SHANTAYE'S WORLD
Special Features: Post-screening dessert reception featuring St. Lucian treats sponsored by Caribbean Professional Network on June 10
Shantaye Anderson is bold, Black, beautiful, intelligent and passionate about love. Born in rural St. Lucia during post-colonial times, she struggles to process the loss of her mother, who passed away just hours after bringing her into the world. She finds consolation in her loving grandmother, Mam Lucess, who tries to equip her for the world. Her father, Edson Anderson, does his best to care for Shantaye after the passing of his wife. However, when he remarries, the young girl is exposed to the jealous wrath of an unreasonable stepmother. Her life changes forever when she falls in love with Jean Claude Le Marche, the handsome son of the community's white doctor, a charismatic young man who promises to love her until death. All hell breaks loose when Shantaye's family and the community folk realize the pair are in love. To save Shantaye from making what he believes to be a grave mistake, Edson sends her to war-ravaged England, still reeling after World War II. (Note courtesy of Iyanola Pictures.) Official Selection, 2022 Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival. DIR/SCR/PROD Mathurine Emmanuel, based on her novel; DIR Guillaume Rico. Saint Lucia, 2022, color, 120 min. In English and French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 120 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, June 10, 2023
Genre: Historical drama