An Evening of Jamaican Film
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The Ninth Floor
I got to see this documentary last year during #TTFF16. I don’t know why I forgot to write about it, because I loved their access to, and use of archive footage. The Sir George Williams Affair of 1969 was an early per-cursor to the Black Power Uprising in 1970. Many of the students who took…
Jamaican Film Industry Needs Help
BySoyiniA report by Shereita Grizzle for Jamaica’s Gleaner. Jamaican actress, director and producer, Sherando Cupid-Ferril, has her sights set on helping to move Jamaica’s film industry to a place where it can actively compete on the international market. Speaking with The Sunday Gleaner, in a recent interview, the popular personality explained that the country’s industry…
Nneka Luke moves to FilmTT
FilmTT Appoints New General Manager Port of Spain, 30th August, 2016: The Board of Directors of the Trinidad and Tobago Film Company Limited (FilmTT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Nneka Luke to the position of General Manager effective 1st September, 2016. Chairman of the Board, Camille Selvon Abrahams shared that this selection…
The Vikings Are Coming- Animae Caribe
In 2010 an animated journey began when Andres Mänd, the head of the Animation Department of Volda University Norway was invited to be on the jury for CubAnima film festival in Havana, Cuba. There he met the founder and director of Animae Caribe Animation Festival Camille Selvon Abrahams. There was an immediate connection and discussion…
Affair in Trinidad – A Film Review
BySoyiniAffair in Trinidad was the 1952 comeback vehicle for the Hollywood sex symbol and actress Rita Hayworth. She had spent 4 years away from the big screen because of her marriage to Prince Ali Khan. But when that marriage ended Hayworth needed to make her return in a big way. Affair in Trinidad is a…
Film Festival Season in T&T
BySoyiniIt’s the most wonderful time of the year for film lovers. It’s Film Festival Season! The T&T Film Festival is on, and there are so many great local and regional movies to watch. Plus TTFF always includes world cinema on the roster. It’s a movie buff’s paradise. But when TTFF ends on the 27th September,…