Miami, FL - The Miami International Film Festival takes place at the Miami Dade College from March 5th to 14th.
The Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) is a world-class platform
for film and filmmakers promoting Miami as an educational and
international film destination. The Festival presents the best of
emerging and established film to the local and international community
within an educational framework.
Set against the backdrop of a nation grappling with violent homophobic
crime and offering a scathing examination of the underlying hatred for
gays rampant in Caribbean societies, Bahamian Kareem Mortimer’s debut
narrative feature tells the stories of three very different
individuals: Lena, the conservative, deeply religious wife of a
secretly gay firebrand pastor; Romeo, a handsome young black man hiding
his sexuality from his close-knit and loving family; and Jonny, the
conflicted and creatively-blocked white artist in search of himself.
All three head for the spectacularly beautiful and tranquil island of
Eleuthera, each with a different reason for escaping current
circumstances. Soon, their disparate worlds collide in unexpected and
affecting ways. This uncommon portrayal of love, loneliness, tolerance,
secrets and self-acceptance takes viewers on a poignant multifaceted
journey that is enlightening, courageous, and disquieting all at the
same time, and which shocks to the very core with its startling
conclusion
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