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SF Latino Film Festival: Call for Entries

SF Latino Film Festival: Call for Entries

Now open for submissions the mission of San Francisco Latino Film Festival  is to “provide a platform for films made by US Latino, Latin American, or Iberian filmmakers- as well as films by and about Latinos. We showcase films with a distinctly Latin American/Latino experience or point of view”. Submission fees are nominal and can be made online or via mail. Same with film screeners both online…

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Shane

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Songs From The Film 'Portrait'

Songs From The Film ‘Portrait’

During production for the short film ‘Portrait’ I approached DMV (DC,Maryland, Virginia) based singer-songwriter Nila Kay about the possibility of writing and producing a soundtrack EP to coincide with the film. I was stoked when Nila obliged and even more so when, after numerous meetings, calls and emails I heard the final rough material that she had written which perfectly reflected what I was…

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BIM Literary Festival (Barbados)

BIM Literary Festival (Barbados)

BIM LITERARY FESTIVAL & BOOK FAIR (INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, Barbados) 12-14 MAY, 2016 The inaugural Bim Literary Festival and Book Fair took place in May 2012. The festival’s theme was “Words Need Love Too,” a sentiment borrowed from a poem by Barbados’ best-known poet, Kamau Brathwaithe. Organized by Writers Ink Inc.(which I enjoyed being a member of when I lived in Barbados), a collective of…

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PJ Harvey's New Single 'Community of Hope' Tears Through D.C. Inequality

PJ Harvey’s New Single ‘Community of Hope’ Tears Through D.C. Inequality

I own every PJ Harvey record except for White Chalk (2007), The Peel Sessions Compilation (2006) and A Woman A Man Walked By (With John Parish – 2009). Somewhere I have them written on a list of albums I need to buy. I saw this video for ‘Dress’ one night late back in 1991 on MTV’s 120 minutes and subsequently went out and bought a cassette tape of her debut album ‘Dry’ from which it was…

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Basketball Bright Hope: Buddy Hield

Basketball Bright Hope: Buddy Hield

A friend turned me on to Bahamas born OU basketball player Buddy Hield and his unlikely story of humility and commitment. “I read this and thought of you,” he said. Buddy, whose recent performance against Kansas State led Oklahoma to their first Final Four since 2002, spent countless hours practising in Freeport, Bahamas on a homemade crate and plywood ‘hoop’ (below).  Neighbors taunted and…

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New Web Series: The Counselor

New Web Series: The Counselor

Having received the coveted  ‘Best In Show’ award at the recently concluded Rosebud Film Festival in Arlington, Virginia for his 2015 film ‘Last Night’, D.C. based filmmaker – Writer/ Director/ Producer Harold Jackson III – prepares for the release of his new web series ‘The Counselor’. The series is centered around a hardened therapist Dr. Venahzen (Curtiss Cook) as he struggles to treat David…

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Documentary 'BackBurner Dreams': A Women's Passion Project

Documentary ‘BackBurner Dreams’: A Women’s Passion Project

  ‘Back Burner Dreams’, an in-production documentary by Maryland based filmmaker Brenda Hayes, delves into the lives of three beautiful, gifted, intelligent women who chose to commit to raising their families, while putting the calling of their own talents on hold. The film follows Carla, Stephanie and Melanee as they seek to reconnect with their passions. View the Trailer here. I was recently on…

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'Surfer Girl' Documentary

‘Surfer Girl’ Documentary

“Barbados Surfer Girl” is a documentary film about Chelsea Tuach,  a remarkable young  athlete who may be on her way to joining the group of 16 elite women  surfers in the world.   At ten years  of age, the diminutive blonde was the youngest person to ever be selected for the Barbados National Surfing Team. At 17 she had won more international awards and accolades than any Barbadian in any sport…

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MACICIO (Kikuyu word for “spectacles”), 2015

CONCEPT/PHOTOGRAPHY: Osborne Macharia

COSTUME & SPECTACLE DESIGN: Kevo Abbra

“This is my first of many fictional stories to come. It revolves around the Mau Mau (guerilla fighters during Kenya’s struggle for independence). 

Rumour has it that within the Mau Mau fighters was a special unit of 5 opticians who hand-crafted special-made spectacles that they used to to spot the enemy at night. Little is known about them…til now.” 

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How Are We Haiti?

How Are We Haiti?

Perception. I sure succumbed to its powers while flying over Haiti’s massive mass and many mountains. A quiet hum on the aircraft proved my fellow Barbadian members were also holding breaths of intimidation. We were part of a contingent touching down to represent our country over fourteen days of a Caribbean Festival of Arts titled Carifesta XII. My subconscious prepared me to be overwhelmed by…

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Please forgive me if I don’t talk much at times. It’s loud enough in my head.

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Federico Fellini having a bite to eat on the set of LA DOLCE VITA.

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Barbados Short Film: 'Going Beyond'

Barbados Short Film: ‘Going Beyond’

 ‘Going Beyond’ is a short Film which, according to writer/ director Damien Pinder ‘explores the rising issue of child custody deprivation and the psychological effects it can have on both child and deprived parent, when in this situation an estranged wife denies her husband the right to speak to or see their son…’    The film which won Best Editing at the 2014 Barbados Visual Media Awards was…

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