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BARBADOS
MOVIE FOR AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL |
October 26, 2007 – Hit For Six!, the popular Caribbean
movie, makes its international debut this weekend at the
American Black Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Written and directed by West Indian communications
specialist Alison Saunders-Franklyn and produced by Blue
Waters Productions, Hit For Six! is the first film from the
Caribbean island of Barbados to be featured at the festival.
Hit For Six! is a fictional account of a West Indian
cricketer who fights a match fixing charge. He learns about
love while struggling for his last chance to play in a major
global tournament and earns the respect of his estranged
father, a former great West Indies player.
Hit For Six! will screen at Mann Theatres, Beverly Center
13, The Beverly Center, 8500 Beverly Boulevard, on Saturday
October 27 at 2:10 pm on Screen #8 with a discussion to
follow. It also screens after a tasty brunch on Sunday,
October 28 at 12.30 p.m. on Screen #1. There is no cost to
attend the screening for persons registered for the
festival. The admission for the screening for non-festival
registrants is US$12.
Since its international red carpet premiere in Barbados last
April, Hit For Six! has premiered and been released in
several Caribbean countries. “The film has secured
Caribbean-wide theatrical distribution deals for 14
countries through Palace Amusements of Jamaica and the
Trinidad-based Goldmine Entertainment,” explained
Saunders-Franklyn who is in Los Angeles for the festival.
“We are thrilled to move to another level with this
weekend’s Los Angeles launch," she said, adding that plans
were afoot for further international exposure and
distribution opportunities.
The movie features an all-Caribbean cast and crew, including
popular MTV Tempo host, Trinidadian Jeanille Bonterre;
British-based Trinidadian actor, Rudolph Walker; lead actor
Barbadian Andrew Pilgrim; Canadian-based Barbadian actress,
Alison Sealy-Smith; and Barbadian actress Varia Williams.
One month after its debut, Hit For Six! won three awards at
the annual Bridgetown Film Festival 2007 – Best Barbadian
Film, Best Actress (Jeanille Bonterre) and Best
Cinematographer (Richard Lannaman).
For further information about the movie, visit
www.hitforsix.com.
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