BANKIE BANX: KING OF THE DUNE

Special Features: Opening Night | Q&A with filmmaker Nara Garber on June 5 + post-screening reception sponsored by the Embassies of Barbados and Guyana in recognition of their 60th independence anniversaries

Growing up on an undeveloped island where necessity often dictated life choices, young Clement Banks dared to dream of becoming a professional musician. He honed his skills playing in dance bands, voraciously soaking up everything from British Top 40 and reggae to Rastafarianism and the anti-colonial Pan-Africanism of Walter Rodney. In 1978, he released his genre-defying first album “Bankie Banx and His Roots & Herbs,” and his breakout hit “Prince of Darkness” put both Bankie and Anguilla on the map. But the islands were too limited for Bankie’s musical ambitions, and in 1984 he set off for new horizons. (Note courtesy of CaribbeanTales International Film Festival.) DIR/PROD Nara Garber. Anguilla/U.S., 2024, color, 118 min. NOT RATED

Run Time: 118 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, June 05, 2026

Genre: Documentary - music

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