CJ Interviews
Director Chris Browne’s Quest to Bring Jamaican Film to the World
June 10, 2011 | 1:41 pm | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell Despite a number of landmark films shot in Jamaica, from Dr. No, the first James Bond film (along with several other Bond films) to Legends of the Fall, the domestic Jamaican film industry is very much in its infancy. But Chris Browne, the director of Third World Cop, the highest-grossing Jamaican film in history, is trying to bring his country's more...
Cristina Savescu, World Bank Economist, on Caribbean Growth
June 9, 2011 | 5:29 pm | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell Earlier this week, the World Bank released a report on growth prospects for Latin America and the Caribbean. That macro region had three distinct areas – Latin America itself, which is in the midst of an economic boom, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which are both performing strongly, albeit for different reasons, and a group of countries in more...
Director Stevan Riley on his Film “Fire in Babylon” and the Power of Cricket
May 23, 2011 | 8:12 pm | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell For almost fifteen years beginning in the 1970s, the West Indian cricket team was the best in the world, and perhaps the best side in any sport. In an era of prejudice and racial upheaval, the Windies turned heads and captivated the globe, especially the United Kingdom. Director Stevan Riley, who told the story of the legendary Oxford-Cambridge more...
Working to Preserve Reggae’s Identity
May 18, 2011 | 12:11 pm | 1 Comments
Above: Carlyle McKetty (left) and Sharon Gordon By Alexander Britell For Carlyle McKetty and Sharon Gordon, protecting reggae is a way of life. The world recently marked the 30th anniversary of Bob Marley's premature death, and in that time, much of reggae has stayed true to its origins, but some has been lost due to the emergence of Dancehall; Gordon and McKetty more...
OBMI’s Tim Peck Talks Scrub Island and Luxury Development
April 15, 2011 | 10:16 am | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell Tim Peck is the chairman of design firm OBMI and is the company's former CEO for the Caribbean region. OBMI has long been a major player in the region, in master planning, resort design and development consulting. Peck, who makes his home in the British Virgin Islands, is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the founding member more...
Interview with Damien Cave, the New York Times’ Caribbean Correspondent
April 4, 2011 | 11:18 am | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell Damien Cave covers Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for the New York Times based out of Mexico City. Cave has told the stories of some of the world’s most challenging events, from the war in Iraq to the earthquake in Haiti. He was part of a team of New York Times reporters who were finalists for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in international more...
Andrew Humphries on the Four Seasons Nevis Reopening and Caribbean Expansion
March 29, 2011 | 2:12 pm | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell After Hurricane Omar hit the island of Nevis and closed the Four Seasons Nevis for over two years in 2008, the resort celebrated its reopening in December 2010, and, more recently, its 20-year anniversary. Caribbean Journal talked to Andrew Humphries, General Manager of the Nevis resort and the Four Seasons’ Regional Vice President for the more...
Interview with Beenie Man: Dancehall, Jimmy Cliff and Buju Banton
March 23, 2011 | 8:55 am | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell Anthony Moses Davis a.k.a Beenie Man has been at the forefront of reggae and dancehall music, both in Jamaica and globally, for two decades. His 2000 album, Art & Life, won the Grammy for Best Reggae Album, and the self-proclaimed “King of the Dancehall” has collaborated with artists from Janet Jackson to Wyclef Jean (who also worked on Art and more...
Minister Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace on Bahamian Tourism, Part 2
March 21, 2011 | 10:04 am | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell Earlier this month, we talked to Bahamas Minister of Tourism and Aviation Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace about what trends he had seen in the past few years for Bahamian tourism. We followed up with Minister Vanderpool-Wallace to find out more about the ways the industry has changed, and what lies ahead. See below for the second part of the Caribbean more...
Bahamas , CJ Interviews , Panama , Travel
Richard Lightbourn Talks Bahamian Law, the Privy Council and Foreign Investment
March 18, 2011 | 12:14 pm | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell Richard Lightbourn is a partner at McKinney, Bancroft and Hughes, the landmark Nassau law firm. Current Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham was a law clerk at the firm, and his predecessor, Perry Christie, committed his pupilage at the firm. Lightbourn graduated from the London School of Economics and the University of London, and was admitted to more...
Bahamas , CJ Interviews , Law
