Children of God (2010 film)

Children of God (2010 film)
Children of God
Directed by Kareem Mortimer
Produced by Trevite Willis
Richard Lemay
Written by Kareem Mortimer
Starring Johnny Ferro
Margaret Laurena Kemp
Stephen Tyrone Williams
Van Brown
Mark Richard Ford
Craig Pinder
Music by Nathan Matthew David
Cinematography Ian Bloom
Editing by Maria Cataldo
Running time 104 minutes
Country Bahamas
Language English

Children of God is a 2010 Bahamian romantic drama film by director and screenwriter Kareem Mortimer. It tells the story of two young Bahamian men who fall in love with each other and portrays the homophobia of the Bahamian society. The film also deals with themes of bisexuality, romantic drama film

It is one of the first feature narratives from the Caribbean to address homosexuality.[citation needed] It was the opening night film of the Bahamas International Film Festival. The Bahamas had banned the film Brokeback Mountain in 2006. The film made its International Premiere at the Miami International Film Festival and have premiered at over 100 film festivals around the world winning 17 awards. Children of God was named one of the top ten films of 2010 on BET.COM.

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Plot

Jonny (Johnny Ferro), an awkward painting student, is “banished” by his instructor to the remote island of Eleuthera to focus on his work and find his voice. But first he finds Romeo (Stephen Tyrone Williams), a handsome, self-confident guy who shows Jonny the scenic spots… and a bit more. Romeo’s got a girlfriend, however, as well as a blustery mother who willfully ignores any clue or hint he drops to set her straight.

Meanwhile, Lena (Margaret Laurena Kemp), a pastor’s wife has also made her way to this distant spot to contemplate her future in relative calm. Tired of her husband spouting high-and-mighty, anti-gay rhetoric at rallies, while refusing to own up to the cruelty and contradictions in his private life, Lena has a decision to make.

Children of God" is the religious expression used by Christians to refer to human divinity as being all God's Children. Four Bahamian individuals who set out on a journey from the frenetic energy of Nassau to the slower-paced and open Eleuthera. The year is 2004 when the Caribbean world is rocked by the emergence of Rosie O'Donnell's gay family cruise ship. Actual documentary footage details the mass hysteria that divides the Caribbean as some fundamentalists lead widespread rallies. Jonny, a young obsessive-compulsive suicidal white Bahamian artist, faces losing his scholarship at a local University if he does not live up to the potential his professors believe he has. Jonny escapes from his gritty inner-city life in Nassau to the under populated and dramatic Bahamian island of Eleuthera. Here he decides to paint his 'masterpiece' and then kill himself. Lena Mackey is an extremely conservative forty year old anti-gay activist who upon finding out that her husband is not who he represents himself to be. She believes that the only way to fix problems in her life is to limit the rights of homosexuals. She heads to Eleuthera for the purpose of galvanizing the community to oppose gay rights. When Jonny arrives he and Lena paths cross and together these two embark on a series of physical and emotional adventures that not only inspire Jonny to paint but gives him a new zest for life.

Cast

  • Johnny Ferro as Johnny Roberts
  • Margaret Laurena Kemp as Lena Mackey
  • Stephen Tyrone Williams as Romeo Fernander
  • Van Brown as Reverend Clyde Ritchie
  • Mark Richard Ford as Ralph Mackey
  • Craig Pinder as Mike Roberts
  • Sylvia Adams as Grammy Rose
  • Aijalon Coley as Omar Mackey
  • Jay Lance Gotlieb as Angry Driver
  • Jason Elwood Hanna as Purple
  • Christopher Herrod as Dr. Mark Wells
  • Juanita Kelly as Lonnette Adderley
  • Adela Osterloh as Romeo's Mother
  • Leslie Vanderpool as Rhoda Mackey
  • Christine Wilson as Anna Ross
  • Conrad Knowles, Romeo's true friend

Release

Children of God made its International Premiere at the Miami International Film Festival in March 2010, It had a limited theatrical beginning May 20th in New York and Miami. Children of God went on to premiere on the Showtime television network on June 2nd and the DVD was released on June 7th through TLA Releasing.

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