Love story Dancehall artiste Starlord’s ‘Alone’
“became intentional about representation”
after experiencing
the worldwide blockbuster
film, Disney and Marvel’s
“Black Panther,” starring the
late Chadwick Boseman, which
featured a mostly Black cast
and crew, Desouvre told Caribbean
Life.
The late Boseman gave these
young filmmakers the confidence
to own and tell their
own story.
Ayomi Russell, who plays the
role of April Andrelie, said, “The
one thing I want people to take
away from this film is that it’s
really nice to see the Haitian
culture portrayed, because it’s
really such a rich culture, it’s
the richness not something
that is portrayed a lot.”
According to Haitian-born
Desouvre, the independent
filmmakers are committed to
raising $6,000 in the postproduction
fundraising campaign
available on indiegogo
or at www.yanatha.com to
help the filmmakers to make
its February 2021 release.
Desouvre, a former Brooklyn
resident, now residing
in Miami, said participation
in the Indiegogo campaign
will earn fans some collector’s
edition merchandise,
(i.e. t-shirts, watches, pocket
watches, autograph novel,
their names in the film credits,
private screenings and so
much more.)
The movie’s plot was written
by prolific screenwriter Harry
Jeudy (“A Great Day in Harlem”)
and acclaimed author
Desouvre (“Revelations: Roads
Caribbean L 22 ife, Oct. 2-8, 2020
to Redemption,” one of the top
downloaded e-books in Spring
2020 in the African American,
mystery thriller and suspense
fiction categories on Amazon.
com).
Desouvre said “The Sweetest
Girl: A Forbidden Love
Story” follows a loving marriage
of 25 years that comes to
a deadly end when a husband
is compelled to tell his wife his
most heart-shattering secret
while she is on her deathbed.
Inspired by true events,
Desouvre said “The Sweetest
Girl: A Forbidden Love Story”
is a “compelling and provocative
love story.”
He said it’s set in Haiti, and
is haunted by human trafficking
and gun violence.
“The Sweetest Girl: A Forbidden
Love Story” stars Genji
Jacques — the actor dubbed
the Haitian Denzel Washington
— and fellow stars Sandra
Justice, Lela Elam, James
Pierre, Briana Earhart, Vivianne
Saintvil, Haitian icon
Marie Michelle Desrosiers,
Russell, Phoenix, and Reanna
Ameline in the film.
her collaboration with Machel
Montano, titled ‘Band of the
Year,’” said SummerStage
Anywhere.
On Tuesday, Oct. 13, SummerStage
Anywhere, with
Amazon Music Series, will
feature a special performance
by Rodrigoy Gabriela.
SummerStage Anywhere
said Rodrigo y Gabriela is a
Mexican acoustic guitar duo
whose music is influenced by
a number of genres, including
nuevo flamenco, rock and
heavy metal, “with the duo’s
recordings consist largely of
instrumental duets on the
flamenco guitar.”
They have toured internationally
and, in May 2010, performed
at The White House
for President Barack Obama.
In January 2020, their
fifth studio album, “Mettavolution,”
won a Grammy
Award for the “Best Contemporary
Instrumental Album”
at the 62nd Annual Grammy
Awards, SummerStage Anywhere
said.
The SummerStage Anywhere
live stream series with
Amazon Music continues
weekly on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm
ET on Amazon Music Twitch
Channel through Oct. 13.
If you missed a recent performance
or conversation,
you can keep up to date with
SummerStageAnywhere programming
on the Summer-
Stage YouTube channel.
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The Haitian Icon - Marie Michelle
Desrosiers as Grace
Lestin.
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Trinidadian soca Patrice Roberts. Facebook
a more “yardie” accent works
well.
The beat is slow enough
to have some international
appeal, because the lyrics are
clear.
“Alone” is also quite catchy
and has an “old-school” Dancehall
appeal.
According to Starlord, the
track is about “a break-up”
and Starlord’s feelings about
“having to deal with the loss”
of his significant other.
“Me thought you would ah
dey dey till the end,” Starlord
laments in Jamaican parlance.
“Me think you woulda
dey dey till me old and grey,
and dead.”
As “Alone” goes on, Starlord
describes the decline of the
relationship, with one party
showing up late for their “rendezvous”
and stop replying to
social media messages.
“What me used to get one
time, you ah reach late, me
and you use to on time,” he
says in another line. “You ah
see meh text them when you
online, shoulda know you stay
from long time.”
Listen to “Alone” at https://
zedbias.bandcamp.com/track/
alone
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Dancehall singer, Starlord.
Starlord
Kranium drops ‘Gal Policy’ music video
By Nelson A. King
New York-based, Jamaicanborn
Dancehall pioneer Kranium
has released the highlyanticipated
music video for his
hit song, “Gal Policy.”
“The video highlights the
crooner’s sensual side while
flexing a no-holds-barred
attitude,” Marie Driven, the
Brooklyn-based Haitian American
entertainment promoter,
told Caribbean Life.
Driven, managing partner
of PlaybookMG, said director
Mills Miller captures comedian
and actress Danny Deuces
of BET’s Hustle In Brooklyn in
“an authentic light, made
even more real with styling by
Venus Rose.”
“The combination brings a
natural flavor to the modern
lover’s theme, a tale that tells
it like it is,” Driven added.
“The depiction of strong,
smart, independent women
today also indulging in some
action, sans commitment, is
explored as the artist plays the
role of Dr. Kranium – a sexual
therapist providing unconventional
advice the best way he
knows how.”
The video premiered on
Kranium’s YouTube Channel
on Sept. 24.
“The song had an overwhelming
level of momentum
and over-performed consistently
throughout the quarantine/
global shutdown, particularly
when other songs/artists
could not,” Driven said.
Jamaican-born Dancehall
artiste, Kranium.
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