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Passage

  • Passage
© Kareem Mortimer
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2012
Format : Short
Running time : 16 (in minutes)
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A twenty-year-old Haitian woman, Sandrine and her thirteen year old brother Etienne are being transported from Haiti to the Bahamas in the hold of a dilapidated wooden vessel filled with several other immigrants in search of a better life. When her brother takes ill, she must use her smarts and strength to avoid him being thrown off the boat and save his life.

A film by Kareem J. Mortimer

Bahamas, 2012, Short narrative, 16min34s, Drama/Suspense

Starring Dana Ferguson, Stephen Tyrone Williams, Lorenz Wright



This film was made as part of the Commonwealth Shorts project, a capacity building scheme to give emerging writers/directors the opportunity to make a film which highlights issues affecting them and their communities. The initiative is a partnership between Commonwealth Writers, B3 Media and CBA Worldview.


2014 | African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA 2014), Nigeria
* Meilleur court-métrage Diaspora (AMAA 2014 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT)

Encounters Short Film Festival in Bristol, UK
* Premiered, as part of a Commonwealth Writers event.

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A twenty-year-old Haitian woman, Sandrine and her thirteen year old brother Etienne are being transported from Haiti to the Bahamas in the hold of a dilapidated wooden vessel filled with several other immigrants in search of a better life. When her brother takes ill, she must use her smarts and strength to avoid him being thrown off the boat and save his life. - See more at: http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/updates/passage-kareem-mortimer-bahamas#sthash.um16TLbt.dpuf

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