Jamaica Propella 2017: New Shorts From Jamaica

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Nile Saulter is a Jamaican director, cinematographer, photographer, and founding member of New Caribbean Cinema. He’s written, shot and directed various short films, short documentaries, fashion films and commercial projects which have been screened at gallery shows and film festivals in the US, Europe, the Caribbean and Africa.

Danielle Russell is an independent filmmaker who lives in Kingston, Jamaica. She has a BA in media and communication from the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at UWI, Mona, Jamaica and an MFA in film and TV production from the Communication University of China in Beijing.  She has made several short films and documentaries, including her latest documentary, The Bakers of Oriental Gardens, which has been screened in China and Jamaica.

Sarah Manley- For over 20 years Sarah Manley has been a cornerstone of the Jamaican film community, providing production services for the local and international film community as producer, line producer and production manager. Her projects have included being an assistant producer on the prize-winning documentary Life and Debt, producer for the Jamaica episodes of cycle 19 of America’s Next Top Model and production manager for the Jamaican feature film “Ghetta” Life. Code is Manley’s first foray into directing drama.

Eugine Williams- Eugene Williams is a former director of the School of Drama at the Edna Manley College. He is a Ford Foundation and Fulbright scholar with an MFA in directing (CUNY) and MA in performance studies (New York University).  As director his productions include classics such as The Cherry Orchard, Waiting for Godot, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Black Jacobins, Playboy of The West Indies, An Echo in The Bone and Moon on A Rainbow Shawl.  As dramaturge he has worked with some of the Caribbean’s foremost playwrights such as Trevor Rhone and Michael Gilkes, enabling the synthesis and transfer of their ideas into a cohesive dramatic structure and meaningful characters with engaging theatrical potential.

Kyle Chin is a son of the Jamaican film industry and has experience in many areas of the film world.  Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, he received his BA in English and philosophy from the University of West Indies before graduating with honours from the Los Angeles Film School. After working on several projects there, varying from short films to features and national commercials, Chin returned home and continued working as a director, cinematographer, editor and teacher.