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Media Contact: Janine Diakite | events@caribbeing.com | 347-833-8613

2014 Summer Pop Up Series   

caribBEING in partnership with Brooklyn Museum presents Target First Saturdays featuring the best of Caribbean film, music, and art.  

WHY: Bridge arts, entertainment and cultural gap by presenting culturally relevant and contextual programming in Central Brooklyn with an emphasis on Flatbush  

WHO: caribBEING, Brooklyn Museum

WHAT: caribBEING will present film Mas Man the story of Peter Minshall, a designer for the Trinidad Carnival who became an Emmy Award–winning artistic director for three Olympic Games by filmmaker Dalton Narine, Project 2x1 a documentary about the Crown Heights neighborhood, recorded by its West Indian and Hasidic community members using Google Glass by filmmaker Hannah Roodman, and live music performance by Request Band

WHEN: August 2nd | 6-10 p.m

WHERE: Brooklyn Museum | 200 Eastern Pkwy, New York, NY 11238

ABOUT CARIBBEING: Conceptualized in 1999, CARIBBEING is a multidisciplinary nonprofit organization dedicated to showcasing Caribbean film + art + culture in Greater New York City and around the world. Part of CARIBBEING’s mission is to illuminate the Caribbean experience as well as its significant impact in NYC and Diaspora communities.