Author: Diane De La Haye
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Black River Film Festival
Anybody who knows me, is very aware of the fact that me nuh like go Jamaican countryside. I have everything I need within a two mile radius unless I’m heading to the airport. So imagine when I met Dr. Ava Eagle Brown, the Founder of Black River Film Festival and her spirit tek to me,…
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Double Chin-Up
How to be a Plus-size Fit Model (loosely based on my time working for Reitmans, and the inspiration behind Screenplay Top 10 finalist “The Proverbial Fit” The world of fashion is a cruel one, especially for a Plus-sized Model, which, if you think about it, is somewhat of an oxymoron. Models are usually standing around…
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Genre Continuum – “Speed.”
This is film school homework, but I loved this presentation coz it’s one of my favourite movies. Keanu is a babe and it introduced us to Sandra Bullock. Does Speed fit the criteria of an action adventure film, how does or doesn’t it? Narrative Trajectory: Jack Traven’s decision to go after the bus to prevent…
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Racism? Still learning
I must confess as a black person I don’t know much about racism. Being raised in Jamaica, you don’t get the job, or are pulled over by police or suffer mistreatment due to several other reasons, just not the color of your skin. It’s also hard to recognize it even on short vacations to North…
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Bungling Bailiff
The bailiff shifted nervously and wiped sweat from his forehead, looking like he hadn’t digested a single word of my game plan. Yes, the concrete parking lot was hot and the sun beating down but why does he appear so panicked? Thought these guys got a kick out of serving n’er-do-wells with legal documents that…
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Parental Panic
The phone jolted me awake at 2a.m. For normal folk that would mean panic but for me it signaled that my daughter Beth was on her way home and needed someone to open the gate (really need to fix that electronic opener). This also means her boyfriend has not escorted her home so I’m burdened…
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Petty over a cherry
We were merely 18 years old but the chemistry was unmistakable and growing more palpable by the second. I’d never felt this way before (only had one lame boyfriend up to that point) and he wouldn’t stop kissing me. To the naked eye, no-one could tell we’d just met three days prior but here we…
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Seismic waves of Blessings
Debra wasn’t sure if she just heard her husband right, and the nausea creeping up into her tightened lungs was not helping either. Quebec? That sounds like the French part of Canada but why was he choosing that province to do his Masters when there were a bunch of other Universities closer to Jamaica and,…
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Chemistry with the Director/Producer
Last year a Producer friend organized a meeting with a famous Director who I was thrilled to meet and collaborate with despite his insulting wage offer. Little did I realize that was a sign of more rubbish behavior to come. Not only was the contract offer wack and the storyline even more insane, but he…