Alyscia Cunningham’s Caribbean Folklore Horror Film ‘Douen’ to Screen at AFI Silver
Local filmmaker Alyscia Cunningham will screen her Caribbean folklore horror film "Douen" at AFI Silver in Washington, DC. The film explores themes of ancestral mythology and supernatural elements, featuring a creature from Trinidadian folklore.
Washington, DC, October 29, 2026 —
Local filmmaker Alyscia Cunningham will screen Douen, a Caribbean folklore horror film, at AFI Silver in Washington, DC. The film explores ancestral mythology and supernatural elements and features a creature from Trinidadian folklore.
The announcement identifies Cunningham as a local filmmaker but does not provide further biographical details. It also does not specify the screening date or time, whether additional screenings are planned, or how the film will be presented at the venue.
Douen is described as drawing on Caribbean folklore, with a creature from Trinidadian tradition at the center of its supernatural elements. The available information does not provide details about the film’s plot, cast, runtime, production, or the way it interprets the folklore. It therefore offers only a broad outline of the film’s subject and themes.
The screening location is AFI Silver in Washington, DC. No ticketing information, admission details, or accompanying events were included in the announcement. The specific date and time of the screening were also not provided, so the timing of the event cannot be determined from the information available.
The announcement presents the screening as a forthcoming event for Cunningham’s film, but gives no additional schedule or distribution details. Further information about the screening and the film was not included in the summary.
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