In colourful celebration of African heritage, the Committee to Commemorate and Memorialize the Abolition of the Slave Trades proudly presents the CMAST Pan African Film & Literary Festival!

This colourful 3-day event will highlight exclusive film screenings, literary readings and multi-genre performance artists representing Canada, the Caribbean, Continental Africa, and their respective Diasporas.

The Committee to Commemorate and Memorialize the Abolition of the Slave Trades (C.M.A.S.T.) is a community-based coalition formed to encourage education about the 200th anniversary of the British Parliament’s legislation to end the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and to develop bicentenary commemorative events in the Greater Toronto Area.

Dates : Friday October 30, 2009 6-10pm. Saturday & Sunday October 31 & November 1, 2009 1-8pm. Jaivah performing on Saturday afternoon.
Venue : William Doo Auditorium, 45 Wilcox St @ Spadina, Toronto
Info : FaceBook Event