New Bahamian film screened Showing tonight at Galleria Cinemas JFK @ 8pm

With a severe dengue fever outbreak, Nassau shuts down. Hospitals are full. People have to stay at home with their families. Tourism is halted.

Track Road Theatre (TRT) and No Budget Productions (NBP) present “Affliction”, a short film that follows Noah, Sidney and Emily, who are searching for food and clean water, while trying to avoid being quarantined or coming in contact with this deadly strain of dengue fever, which causes mind-bending pain, delusions and fits of rage.

On the heels of Collage Entertainment’s “Get Charlie” and the emergence of two Bahamian television shows, “Gippy’s Kingdom” and “It Takes a Village”, “Affliction” continues to feed the hunger that Bahamians have to see their own stories on the big and small screens.

In late 2011, TRT approved a co-production with No Budget Productions that matched their mission of commitment to community and industry. By partnering to produce “Affliction” on a micro-budget, TRT says it is explicitly exploring the commercial options for making film a viable local career choice. From local showings to festivals to video on demand, one of TRT's main goals is to see what works and why, and then share what they learn with the burgeoning local film community

Click HERE to read full article by Reva Cartwright-Carroll of The Guardian.