Rain
When everything she knew was gone, Rain searched for the only family she had left.
Director: MARIA GOVAN
Bahamas | 2008 | Drama | 93 mins | English | 14A
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Brief Synopsis
Director Maria Govan’s powerful debut, one of the first films indigenously produced in the Bahamas, shows a darker side of the country that tourists rarely see.
A teenager named Rain has lived her entire life with her grandmother on a tiny rural island in the Bahamas. When her grandmother dies, Rain goes to Nassau to find her mother, Glory, whom she has never met. When she arrives, Rain is devastated to discover that Glory lives in a desperately poor, AIDS-ravaged neighbourhood called “The Graveyard” and that she turns tricks to support her drug habit. With no strong maternal role model in her life, Rain must look within for strength and discovers she has a gift for running. Rain receives guidance from her school’s track coach, Ms. Adams, but Rain’s living situation threatens to spoil her dream.
Rain displays a striking visual sense that reflects the contrast between the idyllic setting and the harsh realities of Bahamian life. Luxury resorts hover over the blighted neighbourhood, tantalizing the residents with a lifestyle they cannot hope to achieve.
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Awards
Audience Award, Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (France)
Audience Award, Paris Lesbian Feminist Film Festival
Best New Director/First Film, Pan African Film Festival (Atlanta)
Best Film, Pan African Film Festival (Atlanta)
Graine Cinephage Award, Creteil Women’s International Film Festival (France)
Best Teen Movie, Women’s International Film Festival (Seoul, Korea)
New Visions Competition (Special Mention), Palm Springs International Film Festival
Runner Up for the Audience Award, Women’s Film Festival Brattleboro, Vermont
Runner Up for the Audience Award, Bermuda International Film Festival
Audience Award, Bahamas International Film Festival
CATEGORIES: AIDS/HIV, Diaspora, Family, Women’s Studies, Sociology, Tourism, Youth and Community
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