Title: The
Kite Flyer
Director: Thom Cross
Duration/Date: 72min/2007
Genre: Feature
Country: Barbados
Synopsis: Jamal loves flying kites but his
stepfather’s physical abuse drives him into the
fold of a sadistic gang leader. Soon people are
out to get Jamal and his girl is kidnapped,
taking matters to crisis point.
Screening Times:
Friday 21s September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Karma
Director: Frankie Sooknanan
Duration/Date: 110mins/2007
Genre: Drama
Country: Guyana
Synopsis: Based on Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet,
Karma explores how love can turn to hatred, and
the human need for revenge. Two Guyanese friends
tragically fail to overcome romantic betrayal.
Screening Times:
Friday 21st September 5:30pm; Movie Towne
Sunday 23rd September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Rent a
Rasta
Director: J.Michael Seyfert
Duration/date: 45 mins/2006
Genre: Documentary
Country: Jamaica/US
Synopsis: Foreign women in search of sex rent a
rasta. This film about the Jamaican sex tourism
industry segues into a history of Jamaica and
the Rastafari, presenting a picture of a
paradise laced with cultural misunderstandings
and socio-economic inequities.
Screening Times:
Wednesday 19th September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title:
Journey to Justice
Director: Roger McTair, Milton Bryan
Duration/Date: 47min/2000
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
Synopsis: The story of the little-known history
of Canada’s civil rights movement, profiling
those black Canadians who led the fight for
equality between the 1930s -1950s.
Screening Times:
Tuesday 25th September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Uncomfortable: The Art of Christopher
Cozier
Director: Richard Fung
Duration/Date: 47 min/2005
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
Synopsis: A journey through the art and ideas of
contemporary Trinidadian artist Christopher
Cozier. His witty, polemical work is in the
context of post-independence Trinidad -
oil-rich, politically complex and culturally
vibrant.
Screening Times:
Wednesday 19th September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title: The Doctor’s Daughter, or The Secret and
the Lie
Director: Janine Fung
Duration/Date: 73min/2005
Genre: Feature
Country: Canada
Synopsis: Nikki and Regan become lovers in
Trinidad, while Regan is engaged to Howard. Six
years later in Toronto, they try to hide their
secret. At turns poignant and funny, the film
explores the volatile, compelling nature of
modern relationships.
Screening Times:
Saturday 22nd September 5.30pm; Movie Towne
Monday 24th September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title:
Black Men and Me
Director: Michèle Pearson Clarke
Duration/Date: 6min/2006
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
Synopsis: Set in a barbershop, a Trinidadian
lesbian explores her complex relationships with
black men.
Screening Times:
Saturday 22nd September 5:30; Movie Towne
Monday 24th September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title: A
Winter Tale
Director: Frances-Anne Solomon
Duration/Date: 100min/2007
Genre: Feature
Country: Canada
Synopsis: The emotional story of a black men’s
support group in Toronto that begins to meet
when a child is killed in the crossfire of a
drug deal gone sour. The community is under
siege, seeking ways out of violence and racism.
The cast includes Trinidadian Dennis
“Sprangalang” Hall. Winner of the Outstanding
Canadian Feature award at Canada’s Reel World
Film Festival.
Screening Times:
Wednesday 19th September 8pm; Movie Towne
Sunday 23rd September 5pm; Movie Towne
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Title:
Paradise Lost
Director: Inge Blackman
Duration/Date: 24min/2003
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: A personal, poetic journey to Trinidad
to see how gay people live in a deeply religious
society.
Screening Times:
Saturday 22nd September 5.30pm; Movie Towne
Monday 24th September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Viva Cuba
Director: Juan Carlos Cremata
Duration/Date: 80min/2005
Genre: Feature
Country: Cuba
Synopsis: Malu and Jorgita are sworn to lifelong
friendship despite the bitter enmity between
their families. When Malu’s grandmother dies and
his mother decides to leave Cuba, Malu and
Jorgita seek to escape in search of hope for
their love.
Screening Times:
Friday 21st September 8pm; Movie Towne
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Title:
Elogio de la Virtud
Director: Roberto Chile
Duration/Date: 30mins/2006
Genre: Documentary
Country: Cuba
Synopsis: A celebration of Fidel Castro’s 80th
birthday, and a portrait of the man, his
humanity, his love of his people.
Screening Times:
Friday 21st September 8pm; Movie Towne
Monday 24th September 5:30pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Does the President Have AIDS?
Director: Arnold Antonin
Duration/Date: 125min/2006
Genre: Feature
Country: Haiti
Synopsis: Dao, “president” of the Compas music
scene lives a life of sex, drugs and alcohol,
until he becomes ill. He meets Nina and rescues
her from Larieux, the wealthy businessman her
mother wants her to marry. As romance blossoms
between Dao and Nina, Larieux plans his
revenge….
Screening Times:
Saturday 22nd September 8pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Of
Men and Gods
Directors: Anne Lescot and Laurence Magloire
Duration/Date: ` 52 mins/2005
Genre: Documentary
Country: Haiti
Synopsis: The film examines the daily existence
of several openly gay Haitian men and their
relationship to the Voudun religion where they
find an explanation for homosexuality and divine
protection.
Screening Times:
Tuesday 25th September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title: La Rebelle
Director: Sacha Parisot
Duration/date: 93 mins.
Genre: Feature
Country: Haiti
Synopsis: A sweet teenager becomes a
foul-mouthed, alcohol-drinking, drug-taking,
promiscuous teen when she finds her single dad
with a new girlfriend. Just how far will she
take her personal rebellion?
Screening Times:
Saturday 22nd September 1pm; Movie Towne
Monday 24th September 1pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Cousines
Director: Richard Senecal
Duration/Date: 100min/2006
Genre: Feature
Country: Haiti
Synopsis: Young Jessica lives a quiet life in
Port-au-Prince but her father’s death in the USA
changes everything. Now homeless, she goes to
her friend, Johanne, who prostitutes herself to
live. Will Jessica be forced to do the same?
Screening Times:
Thursday 20th September 5:30pm; Movie Towne
Monday 24th September 8pm; Movie Towne
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Title: The Insatiable Season: Making Carnival in
Trinidad and Tobago
Director: Mariel Brown
Duration/Date: 52min/2007
Genre: Documentary
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Synopsis: For four months every year, a camp of
people in Trinidad converges for the ritual of
making a Carnival band. The time together is
intense and exhausting. When the insatiable
season ends, art will have been made, worn and
discarded…until the season returns.
Screening Times:
Thursday 20th September 3pm; Movie Towne
Sunday 23rd September 1pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Bim
Director: Hugh A. Robertson
Duration/Date: 100min/1974
Genre: Feature
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Synopsis: One of T&T's first and most important
feature films, set just prior to independence in
1962. It follows the life of young Bim from
rural Trinidad to the streets of Port of Spain,
from petty crime all the way to political
office. A true classic of Caribbean cinema with
an unforgettable André Tanker music score.
Screening Times:
Thursday 20th September 8pm; Movie Towne
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Title: The Vegetarian Super Machine
Director: Camille Selvon Abrahams
Duration/Date: 5min/2007
Genre: Animated short
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Synopsis: A divine journey through the Caribbean
Forest in search of treasure that turns out to
be unattainable. Based on a poem by 13th Century
poet Jullaludin Rumi this tale takes you into
heaven and beyond to the sweet sound of Sheldon
Blackman.
Screening Times:
Wednesday 19th September 8pm; Movie Towne
Sunday 23rd September 5.30pm; Movie Towne
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Tttle: I Spy
Director: Elspeth Duncan
Duration/Date: 12 minutes/2007
Genre: Short documentary
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Synopsis: Under the guidance of Multimedia
artist Elspeth Duncan and using a video camera,
children aged 7–10 conceptualised this series of
four shorts that reveal their perspectives on
the natural environment. I SPY Trees. I SPY
Wildlife; I SPY Things in My Garden; I SPY
Recycling:
Screening Times:
I Spy: Wildlife
Wednesday 19th September 11am; Movie Towne
Saturday 22nd September 11am; Movie Towne
Tuesday 25th September 11am; Movie Towne
I Spy: Things in My Garden
Wednesday 19th September 1pm; Movie Towne
Friday 21st September 11am; Movie Towne
Tuesday 25th September 1pm; Movie Towne
I Spy: Recycling
Thursday 20th September 11am: Movie Towne
Friday 21st September 1pm; Movie Towne
Monday 24th September 11am; Movie Towne
I Spy: Trees
Thursday 20th September 1pm: Movie Towne
Sunday 23rd September 11am; Movie Towne
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Title: Carnival in Northeast Trinidad
Director: Oliver Roopsingh
Duration/Date 24 minutes/2006
Genre: Documentary
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: Carnival in places such as Sangre
Grande and environs exists but is just not given
media coverage. This film puts those
bandleaders, calypsonians, designers and beauty
queens on the map.
Screening Times:
Thursday 20th September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title: The
Keepers
Director: Kwynn Johnson
Duration/Date: 13 minutes/2007
Genre: Observational short film
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: A lyrical silent film that follows two
beekeepers who harvest honey on a Maraval
Estate. They intervene in Nature’s working but
in are tune with its laws and are sensitive to
its greatness.
Screening Times:
Wednesday 19th September 11am; Movie Towne
Thursday 20th September 1pm; Movie Towne
Friday 21st September 11am; Movie Towne
Sunday 23rd September 11am; Movie Towne
Tuesday 25th September 5.30pm; Movie Towne
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Title:
The Sign of the Loa
Directors: Patricia Mohammed & Luke
Paddington
Duration/Date: 17 minutes/2007
Genre: Documentary
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: An exploration of Haitian creativity
through the complex geometric design of the vévé
- the abstract drawings made by voodoo priests
to invite the divinities or loas – that shaped
the unique Haitian aesthetic and is central to
its art.
Screening Times:
Thursday 20th September 3pm; Movie Towne
Tuesday 25th September 5.30pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Unease: An 8-Step Programme
Director: Jaime Lee Loy
Duration/Date: 8min/2006
Genre: Experimental video/short
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Synopsis: The eight steps to normalcy - or eight
steps to being a natural or ideal woman - reveal
and question the psychological after-effects
women face when trying to fit themselves into a
life or a role they do not desire.
Screening Times:
Saturday 22nd September 5.30pm; Movie Towne
Monday 24th September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title: YES - Caribbean Young Explorers
Director: Lorraine O’Connor
Duration/Date: 20-22min per episode/2006
Genre: Television series
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Synopsis: A television series, hosted by
children, that highlights our culture and
traditions and the geographical make up of our
islands. Each episode is set in a different part
of the country and focuses on themes such as
education, community development and
environmental preservation.
Screening Times:
Wednesday 19th – Tuesday 25th September 11am;
Movie Towne
Wednesday19th, Thursday 20th, Friday 21st,
Monday
24th, Tuesday 25th September at 1pm; Movie Towne
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Title: La
Belle Rosette
Director: Hugh Robertson
Duration/Date: 54mins/1970’s
Genre: Documentary
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Synopsis: A profile of Trinidad’s iconic
choreographer, dancer and folklorist, Beryl
McBurnie.
Screening Times:
Thursday 20th September 8pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Leftovers
Director: Janine Fung
Duration/Date: 6 mins/2005
Genre: Documentary
Country: T&T/Canada
Synopsis: Janine Fung questions family values
over dinner.
Screening Times:
Saturday 22nd September 5:30pm; Movie Towne
Monday 24th September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title:
Dancing Deities
Director: Emilie Upczak
Duration:/Date: 23mins/2007
Genre: Experimental documentary
Country: T&T/USA
Synopsis: An exploration of the cultural
tradition and heritage of the Orisha in Claxton
Bay, Trinidad. The film invites the viewer into
the rich musical, rhythmic and mythological
aspects of this blend of African and Caribbean
culture to gain insight into the religious rites
at the centre of the Orisha tradition.
Screening Times:
Thursday 20th September 5:30; Movie Towne
Monday 24th September 8pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Ramdilla Seen
Director: Jean Ahn
Duration/Date: 30mins/2006
Genre: Documentary
Country: T&T/USA
Synopsis: A vibrant record of the annual Hindu
festival of Ramleela in which the story of the
Ramayana is reenacted in some of the villages of
Trinidad.
Screening Times:
Wednesday 19th September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title:
Amor en Concreto
Director: Franco de Pena
Duration/Date: 99 min/2003
Genre: Feature
Country: Venezuela
Synopsis: What do a 50-year-old taxi driver, a
middle-class female doctor, a young man from a
shanty town, a wandering transvestite, a bolero
singer and a war tank have in common? The search
for love. A fateful accident in a city of crime
and fear brings them together, propelling each
to their own destiny.
Screening Times:
Wednesday 19th September 5:30pm; Movie Towne
Sunday 23rd September 8pm; Movie Towne
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Title: El
Caracazo
Director: Roman Chalbaud
Duration/Date: 107 min/2005
Genre: Feature
Country: Venezuela
Synopsis: In 1989 a sudden popular rebellion
erupted in the small Venezuelan city of Guarenas
and spread to Caracas. Unbridled military force
used against people protesting the government’s
hard economic measures resulted in hundreds
dead. This film attempts to reconcile those
events for the victims and their families in the
absence of any official investigation and a veil
of silence.
Screening Times:
Saturday 22nd September 3pm; Movie Towne
Tuesday 25th September 8pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Testing
Times
Director: Christopher Din Chong
Duration/date: 8mins/2007
Genre: Drama
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: Alex decides that an HIV test is
necessary, but struggles to combat the inner
demons in order to calm the qualms and fears
that arise.
Screening Times:
Saturday 22nd September 8pm; Movie Towne
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Title :
A Hole in Babylon
Director :Horace Ové
Duration/date : 70mins/1979
Genre: n/a
Country: UK Trinidad
Synopsis:Three men rob a Knightsbridge, London
Italian restaurant. But when the police are
called and the robbery becomes a siege, the men
find themselves in a situation out of their
control
Screening Times:
Thursday 27th September 7pm; Studio Film Club
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Title :
The Equalizer
Director :Horace Ové
Duration/date : 45mins/1996
Genre: n/a
Country: UK Trinidad
Synopsis: Drama documentary telling the story of
a young boy Udham Singh who survived the
Amritsar Massacre of 1919, in which British
troops killed Indian civilian demonstrators. The
boy vowed revenge and waited twenty years till
all those responsible were together at Caxton
Hall, London.
Screening Times:
Thursday 27th September 8.15pm ; Studio Film
Club
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Title :
Playing Away
Director :Horace Ové
Duration/date : 100mins/1986
Genre: n/a
Country: UK Trinidad
Synopsis: A West Indian cricket team from
Brixton, London is invited to a country village
for a match with the locals, who are celebrating
"third world week." The West Indians, however,
find their hosts less congenial than expected.
Screening Times:
Thursday 27th September 9.15pm; Studio Film Club
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Title :
Kidulthood
Director :Menhaj Huda
Duration/date : 87mins/2006
Genre: n/a
Country: UK
Synopsis: When a bullied schoolgirl commits
suicide, her classmates are given the day off.
What transpires in the next 24 hours is a
snapshot of the perilous world that today's
British teenagers inhabit.
Screening Times:
Saturday 29th September 7pm; Studio Film Club
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Title : The West Indian Front Room
Director :Joel Karamath
Duration/date : 15mins/2006
Genre: n/a
Country: UK
Synopsis: A short film exploring the Caribbean
front room in Britain, the film contains
interviews with Jazzie B and Stuart Hall amongst
others.
Screening Times:
Saturday 29th September 9.30pm; Studio Film Club
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Title :
Cold Dead Hands
Director :Kaz Ové
Duration/date : 12mins
Genre: n/a
Country: UK
Synopsis: Inspired by the Nas track, I Gave You
Power, the film addresses gun crime as the gun
narrates three violent incidents
Screening Times:
Saturday 29th September 8:45pm; Studio Film Club
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Title
: Dread, Beat an' Blood
Director :Franco Rosso
Duration/date : 45mins/1978
Genre: n/a
Country: UK
Synopsis: "Inglan is a bitch". That was dub poet
Linton Kwesi Johnson's assessment of his adopted
homeland in 1980. 22 years later the most
English of institutions Penguin Books has made
this uncompromising writer only its second
living poet ever to appear in their Modern
Classics section. This is an early film about
Linton Kwesi, Jamaican-born poet, writer and
musician, and the Caribbean working class
community from which his material is drawn. Made
for the BBC the films public television
screening was postponed until after the general
election by the Thatcher government.
Screening Times:
Friday 28th September 8pm; Studio Film Club
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Title :
Territories
Director :Isaac Julien
Duration/date : 25mins/1984
Genre: n/a
Country: UK
Synopsis: A provocative and experimental
documentary cutting carnival scenes with archive
news reports - police surveillance to rioting in
the street - and crossing looks of desire with
alienation, from police to reveller, woman to
man, man to man. Add to this a disembodied,
political critique and trenchant images of
police violence and the audience soon becomes
aware that the documentary itself is part of the
resistance. Notting Hill Carnival as an event
about resistance.
Screening Times:
Friday 28th September 8pm; Studio Film Club
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Title :
Babylon
Director :Franco Rosso
Duration/date : 95mins/1980
Genre: n/a
Country: UK Italy
Synopsis: A young Rastafarian toaster (rapper)
with Reggae Sound System Ital Lion, hopes to
rise above the trials of his daily life and
succeed at a Sound System competition.
Atmospherically shot by Chris Menges with a
killer soundtrack by Dennis Bovell – the only
ever 'composed' dub reggae soundtrack. A rare
treat for film and music lovers.
Screening Times:
Friday 28th September 9:30pm; Studio Film Club
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Title: Mas
in de West
Director: Michael Lewis
Duration/Date: 15mins/2007
Genre: Documentary
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Synopsis: Western Port of Spain, is a hub of
carnival activity; the creative energy of
masmakers, steelbands and revelers pulsates
during the annual festival.
Screening Times:
Sunday 23rd September 1pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Just One
Director Jade Clarke
Duration/Date: 16mins/2007
Genre: short drama
Country Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: A young man’s first sexual
encounter….but is it safe?
Screening Times:
Thursday 20th September 11am: Movie Towne
Friday 21st September 1pm; Movie Towne
Monday 24th September 11am; Movie Towne
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Title: Holding
On
Director: Laura Lin Hutchinson
Duration/Date: 40 mins/2007
Genre:` Drama
Country: Barbados
Synopsis: Three very different sisters reunite
to decide the fate of the valuable family home
but Scott’s presence ignites other
possibilities. A humorous look at family,
fortune and fame – every choice has a price!
Screening Times:
Friday 21st September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title:
Christmas Day
Director: Steve Rahaman
Duration/date: 69mins/2007
Genre: Feature – Action
Country: T & T/US
Synopsis: Two hired hit men are forced to work
on Christmas Day but one, wanting a new life, is
torn between the woman he loves and the
intimidating mob boss. Events lead to disaster,
when power overcomes friendship and loyalty
triumphs.
Screening Times:
Tuesday 25th September 5:30pm; Movie Towne
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Title: No
Man’s Island
Director: Edmund Attong
Duration/date: 5 mins/2007
Genre: Experimental
Country: T & T
Synopsis: Based on John Dunne’s XVII Meditation
– Devotion on Emergent Occasions, this film
explores the importance of interconnectivity
between people on planet Earth that is of
universal significance.
Screening Times:
Wednesday 19th September 3pm; Movie Towne
Tuesday 25th September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title: In Hot
Water
Director: Owen Day/Skene Howie
Duration/Date: 15mins/2007
Genre: Documentary
Country: T & T
Synopsis: The story of the unprecedented mass
coral bleaching that affected Caribbean reefs.
What causes coral bleaching and what is being
done to manage it?
Screening Times:
Thursday 20th September 11am; Movie Towne
Saturday 22nd September 11am; Movie Towne
Tuesday 25th September 1pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Cuban Shorts: City of Dreams
Director: Kirk Perreira/ICAIC students
Duration/Date: 20mins/2007
Genre: documentary
Country: T & T/Cuba
Synopsis: A poignant look at the struggle for
survival in Old Havana. The people keep the city
alive and it keeps them alive.
Screening Times:
Wednesday 19th September 5:30pm; Movie Towne
Sunday 23rd September 8pm; Movie Towne
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Title: Herman's Tales: Kidnapped
Director: Kirk Budhooram
Duration/Date: 20mins/2007
Genre: Comedy
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: Herman, Poui Village's storyteller, is
kidnapped. Staring
danger in the face, he tries to divert the
kidnapper from his course
of action while Mandy, Herman's cousin, hatches
a plan to catch the kidnapper and get all the
glory.
Screening Times:
Friday 21st September 5:30pm; Movie Towne
Sunday 23rd September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title:
Given Enough Rope
Director: Roger Allan Jackson
Duration/Date: 6 mins/2003
Genre: Animation
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis A chance encounter sometimes makes a
big difference.
Screening Times:
Saturday 22nd September 3pm; Movie Towne
Tuesday 25th September 8pm; Movie Towne
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Title:
Morning Glory
Director: Kevin Bhall
Duration/Date: 4 mins/2005
Genre: Animation
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: A short Caribbean Fantasia, set to the
sound of hypnotic music. This piece exemplifies
art in motion.
Screening Times :
Saturday 22nd September 1pm; Movie Towne
Monday 24th September 1pm; Movie Towne
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Title: 2020 FTP
Director: Mathew Hudson
Duration/Date: 3 mins/2006
Genre: Animation:
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: Environmental issues in our own
Caribbean space are dealt with in this dynamic
short.
Screening Times:
Friday 21st September 3pm; Movie Towne
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Title:
Schoolbreaker
Director: Derek de Verteuil; Tamika Phillips;
Sophie Wight
Duration/Date: 28 minutes/2007
Genre: Drama
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Synopsis: Four schoolgirls break the rules in
this story of coming-of-age in contemporary
Trinidad where the spectre of HIV/AIDS is much
more real that they realize. Devised, acted and
produced by the Tabaquite Youth Movement.
Screening Times:
Wednesday 19th September 1pm; Movie Towne
Tuesday 25th September 11am; Movie Towne
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