Check out this great article author Lawrence Hill wrote of a Dutchman's impending plans to burn the Book of Negroes.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Conquering Lion Announces Plans to Remake "The Harder They Come"
Conquering Lion Pictures is excited to announce plans for a film based upon 1972's Jamaican classic, "The Harder They Come," which starred reggae legend Jimmy Cliff as an aspiring musician lured into crime. Conquering Lion will be working with U.K. production company Xingu Films and Jamaican producer Justine Henzell for this ambitious project.
"Next year is the 50th anniversary of Jamaica and the 40th anniversary of the original film, so the timing is perfect," said D'Oliveira. " 'The Harder They Come' was the first film to bring the real Jamaica to the world, and that spirit informs this new version."
Check out Clement Virgo featured in The Star highlighting his favourite place in Toronto.
Clement Virgo, director: “Every day I take the subway to work and I come up from the east-west platform on the Danforth line and there’s always this beautiful music echoing as you come up the stairs onto the northbound platform for the Yonge line. It’s always some interesting music: a guitarist, a Chinese violinist, a guy playing that West African instrument with his thumb, someone playing blues. . . . It kind of represents the cultural diversity...
Congratulations to Conquering Lion's Damon D'Oliveira for being selected for the prestigious ACE development program!
For the third year running, Telefilm Canada is proud to be supporting Canadian producers through the Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE) and its training and professional development program for non-European Union independent producers. This year, ACE has selected two Canadian producers - Damon D'Oliveira from Conquering Lions Pictures (The Book of Negroes), for the English market, and Chantal Lafleur from Productions La Fête (Le Plieur de temps), for the French market - to participate in the 2011 session of the ACE Mundus Program.
"Taking part in the ACE Mundus program encourages the development of vital partnerships within an exceptional group of European producers," said Damon D'Oliveira, of Conquering Lion Pictures. "With Canadian producers now looking to international financing and coproductions to get their feature films made, the members and mentors at ACE can offer invaluable networking opportunities on the global market."
The two Canadian producers were selected by an ACE jury composed of external readers and industry experts. Telefilm Canada is supporting their participation in ACE Mundus by covering the related costs.
You can read more about it here:
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/Telefilm-Canada-announces-cnw-2398695339.html?x=0
The Book of Negroes/Someone Knows My Name Makes Oprah's Summer Reading List
The Book of Negroes or as it is known in the USA Someone Knows My Name was chosen for Oprah's Summer 2010 Reading List in O Magazine. You can check out her list here:
The Book of Negroes: Illustrated Edition
The Book of Negroes Illustrated Edition shares with readers the many photos, works of art and documents that inspired Lawrence Hill to create his award-winning work. Watch the video to see many of the amazing images.
CBC's The Hour Interview with Lawrence Hill
Here is another great interview by George Stroumboulopoulos of the Hour with The Book of Negroes author Lawrence Hill. Check it out if you have not seen it yet!
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