CARIBBEAN WORLD

BY J.P. DEVINE In "Heading South," Laurent Çantet, French filmmaker of Montreal and Paris, offers a moderately interesting trio of middle-aged women who have taken their libidos on vacation in Haiti in the '70s. Related headlines MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Movies' lasting power This film was made long before the terrible 2010 earthquake that ravaged this beautiful land and it's sad to see what it once was. In this re-viewing of "Vers Le Sud," or "Heading South," we spend 101 minutes on the hot sands of Port-au-Prince with some very hungry women and hot beach boys. This is no "Malibu Beach Blanket," this is a serious, often too serious, study of the aching hearts and bodies of women of fading beauty who are no longer attractive to men their age at home. In the summer of the late 70s, the women come down from the cold pavements and hearts of El Norte, and lie around with hal...

Originally printed at http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Caribbean_Americans_and_Afro-Americans-125699428.html By Selwyn Ryan July 16, 2011 According to a report carried in the Express (June 24, 2011), Machel Montano was due to perform at the White House on the occasion of Caribbean Heritage Month. That event celebrated the various contributions made over the years by migrants from the Caribbean to the development of the United States. A proclamation issued by the Obama administration, dated May 31, 2011, was full of praise for their contribution. It states, inter alia, that "Caribbean Americans have prospered in every sector of our society, and have enhanced our national character while maintaining the multiethnic and multicultural traditions of their homelands. They are doctors and lawyers, public servants and scientists, athletes and services members. Their successes inspire individuals in the United States and abroad, and we take pride...