Children of God

Directed by	Kareem Mortimer
Produced by	Trevite Willis Richard Lemay
Written by	Kareem Mortimer
Starring	Johnny Ferro Margaret Laurena Kemp Stephen Tyrone Williams Van Brown Mark Richard Ford Craig Pinder
Music by	Nathan Matthew David
Cinematography	Ian Bloom
Edited by	Maria Cataldo
Release dates	March 13, 2010(Miami Film Festival)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Bahamas
Language	English

SINOPSE DO FILME CHILDREN OF GOD (AMANTES DO CARIBE) (2010)

As ruas e praias ensolaradas das Bahamas servem de cenário para essa suntuosa e corajosa estória de amor interracial e fazem contraposição às nuvens negras trazidas pela franca homofobia e intolerância endossadas pela religião. Johnny (Johnny Ferro) é um artista introvertido vítima de bullying nas ruas de Nassau, até mesmo pelo homem com quem dormiu na noite anterior. Ele vai para uma ilha distante, para que foque em seu trabalho. Lá ele conhece Romeo (Stephen Tyrone Williams), um cara bonitão e simpático que se oferece para mostrar as belezas da ilha e muito mais. As coisas azedam quando chegam a noiva e a mãe de Romeo, que se recusa a entender as inúmeras pistas que ele deixa para que ela se situe. Em seu retrato muito pessoal dos relacionamentos, tolerância e auto-aceitação, Mortimer acerta em cheio em seu drama com fotografia esplendorosa que faz uma crítica social mordaz.

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Children of God is a 2010 Bahamian romantic drama film by director and screenwriter Kareem Mortimer. It tells the story of two young Bahamian men who fall in love with each other and portrays the homophobia of the Bahamian society. The film also deals with themes of bisexuality, romantic drama film.

It is one of the first feature narratives from the Caribbean to address homosexuality.[citation needed] It was the opening night film of theBahamas International Film Festival. The Bahamas had banned the film Brokeback Mountain in 2006. The film made its International Premiere at the Miami International Film Festival and have premiered at over 100 film festivals around the world winning 17 awards. Children of God was named one of the top ten films of 2010 on BET.COM.

Jonny (Johnny Ferro), an awkward painting student, is “banished” by his instructor to the remote island of Eleuthera to focus on his work and find his voice. But first he finds Romeo (Stephen Tyrone Williams), a handsome, self-confident guy who shows Jonny the scenic spots, and a bit more. Romeo’s got a girlfriend, however, as well as a blustery mother who willfully ignores any clue or hint he drops to set her straight.

Meanwhile, Lena (Margaret Laurena Kemp), a pastor’s wife, has also made her way to this distant spot to contemplate her future in relative calm. Tired of her husband spouting high-and-mighty, anti-gay rhetoric at rallies while refusing to own up to the cruelty and contradictions in his private life, Lena has a decision to make.

Children of God is the religious expression used by Christians to refer to human divinity as being all God's Children. Four Bahamian individuals who set out on a journey from the frenetic energy of Nassau to the slower-paced and open Eleuthera. The year is 2004 when the Caribbean world is rocked by the emergence of Rosie O'Donnell's gay family cruise ship. Actual documentary footage details the mass hysteria that divides the Caribbean as some fundamentalists lead widespread rallies. Jonny, a young obsessive-compulsive suicidal white Bahamian artist, faces losing his scholarship at a local university if he does not live up to the potential his professors believe he has. Jonny escapes from his gritty inner-city life in Nassau to the under-populated and dramatic Bahamian island of Eleuthera. Here he decides to paint his 'masterpiece' and then kill himself. Lena Mackey is an extremely conservative forty-year-old anti-gay activist who finds out that her husband is not who he represents himself to be. She believes that the only way to fix problems in her life is to limit the rights of homosexuals. She heads to Eleuthera for the purpose of galvanizing the community to oppose gay rights. When Jonny arrives, his and Lena's paths cross and together these two embark on a series of physical and emotional adventures that not only inspire Jonny to paint but give him a new zest for life.

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