The Circuit

I wondered how the Turks and Caicos Film Festival pulls people from the “award-winning beaches, diving, world-class resorts… and the world’s only conch farm” and forces them to watch movies.  They’ll start by screening the Jennifer Lopez/Marc Anthony starrer “El Cantante” on the beach.  Other narrative films in the line-up:

Lora (Hungary) directed by Gábor Herendi

Guru (India) directed by Mani Ratnam, who will be receiving the Festival’s Sal Del Mar Director’s Excellence Award

The Hottest State (USA) directed by Ethan Hawke

Summer Scars (UK) directed by Julian Richards.

Docs include:

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (USA) and Jonathan Butler: Live in South Africa (South Africa); and the Caribbean Premieres of From Mambo to Hip Hop: A Bronx Tale (USA), Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano (USA), Screamers (UK) and War/Dance (USA/Uganda). 

Jamesie King of Scratch (US Virgin Islands); Los Lonely Boys Cottonfields and Crossroads (USA), Roots of Reggae: The Ernest Ranglin Story (USA), Sweet Honey in the Rock (USA) and The Godfather of Disco (USA).