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 CTWDās ā3D Distribution Projectā, financed by the EUās ACPCultures+ Program.
The new acquisitions include feature length films, documentaries, short-films, and episodic TV series, such as the hit Barbadian series āKeeping up with the Jonesesā (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, āKeeping up with the Joneses – The Movieā, 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, āYurumein – Homeland, The Caribs of St. Vincentā (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; Lelandās 70-minute documentary, āJamesie ā King of Scratchā; and her 46-minute film, āThe Garifuna Journeyā.
Other highlights are new work by iconic, pioneering Trinidad & Tobago filmmaker, Christopher Laird, including: award-winning āNo Bois Man No Fraidā(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 āPublic Spacesā, an exploration of the work of Lairdās father, the architect Colin Laird; and the short documentary āHinksonā, about the artist Jackie Hinkson.
Also joining the CTWD family are feature films: āThe Gift Everlastingā by Judith Faloon-Reid (Jamaica, 2014), āThickā by Cheryl Brown and Anthony Greene from Skyrocket Productions (USA, 2012), āFire Burn Babylonā by Sarita Seigal (UK, 2011). New shorts include: āAfter Masā by Karen Martinez (UK/T&T, 2013), āPunta Soulā by Nyasha Laing (Belize, 2008).
Original series include: āA Day in a Bajan Lifeā (Barbados, 2012), āIllegal Aliensā (USD/Jamaica, 2013),āLife with the Ramsinghs’ (T&T, 2013).
CTWDās 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 MarchĆ© Internationale de Programmes Communications (MIPCOM) in Cannes, France.