an independent film production company dedicated to developing authentic Caribbean stories with global relevance. Through film, education, and innovative distribution models, DSE Jamaica seeks to build sustainable pathways for Caribbean creatives while ensuring that our stories are seen, studied, and celebrated both at home and across the diaspora.
A little bit about Humanity Ova Vanity:
Humanity Ova Vanity (HOV) is a non-profit organization that has spent more than two decades working alongside vulnerable communities in Jamaica through youth development, violence prevention, education, family support, and social enterprise. HOV believes that sustainable change begins by creating spaces where communities can tell their own stories, preserve their cultural identity, and imagine new possibilities for future generations.
Find out more about our work: www.humanityovanavity.org
Instagram: humanityovavanity.to_
Agenda
🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Opening Reception & Tour of Museum
Info: Enjoy a self-guided tour of the Caribbean Heritage Museum with food and drinks curated by Keney Park Sustainability Project. Celebrate Caribbean stories with touchscreens playing neighborhood stories, walls displaying decades of migration, organizing and family relics, and audio of kids reciting Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey’s speeches.
🕑: 12:30 PM - 12:40 PM
Official Welcome
Info: Greetings from the West Indian Social Club , the Caribbean Heritage Museum ans Keney Park Sustainability Project
🕑: 12:40 PM - 02:00 PM
Threads Of Us - Film Screening
Info: A 75 minute exclusive film screening of Threads Of Us, featuring an All Jamaican cast and crew!
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Fireside Chat: Storytelling for Cultural Preservation
Host: Donisha Prendergast
Info: An intimate dialogue between Caribbean Heritage Museum Curator /Director of the University of Connecticut’s Africana Studies Institute, Dr. Fiona Vernall and Writer/ Producer Donisha Prendergast.
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Audience Q & A
Info: Audience gets a chance to contribute questions/ comments/ reflections to the discussion of the film and themes presented from the Fireside Chat.
Event venue & nearby stays
West Indian Social Club of Hartford, Inc, 3340 Main Street, Hartford, United States
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