bassculture islands
ally have a few of these
projects going on at the
same time, in different
stages of development,
on which I work as a
director or cinematographer or both. Throughout the week I am often
in touch with a couple of
production companies.
I oversee treatments,
I deliver edits, I go to
meetings, I scout locations, I am in pre-production or I am actually
shooting. I am also one
of the primary people
doing the marketing of
our films through social
media. While I have
people helping me with
that, I am the engine.
And on top of all, that I
am supposed to be writing, because I always
have scripts to write. I
am often cursing pure
bombaclat! about when
I get to write. But in the
end everything kind of
completes itself in its
own time.
to be as great as the filmmakers I look up to. I
want my work to be seen
by all film lovers. I am
very aware of the fact
that my most immediate audiences, and the
audiences that can allow
the film to travel, are the
local and diaspora CaribWhat do you aspire to
bean audiences. I see the
achieve in the future
value of these audiences,
with regards to filmmak- as a source of support
ing?
and a gateway to a larger
global audience, but I
Maybe it sounds comwant as many people as
petitive, but I want to
possible to see my films.
make the films that
I want millions. At the
epitomize Caribbean
end of the day, I want to
cinema. I want to make have a big presence in
the films that introduce the world of cinema.
a new aesthetic. I want
to develop a style. I want