CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution
Acquires Exciting New Slate of Films
Bridgetown, Barbados
CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution (CTWD) has recently amped up its efforts to boost the global Caribbean film industry via new acquisitions to its growing film roster. The initiative is an integral part of CTWDâs â3D Distribution Projectâ, financed by the EUâs ACPCultures+ Program.
The new acquisitions include feature length films, documentaries, short-films, and episodic TV series, such as the hit Barbadian series âKeeping up with the Jonesesâ (2014), created and directed by Rommel Hall and Shane Holford, tells the story of the Jones family that reluctantly becomes the subject of a reality TV show. Over 15 episodes, the audience follows the Joneses through entertaining, awkward, and embarrassing moments. CTWD has acquired the rights to all three seasons of the series, the spin off feature film, âKeeping up with the Joneses – The Movieâ, and the 2014 Christmas special.
Three powerful films from US-based award winning documentarian, Andrea Leland, have also been added to the roster: CTFF 2014 Best Documentary Winner, âYurumein – Homeland, The Caribs of St. Vincentâ (2014), which recounts the painful past of the Caribs of St. Vincent, their history, trials and tribulations and the movement to revitalize the remnants of their culture known as Garifuna; Lelandâs 70-minute documentary, âJamesie â King of Scratchâ; and her 46-minute film, âThe Garifuna Journeyâ.
Other highlights are new work by iconic, pioneering Trinidad & Tobago filmmaker, Christopher Laird, including: award-winning âNo Bois Man No Fraidâ(2013), which documents a journey of two young T&T martial arts experts as they set out to learn the local art of stick fighting; the feature documentary âPublic Spacesâ, an exploration of the work of Lairdâs father, the architect Colin Laird; and the short documentary âHinksonâ, about the artist Jackie Hinkson.
Also joining the CTWD family are feature films: âThe Gift Everlastingâ by Judith Faloon-Reid (Jamaica, 2014), âThickâ by Cheryl Brown and Anthony Greene from Skyrocket Productions (USA, 2012), âFire Burn Babylonâ by Sarita Seigal (UK, 2011). New shorts include: âAfter Masâ by Karen Martinez (UK/T&T, 2013), âPunta Soulâ by Nyasha Laing (Belize, 2008).
Original series include: âA Day in a Bajan Lifeâ (Barbados, 2012), âIllegal Aliensâ (USD/Jamaica, 2013),âLife with the Ramsinghs’ (T&T, 2013).
CTWDâs extensive marketing and outreach strategy to maximize revenue for filmmakers will include attendance at markets across North America, Europe, and Africa, such as the American Film Market (AFM) and the MarchĂ© Internationale de Programmes Communications (MIPCOM) in Cannes, France.