The Center for Educational Growth, Inc.

Tickets To The Red Carpet Premiere - Get Exclusive Seats Here To The Release Of Virgin Islands Made Films at Caribbean Cinemas December 19, 2025 @ 6pm on St. Croix, USVI

Red Carpet Mix & Mingle - 6:00 pm

Film Screening - 7:15pm


✨ Why You Can’t Miss This:

"We're changing the scene" - and using film to address the gun homicide rate in the USVI. With two powerful films created by talented youth from the 2025 Film Over Gun Violence Summer Program that will take center stage. The Non-Profit Center for Educational Growth, Inc. ("CFEG") School - Film Over Gun Violence Program ("FOGV") is your ticket to local and student made films! CFEG Partners, Blue Tarp Productions, CMCArts, KFaktornize, Nano Tech Productions, Big Wave VI, Sound Stage, and Caribbean Cinemas, as well as sponsors, Neighborhood Pharmacy, Designs Production, Boomerang Eats, Williams Family Chiropractic, and Cane Bay Cares, invite you to help us - "redirect youth and communities away from gun violence to the art of filmmaking".


Reserve your seat with a ticket purchase below to get exclusive access to our Red Carpet event including:

  • Q&A, PR, merch, networking, and One-On-One time with actors, producers, and program executives;

Your tickets and all proceeds directly supports the FOGV program, and the annual making of new local films, student scholarships to participate, and inter-island film screening/festivals - keeping cameras instead of guns in our students' hands and their voices on the big screen.


🎥 Featured Films:

1. Verified

A determined teen seeks validation through social media, but when her values are tested...will she choose fame and getting what she wants or integrity and doing what is right?

STARRING FOGV PROGRAM YOUTH: Darines Sanchez, Sole Rogers, Merina Gasperi, Maya Prasad, Earnest Jackson, William Coughlan, Victoria Crawford, Eunseo Farris, Saidah Banwaree, Sayeeda Carter, Irene Ali


2. Bottled Love

An awkward young woman faces life’s struggles and turns to vices for comfort—leading to a journey of destruction and discovery.

STARRING FOGV PROGRAM COMMUNITY: Kiana Joseph, Naydyeyah Acoy-Thomas, Zuma E. Nisbett, Dishan Bates, Jaiya Taylor, Razonel Williams, Irene Ali, Azadi Sage Knight


Can't attend and still want to contribute? - You can still support by purchasing a ticket, watching our films online, or sharing the opportunity with other students and friends.


CLICK THE LINKS BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROGRAM AND HOW TO SUPPORT:

https://usvicfeg.com/programs/

https://btpusvi.com/film-over-gun-violence-1

Seats are limited, don't miss your moment,

RSVP BELOW NOW! 👇🏾


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