Saturday, July 30, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Fire In Babylon - In US Theaters NOW
Bat Men: Fire in Babylon on Nowness.com.
A New Film Sets the Story of Cricket's Record-Breaking All-Stars to a Bob Marley Soundtrack
Chronicling the West Indian cricket team’s explosion
onto the international stage in the late 70s, Stevan Riley’s documentary
Fire in Babylon profiles the panache-laden champions whose
15-year Test series winning streak changed the game forever. Initially
derided in England as “calypso cricketers,” the team’s superhuman
fast-bowlers soon earned themselves a more fearsome nickname: The Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse. “They gave cricket a sharp shot of
adrenalin, flair and cool,” says Riley. “Suddenly it was a danger sport;
English batsman were contorting and twisting to avoid lethal missiles
that were flying close to 100mph.” Riley weaves his story using vintage
footage and interviews with such legends as Sir Vivian Richards, also
known as the “Master Blaster”, who is perhaps the only batsman to
nonchalantly chew gum while collecting more runs than his opponents’
whole team. Soundtracked by reggae pioneers of the era like Bob Marley
and Jimmy Cliff, the film delves beyond athleticism to examine a
turbulent era of race riots and civil unrest, in which the West Indies
team hijacked a sport brought to the islands by their former colonial
masters, remolding it on their own terms.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
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Daily Dose of Water - Booby Cay, Jamaica
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| Photo credit: by Zach Stovall in Caribbean Travel & Life |
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Check In From Abroad - Photographer Lester Ali of Emirates Home Magazine in Dubai
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| From Once Upon My Island |
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