A Caribbean Dream (2017)
This beautiful re-imagining of Shakespeare's magical fairy tale "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is set modern day, under a full moon and during a Caribbean Festival.
Parental Rating: PG-13
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Logline
This beautiful re-imagining of Shakespeare's magical fairy tale "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is set modern day, under a full moon and during a Caribbean Festival.
Synopsis
William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream re imagined in Barbados. Conceived by Producer Melissa Simmonds. Written and Directed by Shakirah Bourne. The Cropover festival, lovers’ quarrels, powerful herbs…and fairies. Those are the ingredients that director and screenwriter Shakirah Bourne has brewed into a modern-day retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Set in Barbados, the film mixes Shakespearean language with Barbadian dialect amid lush tropical imagery for a Caribbean take on a comic classic.
Details
Feature (82mins) Fantasy | Barbados
Language:
English
Production
Producers:
Melissa Simmonds
Writers:
Shakirah Bourne
Barbadian Shakirah Bourne’s first feature film, the comedy-drama Payday (2013), has been screened throughout the Caribbean, the USA and the UK. She has since written Two Smart (writer/co-director, Next Payday (writer/producer) and A Caribbean Dream (writer/director). A Caribbean Dream won Best UK Feature at the London Independent Film Festival and Best International Feature at the Charlotte Black Film Festival.
Directors:
Shakirah Bourne
Barbadian Shakirah Bourne’s first feature film, the comedy-drama Payday (2013), has been screened throughout the Caribbean, the USA and the UK. She has since written Two Smart (writer/co-director, Next Payday (writer/producer) and A Caribbean Dream (writer/director). A Caribbean Dream won Best UK Feature at the London Independent Film Festival and Best International Feature at the Charlotte Black Film Festival.
Cast:
, Jherad Allenye, Adrian Greene, Keshia Pope, Marina Rye, Sam Gillett, Susannah Harker,