A Bermuda Film and Book Night

Lockside Lounge & West Yard, West Yard, Camden Lock Place, Camden. London
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Lockside Lounge & West Yard, West Yard, Camden Lock Place, Camden. London

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Camden Town 0.19 miles

It is Spredluv’s & CKC Corporation’s great pleasure to introduce A Bermuda Film and Book night to the 6th Annual Bermuda Day in London Celebrations!

Each year we look to add exciting elements from Bermuda’s creative talent, so it gives us great pleasure that this year we can present a Bermuda Film and Book night.

On Thursday May 1st we will celebrate some of Bermuda’s many valued treasures, from books and short films by Bermudians authors and producers to live music.

This night will truly be the highlight of Bermuda Day in London 2014 with the introduction of books written and published by Bermudian David Chapman and other Bermudian writers through CKC BOOKS, a subsidiary of partner organization, CKC Corporation.

Books include the following titles:

David Chapman’s Daddy and i explore series.
A Bird’s Eye View (Black Males and Bermuda’s Education System) by Dr. Vincent Williams,
Memoirs of my Scars by Dejon Simmons,
Cell 6.3.7.by Kellan Lewis, currently incarcerated at Westgate Correctional Facility in Bermuda,
and other extraordinary titles by Bermudian authors will be available to purchase on the night.

“This is an awesome opportunity for talented Bermudian writers. For the first time, Bermuda’s books will be promoted and available for purchase in London at Camden Market which means that people from all over the world will have access to the island’s talented artists.” CEO of CKC BOOKS, Bermudian Cha’Von K. Clarke. CKC BOOKS has projects on Education in Bermuda, exotic poetry and short stories and social challenges in Bermuda available due to be released in 2014. Preorders are encouraged from the CKC Books store at ckcbooks.com or ckccorporation.org.

David Chapman is an Environmental Scientist, Consultant and Author.
Short films by Bermudian film producers will also feature for the first time at Bermuda Day in London.
These include work by Award winning Producer, Director, and Writer Lucinda Spurling.
“Poverty in Paradise: The Price We Pay.” By: Lucinda Spurling and Andrew Kirkpatrick’s, which explores the causes and consequences of the widening wealth gap in Bermuda; the struggles families face in providing for themselves and their children and the consequential spiral in crime plaguing the community will make an appearance.

LIFE ANONYMOUS by Award winning Screenwriter, Filmmaker and Creative Kara Smith and Karli Powell, which was selected for screening at Cannes International Film Festival, Short Film Corner is a short film created on and shoestring budget of £30 in just 3 short weeks. The story follows a day in the life of Arthur O'Neal, a newly homeless war vet with an epic drug habit.


An excerpt from the film FABRIC - History of the Portuguese in Bermuda by Milton Raposo will be shown. FABRIC will document the story of the Portuguese in Bermuda. The excerpt to be featured shows the annual Senor Santo Cristo dos Milagres Festival which is held five weeks after Easter Sunday. The annual Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres Festival is the highlight of the Portuguese Catholic calendar with hundreds packing into St. Theresa’s Cathedral in Bermuda.This festival is modelled after the one that is also held each year in Ponta Delgada.
Just like it is done in San Miguel, the statue of Jesus, known as The Image, is carried around the streets then carried back to the Cathedral.

Boogaloo, (Music Video) Navigating love in the modern world by: The Love Theme Director/Post-Production: Milton Raposo Producer: Ben Cooper.

“Africa Connection: Memories by Dana Selassie in which students of Bermuda’s CedarBridge Academy journal the experience of their journey to the Motherland. It is a candid accounts of their time spent in Senegal, Morocco and Mauritania.

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