Movie Night in the City

 

Last month, The Ministry of Culture, Sports &Youth held a Movie Night

in the City of Bridgetown to celebrate Heritage Month in association with

The Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination.

 

 

 



 

Spectators were encouraged to bring their own chairs although there were plenty of benches lining the square.  Quite a number of persons did come with coolers filled with refreshments.

 

Amphitheatre

 

The venue and location were superb for an open air theatre. It was held in Independence Square in the heart of Bridgetown. A few minutes from the bus station, taxis, parking, fast foods, restaurants and bars.

The Careenage Waterfront and cruising vessels were a backdrop to the screen and just beyond the waterfront were the Parliament Buildings and National Heroes Square, aglow in national colours. All in all, a perfect place to relax and take in the night sights and sounds.

 Parliament Buildings

  

Daytime view from Independence Square across the Careenage

 

A very pleasant evening kicked off on time (not Bajan time!) with films produced by tutors and students of the EBCCI including those made in collaboration with tutors from Italia Media House covering a range of cultural and topical issues. 

 

The feature was a short documentary produced by the Director of EBCCI, Professor Gladstone Yearwood on celebrated Barbadian cultural icons, the late Governor General of Barbados, Dame Nita Barrow and visual artist, Fielding Babb.  The other 5 to 10 minute films were - 

1. Blind Cricket - Disability is not Inability.
2. The journey of a calypso artist - Lil Rick.
3. Mysterious Happenings in Barbados.
4. The National Stadium.
5. A day in the life of a ZR conductor.
6. Be Aware.

 The Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination promotes the making, study and appreciation of the arts.  It's a hub for creative expression and the creative cycle: creation, production, distribution, appreciation and preservation of art.

Special thanks to the EBCCI for a refreshing evening, the was weather perfect with a slight breeze and a very clear night.  The crowd was relatively small but a good cross section of the community.  I sat next to two older gentlemen who came prepared with chairs, cooler, blankets, umbrella, paper plates and made a meal of the evening.  Everyone appeared to enjoy the evening, even the curious passerby's stopped and welcomed the distraction.