Thanks to Erica James at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, I was led to seek out this series on the statelessness of children of Haitian parentage growing up in The Bahamas. You’ll find it on YouTube. I don’t know who made the movies, but every Bahamian should watch them — especially those Bahamians who view their society through the lenses of “Us” and “Them”.
I’ll embed the videos later.
Edit: The video was made by the Bahamas Human Rights Network. Kudos.
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Thanks for posting these, Nicolette! I didn’t realize they were on line yet. The movie was made by the Bahamas Human Rights Network which meets monthly at the Hub. Clint Kemp, former pastor of New Providence Community Church, was the person in charge of the project.
I wondered, you know. I had a feeling. Was Clint the narrator?
Congratulations on the series — it is excellent.
No, I don’t believe Clint did the narration. You may be aware that BHRN showed the film publicly for the first time at the Hub in early April and the viewing was followed by a productive discussion on race, human rights, etc. in the Bahamas. We are interested in showing the film to other groups in other venues so if you (or any of your readers) are interested in arranging a viewing, please contact BHRN to do so.
Hi Nico, Watched the Videos, it is pretty blunt and real.
I believe that the older gent commenting in them is an ex-teacher of ours, now residing in Abaco by the name of Hedden. Cannot remember his first name.
Chris
Hey, Chris!
I wondered who he was — he looked vaguely familiar to me. Sounded so, too. Thanks.
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