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Shots ring out one winter night, and a bullet meant for a local dealer kills a child. In the aftermath of shock, Gene, a 40 something social worker starts a Black men's support group, at the local Caribbean Takeaway Restaurant.

"Siren Spirits" is a wonderful feature comprising four short dramas directed by women of color, produced by Leda Serene for the British Film Institute and BBC Television.

The story explores the intense friendship that evolves between three troubled teenagers growing up in an isolated children's home on the Northumbrian coast.

Exquisitely beautiful and profoundly moving, What My Mother Told Me is a dramatic journey towards self discovery. The story focuses on Jesse, a young woman from England, who goes to Trinidad to bury her father. Reluctantly she agrees to meet her mother, whom she thought had abandoned her when she was a child. Her mother tells her stories, revealing a troubled and violent marriage, and Jesse is forced to face the truth about her past.

A wildly irreverent take on lack church life. Canada's first truly multicultural sitcom.

Days before his death, a Bengali man has a prophetic dream about his journey towards enlightenment.

This award winning documentary charts the journey of the African woman from slavery in the caribbean to slavery, through music dance and poetry.

Heart Beat is a 13xhalf hour documentary series that profiles Canadian-Caribbean musicians and explores the hearts, minds, and worlds of some of Canada's most dynamic musical creators.

The series profiles Caribbean-Canadian Authors.

In 1943 300 middle class "coloured" women from across the West Indies were recruited to the ATS, a branch of the British Army. This documentary documents for the first time the contribution of these women to WW2.

Using magic realism, Memsahib Rita looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism. Shanti is haunted by both the racist taunts of nationalist white youths and the memory of her white mother.

Dani Williamson's Get Me to the Crematorium on Time is a moving portrait of undying love and grief. When her husband of twenty years dies, Bonetta is overcome by her loss and is taken to a mental hospital; but she knows she must escape to get to the crematorium to say farewell to the man with whom she has shared her life.

Director Ngozi Onwurah uses a murder mystery to explore the legacies of British colonialism and the exoticization of black women.

The film follows Ramabai Espinet to launch her novel The Swinging bridge in her hometown of San Fernando Trinidad. What begins as a simple nostalgic journey, becomes a fascinating exploration of a brilliant writer's imagination.