Synopsis

The Cool Boys is a twenty seven minute short film, using narrative fiction, and established around a flow of events that involve three young men still in their teenage years. The main protagonist Alpha, one of the three, has just turned 18 and finds himself in trouble. He is called upon to make an ethical decision that itself challenges the conventional definitions of being cool.

Details

Short (27mins) Narrative Action, Comedy, Drama | Trinidad and Tobago

Language:

English

Production

Producers:

Patricia Mohammed

Patricia Mohammed is Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad. Her main interests are gender and development studies, film and the study of aesthetics and visual intelligence. She is author of Imaging the Caribbean: Culture and Visual Translation, Macmillan UK, (2009) and has written extensively on art in the Caribbean. She has directed 17 films among them the award winning experimental documentary Coolie Pink and Green, (2009). Her most recent book is the illustrated Travels with a Husband, written with artist Rex Dixon, Hansib Publishers, United Kingdom (2016).

Writers:

Michael Mooleedhar

Directors:

Michael Mooleedhar

Cast:

Sean Nebula, Olatunji Yearwood, Bradley Ceasar