I am reblogging this post today for two reasons: one is that I am acting as a “rapporteur” today for a conference. The second is that it is an important post by fellow blogger Emma Lewis that relates to the news magazine show I am involved with- 18 Degrees North. One of the pieces has apparently been censored by TVJ without the knowledge of the producer, Zahra Burton. This is alarming and I am going to follow up with Zahra and write a more fulsome post shortly. Enjoy your day.
I received the following email today and thought I would share it with you. It is from Common Good Productions, via Kickstarter, a crowd-funding initiative.
I hope this email finds you very well. This autumn has been shaping up to be a very busy time for “The Abominable Crime” – and LGBT issues in Jamaica – and we wanted to give you an update.
First, the film will be screening in NYC, Chicago and St. Louis in the next few weeks – see details below for locations and tickets.
The film has also been getting some press (or not getting press, in one notable instance) back in Jamaica…
A few months back, I was interviewed by a Caribbean program called “18° North,” which is a new Caribbean-based investigative TV show.
They did a segment on the film interweaving footage from the documentary with an interview with the director (me), which…
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