Friday 15th February 2013  12:00 PM

4th Annual Sidney Poitier Film Festival

OPENS TONIGHT:
February 14 - 17th, 2013
The College of The Bahamas Harry C. Moore Library

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The Caribbean as a saturnalian space, servicing the world?s desires for sex and drugs are placed alongside new narratives that provide a critical perspective on the Caribbean service economy.

12PM My Father the Hero
A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.

2PM Wah Do Dem
Max wins a cruise for two to Jamaica and decides to go it alone after his girlfriend dumps him.

4 PM A Raisin in the Sun
A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.

6 PM Life and Debt
Documentary look at the effects of globalization on Jamaican industry and agriculture.

8 PM Blow
The story of George Jung, the man who established the American cocaine market in the 1970s.


The College of The Bahamas presents the 4th Annual Sidney Poitier Film Festival from February 14 - 17th, 2013. Every part of the Festival is free and completely open to the public.

There will also be a Forum and Roundtable entitled "The Future of Film in The Bahamas" hosted by COB's School of English on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 5pm at COB. Jasper Haeward, Stephen Hanna, Travon Patton & Kareem Mortimer will comprise the roundtable. The roundtable will feature presentations as well as an ask and answer period with the audience.

The Sidney Poitier Film Festival was established by the School of English Studies at The College of The Bahamas as a means of honoring the achievements of a great Bahamian actor and filmmaker, Sidney Poitier. Our aim is to preserve his legacy for future generations of Bahamians.

All films are screened free to the public and are viewed at The College of The Bahamas Nassau Campus, Oakes Field.

Click HERE to view full film schedule. Or call COB's School of English at (242) 302 4381.

Click HERE to view Roundtable's Facebook Event page.