Join us for an evening of film, dance, and community presented in collaboration with Farrin, Garth Fagan Dance, WXXI, and The Rochester Film Commission.
What: Caribbean Currents: A Rochester Film Experience
When: Thursday, July 23 • 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Where: WXXI Studio, 280 State Street, Rochester
At the center of the evening is Farrin, an upcoming Jamaican American independent feature film currently in development, written and directed by Rochester-born filmmaker and Fulbright Research-Arts Fellow Danielle Fuller. The story follows Maya, a Jamaican-American artist returning to Jamaica for the first time as an adult, and Sheree, a young Jamaican woman determined to leave it. As the two women form an unexpected bond, their lives begin to intertwine in unexpected ways.
Caribbean Currents is rooted in Rochester’s creative ecosystem and shaped by the belief that local storytelling carries its greatest power when supported, witnessed, and shared within the community that helps sustain it. This evening brings together film, performance, and public media as a shared cultural space where independent work can be supported.
The evening will feature insight into the development of Farrin, the journey of the project as it approaches production, perspectives on storytelling in Rochester from WXXI and the Rochester Film Commission, a performance and perspective from Garth Fagan Dance on the importance of supporting the arts and Caribbean storytelling within the diaspora.
All ticket sales directly support the production of Farrin and help bring this Rochester-rooted independent film to life.