Film screenings for CaribbeanTales 2012 begin tonight. At 6:30 La Hija Natural (Love Child) will kick things off. Directed by Leticia Tonos, this was the Dominican Republic's selection for the Best Foreign Film category at the 2011 Academy Awards. It is "a vibrant story about the universal search for oneself through love, forgiveness and the realization of the mystery of life. After her mother dies, 18-year-old Maria decides to look for the father she has never met. She finds him living in a dark old house located in the middle of an abandoned banana planation, which the locals claim to be haunted by spritits." It will be preceded by an episode of A Day in a Bajan Life, which is a series of 10 cinematic shorts about the life and people of Barbados. Episode 5 focuses on "local hero, Rastafarian, artist and philosopher, Izebo, a homeless artist whose commissioned murals are seen all over the walls of Barbados."
The evening program begins at 9:15 with The Power of the Vagina. In this film Trinidadian director Jimmel Daniel "explores the issue of women's sexuality and sexual politics, examining opinions and assumptions about the various ways in which women use their sexuality ... and the ways men respond." If that's not universal subject matter, i don't know what it. The second short film for the evening will be The Almighty Penis, in which Daniel turns his focus to "men's sexuality from a Trinidadian perspective."
The night will close with Orpailleur by French Guyanese director Marc Barrat. The title translates as "Golddigger" and the story follows Rod, a young Parisian of Guyanese origin, who makes his way back home after the disappearance of his brother and learns of a dark family secret. Accompanied by childhood friend Gonz, Rod meets a young ecological tourist guide named Yann, and all three soon find themselves deep in the Amazonian forest, right in the middle of the hostile territory of illegal gold mining.
Screenings will be held at Harbourfront's Studio Theatre, tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the website or the door. Remember: La Hija Natural screens at 6:30 and Orpailleur at 9:15. Follow CaribbeanTales on Twitter or Facebook and go to caribbeantales-events.com for complete festival listings. (Photo : jp hodgkinson)
-jph
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