Romola Lucas
Panelist
Romola O. Lucas is an attorney and avid Caribbean/indie film enthusiast of Guyanese heritage who resides in Brooklyn, NY. Established in 2012, Lucas is the founder and Executive Director of the Caribbean Film Academy (CaFA), a New York-based non-for-profit created to share Caribbean films and support Caribbean filmmakers, in the region and the diaspora. Through her work with CaFA, Lucas produces films by filmmakers in the Caribbean, film festivals – the Timehri Film Festival in Guyana, and the Third Horizon Film Festival in Miami – distributes Caribbean films, through CaFA’s online platform, Studio Anansi TV.
At the Law Offices of Romola O. Lucas, she provides counseling in estate planning, probate and administration, tax planning, and contract negotiation and drafting, for individuals, entrepreneurs, non-profits, artists, seniors and members of the LGBTQ community.