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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
Senior Manager of the Bahamas Film Commission Angela Archer is pictured with Sandler (center) and Payne at the Tribeca premiere.
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The latest film released after being shot on location in The Bahamas has critics raving.
Live Cargo, filmed on location on Bimini, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in April. Since its debut, critics have given overwhelmingly positive reviews to the film, which stars Dree Hemingway, great granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, who spent a considerable amount of time drawing inspiration on Bimini in his lifetime.
In her review of the film, critic Katie Walsh gave the film a grade of A-. She points out that the film is directed by Logan Sandler, who spend part of his formative years in The Bahamas. This “insider information” is important to the film, she said.
“During a nighttime junkanoo carnival dance around a bonfire, we see flashes of jeweled costumes, feathered headpieces and dancing bodies, but it’s less about seeing it from afar than about experiencing it from the inside, the rhythmic release that carries Nadine (Hemingway) away from her own head and body,” she wrote in her review.
Film synopsis: A grieving couple retreats to a remote Bahamian island where they become entangled in a dangerous turf war between the island's mayor and a greedy human trafficker.
Film Florida and the Bahamas Film & Television Commission honoured director Sandler and co-writer Thymaya Payne at a private event held during Tribeca Film Festival. Sandler said he enjoyed excellent cooperation from the Film Commission and other organizations while filming in The Bahamas. He hopes to return for another project that suits the islands.
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