‘Fire In Babylon’ Represents Caribbean at Int’l Film Festival

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Caribbean community (CARICOM) countries represented in Brazil have submitted a film in this year’s virtual Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) Film Festival, scheduled to be held via You Tube this month, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade here.

Movie highlights unity against the world.The CARICOM ambassadors in Brazil have entered the film “Fire in Babylon”, which tells the story of the rise of the legendary West Indies cricket team against the social and political background of the day.

“It is as much a film about the character, the courage, and the history of the people of the Caribbean as it is the story of one team overcoming the odds to make history,” said Barbados. Ambassador to Brazil Tonika Sealy-Thompson, who initiated this joint regional approach.

Significantly, the CARICOM entry will be screened on the GRULAC BRASIL Youtube Channel at 18:00 EST on July 4.

This year’s GRULAC Film Festival will be held online because of the global coronavirus pandemic. All film entries can be watched free online at the GRULAC BRASIL Youtube Channel.

Sealy-Thompson said she envisions the new online platform will not only allow for more access, but would also provide a forum for conversations across the Caribbean community and dialogue with the larger GRULAC family.