Director: Philip Nanton
2011, Barbados
English
Dramatic short / 3 minutes
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Based on a poem by Philip Nanton, this short film is a personal response to sugarcane harvesting in Barbados. The story plays with the language of cane and harvesting and can also be seen as a tribute to Ogun, the Orisha god of iron, aggression and survival.
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Philip Nanton is a St Vincent-born creative writer who lives in Barbados. Cane Harvest is his second short film and he is currently working on a third.
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Wed 28 Sept 7.00pm, The Little Carib Theatre
Sun 02 Oct 4.30pm, MovieTowne
