Guyanese Film Screening & Benefit Event in NYC
Hosted by Peace Corps and El Dorado
New York, NY – April 6th 2013 – Join us for an elegant evening of Fine Art, Music, Film & Cocktails from NYC to Guyana…Saturday, April 6th 2013 – 6pm – 9pm — Friends & Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Guyana (FROG) a non-profit organization of former Peace Corps volunteers will host a special screening of the award-winning 64th Festival de Cannes Official Selection, Guyanese short film The Seawall and launch The Mason Richards Film Fellowship for students at The University of Guyana.
This Benefit event will also feature select works of fine art by prominent artists of Guyanese descent including renowned Yale University MFA Marlon Forrester and others.
Guests will enjoy delicious Guyanese fare, wine, and scrumptious specialty cocktails courtesy of Guyana’s El Dorado Rum…and will be serenaded by live ‘creole jazz in Shanto Tradition’ with Special Guest Guyanese Master Drummer Baba Mpho in downtown Manhattan’s 154 Stanton Galley private lounge and Roof top deck.
ALL donations and a portion of the proceeds of art sold will be donated to the production of the feature-length version of “The Seawall” film and to the ‘Mason Richards Film Fellowship’ for students at University of Guyana to study and participate in the production of the feature film made in the South American country. [THE_SEAWALL_-_NYC_BENEFIT-April_6th_2013]
