Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit Names the First Series of Ambassadors to Advance a Global Cinematic Agenda
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The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Circle will connect creative communities across countries, continents, and cultures, with a focus on collaboration, cultural diplomacy, and collective growth.
ATLANTA — The Alma Film Festival has named the first 6 regional ambassadors to help shape a global cinematic agenda—bringing distinct creative communities into sustained dialogue about the stories they tell, the audiences they reach, and the opportunities they can build together.
The ambassadors form the Afro-Mosaic Cinema Circle, a network designed to connect regional knowledge with cross-continental collaboration. Its purpose extends beyond introducing filmmakers across borders: the Circle will identify shared priorities and develop relationships through which cultural exchange can lead to practical cooperation.
At the center of the initiative is a question with implications for both culture and the business of cinema: How can communities participate more fully in a global film landscape while retaining ownership of their work and the specificity of their stories?
The Circle will approach that question through regional perspectives, creating space for participants to define their own needs, contribute their expertise, and help establish the terms of collaboration. The ambition is to develop a shared agenda that draws strength from differences in language, history, geography, and creative practice.
Six Ambassadors, a Shared Undertaking
The inaugural regional ambassador group comprises:
Lisa Mini — South Africa and Southern Africa
Lori Beazer - - Toronto, Canada
Benny Marie Hiraldo Trinidad — Dominican Republic and the island of Hispaniola
Jaden (Khotso Jaden) Maphathe — Lesotho and the Basotho community
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Each ambassador will bring an informed regional perspective while helping connect the Circle with filmmakers, cultural practitioners, institutions, and other relevant voices. The role emphasizes listening and relationship building, with attention to communities beyond major production centers, including diaspora, Indigenous, island, and language communities.
These connections will inform the Summit’s developing agenda, helping participants identify where their priorities intersect and where distinct circumstances call for different approaches.
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From Cultural Exchange to Collective Growth
A global cinematic agenda takes shape through decisions about whose experiences enter the conversation, how creative work reaches audiences, and what makes participation sustainable. For the Circle, those questions will guide discussions of regional strengths, barriers, and opportunities for cooperation.
The network will explore how participants can exchange knowledge, facilitate introductions, broaden audience connections, and identify work they can pursue together. Cultural authenticity and respect for creators’ ownership will anchor that process.
The significance lies in continuity. An introduction can open a conversation; an ongoing relationship allows participants to understand one another’s working conditions, establish trust, and determine what they can realistically accomplish together. The Circle is intended to support that progression from initial exchange to shared priorities and collaborative action.
Collective growth, in this context, means developing opportunities through reciprocal participation—recognizing that each region brings knowledge, relationships, and creative experience that can inform the wider group.
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Cultural Diplomacy Through Cinema
Cinema offers a means of encountering how other people understand their histories, communities, and place in the world. The relationships behind that exchange can carry their own significance, creating channels for dialogue among people separated by borders, languages, and institutions.
The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Circle places those relationships at the center of its approach to cultural diplomacy. Through sustained conversation and shared work, participants will seek a fuller understanding of one another’s perspectives while identifying areas of common purpose.
The initiative was founded by Anthony R. Page, Founder of the Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit and Festival Director and Ecosystem Architect of the Alma Film Festival. The ambassador network establishes a structure through which regional voices can help guide the Summit’s development and contribute to its longer-term collaborative work.
The Circle’s next phase will focus on convening ambassadors, gathering regional insights, and translating those discussions into a set of shared priorities. That process will provide the foundation for an evolving global cinematic agenda—one shaped by the communities participating in it.
About the Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit
The Afro-Mosaic Cinema Summit is an initiative of the Alma Film Festival, a project of Blue Bistro Creative LLC. Its regional ambassador network, the Afro-Mosaic Cinema Circle, brings regional perspectives into a global cinematic conversation and develops opportunities for cross-continental collaboration, cultural diplomacy, and collective growth. The initiative emphasizes cultural authenticity, access to audiences, sustainable creative work, and respect for creators’ ownership.
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