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CALYPSO KING
46 Caribbean Life, July 5—July 11, 2019 BQ
Walton, Aidan P. Brennan,
Mara Kassin and Geraldine
Singer. It was directed by
Albert Dabah and Brian
Dillinger from an original
script written by Dabah, and
is based on his own life story.
Mendes produced the film
with Rabia Sultana.
The award represents the
highest accolade to date won
by Mendes, a graduate of the
film production conservatory
programme at the New York
Film Academy, who marks her
feature film producing debut
with the film.
Several of her previously
produced short films have
screened at festivals around
the world, winning awards at
the Soho Film Festival, the
New York City International
Film Festival, the Coney
Island Film Festival and the
Orlando Film Festival.
According to Mendes “This
award has special meaning
for us all, as the project was
a labor of love in every way.
We didn’t have a big budget,
but we had a story with a big
heart, so generously shared
with us by Albert. In a festival
that screens nearly 200 films
annually, for our film to win
the most prestigious award
meant everything.”
Mendes has had a passion
for and curiosity about film
and television production
since her childhood in her
native country Trinidad. But
since the island did not have
a thriving film industry at
the time, she never thought a
career in film was possible.
Following her graduation
from high school, she studied
briefly in Canada before
switching career paths,
relocating to New York and
enrolling at NYFA to pursue
her dream of film production.
Since graduating from the
conservatory programme in
2015, she has been working
steadily as a film producer,
making it her mission to make
films that have the potential to
“inspire and make a difference
in the world.”
“I feel so lucky to have
been given the opportunity
to make my passion into
my career. What I love most
about film is the ability it has
to have such a huge impact
throughout the world. The
fact that you can sit down
for a couple hours and laugh,
cry, be motivated or feel
inspired is so special to me.
For all these reasons, the
journey we have taken with
‘Extra Innings’ has been truly
unforgettable. It has some
wonderful things to say about
ambition, family and making
hard choices. It also tackles
the sensitive issue of mental
illness in a very real and
relatable way. Everyone who
sees it can learn something
from this film.”
Mendes is now in post
production on her next
feature, “She Paradise,” which
she produced with Marie-
Elena Joseph. The film was
written by Maya Cozier and
Melina Brown, and is directed
by Maya Cozier. She hopes to
have it completed in time for
the 2020 film festival season.
of dancing and prancing to
reverberating music in to the
night.
Ironically, Grynner hit the
top of Barbados Tune-of-the
Crop, or Road March, charts
with the tune ‘Mr T’, a stinging
rebuke of the then prime
minister Tom Adams, in 1983
the same year that the nation’s
elected leader declared open
Spring Garden Highway.
Grynner followed up on his
three successive wins with
another three-peat between
1988 and 1990 to create a
record of the most consecutive
three-in-a-row wins, a record
still standing today.
He won again in 1998 for his
seventh Road March title.
With so many wins, naming
of this highway after him was
an act of formality granting
title to King of the Road.
He is the second Barbadian
to have a road named after
him, following the opening of
Rihanna Drive last year.
Throughout his 43-plus
years as a performer, Grynner at
all times went to the stage with
a reservoir of energy, and at 73
he still jumps, gyrates, twists
and turns like an effervescent
15-year-old, but one with no
bones in the body.
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Continued from Page 45
many well-meaning people
came to you in the minutes,
days, or weeks after your
husband’s funeral, your grief is
different than theirs. Everyone
heals in their own way, and
in their own time but you’ve
got sisters who’ve been where
you are.
In this book, 43 of them offer
their experiences, organized
into five categories to match
readers’ stages.
It starts with the moment
of diagnosis, the disbelief that
it’s happening, the absurdity
of seeing x-rays of your
husband’s head. It’s holding
your wife’s hand as she dies by
her own choice. It’s getting six
premature, unwanted copies of
a book on grief.
After the funeral, a hundred
chores need tending; untangling
money matters may be the first,
most pressing one but so are
the necessities of cleaning out
his closet and his office. You
may rely on God, or rant at
Him. Milestones will sting: his
birthday, your birthday, your
anniversary. You may notice
that memories of him are
slipping away.
And then, well, you come
to realize that living alone
isn’t so bad after all. You
become a widowed parent
with confidence. You somehow
learn to do the “scary” things
and the hard things and the
impossible. You might even
feel optimistic, and able to
open yourself to new love,
even though memories
never disappear and you can
absolutely count on the past
tapping you on the shoulder
when you least expect it…
Without a doubt, “Widows’
Words” is a book you never
hope you need.
And yet, the chances are you
will, as editor Nan Bauer-Maglin
points out: statistically, “women
outlive men by about five years”
and, because Boomers are
aging, the number of widows
is rising. In 2016, more nearly
1.5 million people lost a spouse;
some two-thirds of them, she
says, were women.
For them, this book follows
an arc of need starting with
what is imminent, a first part
that reads like a howl of pain.
Indeed, raw widows might want
to go cautiously at those few
chapters, lest they rip away
fresh scabs.
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The newly unveiled road sign for The Mighty Grynner
Highway in Barbados. Photo by George Alleyne
Widowed parent Trini film