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10 to Watch in 2010, 01/10 | The Independent

27 January 2010

Kareem Mortimer listed as one of the “ten filmmakers to watch in 2010″ put out by the Independent Newspaper, UK:
DAY TWO of TEN – KAREEM MORTIMER
Bahamian filmmaker Kareem Mortimer shakes up his homeland’s homophobia with Children of God, which debuted last month. Read what his mentor, Steven Beer, had to say about Mortimer’s savvy handling [...]

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On Stilton Cheese & Culture Change (a little anthropology for Christmas)

23 December 2009

I want you to check this out.
The history of Stilton can be traced back to the early 18th century and although it is clear that the recipe used has changed quite dramatically over the years it remains one of the world’s best known and much loved cheeses.
Quintessentially English, Stilton has its own Certification Trade Mark and [...]

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Differing Further

18 September 2009

I only began to touch on the reasons for my not agreeing entirely with Ward on his assessment of the theatre industry here in The Bahamas. To recap: his take on things proposed that the surest way for any writer to make a living at writing creatively in our country is to do it for [...]

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Begging to differ

7 September 2009

with Ward again (c’mon, what did you expect? I mean, really.) Not that he’s totally off base. He’s right, as usual, but only partly so.
Here’s how he begins his fourth post on the viability of Bahamian art:

If you want to be a professional creative writer in the Bahamas you are going to have to be [...]

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Ward Follows Up

29 August 2009

Following up on the last article, Ward Minnis in his series of meditations on the viability of making a living off of art in The Bahamas writes to illustrate his position. First, he clarifies the sticky point of “viability”:
…when I ask is it ‘viable’? I am not asking ‘is it possible?’ Because, of course it’s [...]

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Ward’s take on the local film industry

21 August 2009
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I’m really taken by Ward Minnis’ series of blog posts on the viability of Bahamian art, and I’ve linked to them on this blog and I’ll link to them again. He’s developing a number of such posts (more power to him!) and they are very interesting reading. If you’re at all interested in entrepreneurship, in [...]

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Ward Minnis on Bahamian Artists Part II

20 August 2009

Hollywood, Michael Pintard and the Viability of Bahamian Art Part II
Part 2: So, you want to be in the movies…
What are we to make of the current passion for movie-making in the Bahamas? Is it possible to apply the logic of Hollywood to our local situation and create an honest-to-God indigenous film industry here? Films [...]

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Ward Minnis on Bahamian Artists

12 August 2009

Something of interest to read:
When I walked out of Transformers 2 the other day, I had an epiphany. Or more precisely, I had an extension to another epiphany that I had had a few days before.
My revelation was about art, how to be an artist in the Bahamas and most importantly, how to make a [...]

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On Culture, CARIFESTA, and the Bahamian Economy, Part I

17 April 2009

It came to my attention last month that our government was planning to postpone, once again, the hosting of the Caribbean Festival of Arts, if it had not yet done so. Announcements to that effect would be made very soon, I was told. The fact that such announcements have not yet been made may make [...]

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Brussels Declaration by artists and cultural professionals and entrepreneurs

16 April 2009

Just FYI.
from the Newsletter on Cultural diversity
“Today, all countries face a profound crisis: financial, economic, and social. In addition, particularly for developing countries, there are climate, energy, food, and human security crises. Current policies on development cooperation do not respond adequately to the challenges of sustainable development. We must, therefore, rethink our approach to development. [...]

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