FeCAViP Manifesto (1990): Federation of Caribbean Audiovisual Professionals

We, producers, filmmakers, screenwriters, technicians, and actors of the second Images Caraïbes Festival, 1990, being aware of the need to further develop the space within the Caribbean for professional workers in film and video, reflecting our special needs, and after having made a deep analysis of our reality, acknowledging the importance of film, TV, and video, decided to give ourselves the means in order to obtain the conditions necessary for the realization of the expression of the professionals working in film and video.

So together, we have to:

1. 1. Create, produce, distribute, and broadcast the works of our young Caribbean artists.

2. 2. Contribute to the training of our young artists and technicians.

3. 3. Collect, record, archive, and preserve our cultural heritage.

4. 4. Overcome the existing linguistic, legal, technical, and commercial barriers.

5. 5. Promote Caribbean cinema, video, and TV productions.

6. 6. Develop the exchange of information between Caribbean professionals.

7. 7. Establish relationships between all the associations and audiovisual events of the Caribbean and its diaspora.

8. 8. Create new contacts with countries facing similar problems (in Africa, South America, for example).

In order to achieve our goals, we have decided to create a Federation named the Federation of Caribbean Audiovisual Professionals (FeCAViP). Fort-de-France, June 8, 1990. Distributed by APDCC/Images Caraïbes, Fort-de-France, 1990.