"Voices" proudly premiers in Coconut Grove
"Voices," the documentary by film maker Jeffrey Poitier, which chronicles the Grove's beginnings in Village West, settled by Bahamians in the 19th Century, premiered last night at the AMC movie theater at CocoWalk. The four year project, which features stories and interviews of Grove pioneers was enjoyed by a full house at the matinee and also the later evening showing.
Focaccia Rustica, Greenstreets, Anokha, Bice Bistro and Jaguar catered the affair and CocoWalk AMC donated the theater.
Above are Louise Caro, Reggie McKethan with film maker Jeffrey Poitier and Rene Woohead.
Michele Turner and Al Johnson; Aisha and J.S. Rashid; Marylin Haynes Smith with Don Parchment and Lisa Remeny.
Grovites Bonna Cooper, Dennis James Breedlove, activist Lottie Person, Rock Stephens.
Film poster artist Rodney Royal, artist Alen Laird, with Lasonya Starling whose father appeared in the film "Billy."
Grovites Alonzo Johnson whose sister Ellen Malett was featured in the film, with Denise Cruz and James R. Bethel.
Photos by AnnaMaria Windisch-Hunt
posted by Tom Falco at 8:00 AM
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4 Comments:
I went to the scheduled noon showing and left an hour and a half later at 1:30 pm, by which time they had not been able to actually show the movie. While I'm glad they were able to have the evening show, the earlier fiasco was a disappointment.
I went to the 7:00PM showing, if it was not because this was in my community I would have left long before the end. There was no story that made it uniquely the Grove. It could have been anywhere where development changed a community. I would have loved to know who were the people that were speaking, particularly the old ladies. I would have loved the houses they showed from outside shown how they were from inside- maybe explore the bathroom additions...I wish the narator asked more probing/hard questions. The most interesting part I found was the old ladie talking about the old days-that subject would tell more about the soul of that community. She talked about the Virginia beach, the story about the green beets...that was interesting...It seems like the movie can use some better editing so there is a continuation of a storie/or a cause why we should want to sit for 90 minutes listening/watching to these people.
:)Best wishes.
I too would have liked to have known who the people speaking were; I expected more interviews with the older folks. Too much footage of Goombay in the begunning and the woman at the beginning talking about the Grove should have been an old Bahamian woman talking about the old Grove.
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