In 2012 The Garifuna Film Festival was recognized by the City of Los Angeles & former Mayor Villaregosa when May 26th was proclaimed Garifuna International Film Day in City of Los Angeles and state of California.

The average person in the United States knows nothing about some 600,000 people who identify with the Black Carib Garifuna community around the world. Freda Sideroff is hoping to change that perception, as, for the second consecutive year, she brings the Garifuna