April 2: Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders

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St John Film Society in partnership with
Bajo El Sol Gallery

 7:30 pm / Tuesday, April 2, 2019

This film will be presented at the Bajo El Sol Gallery in Mongoose Junction, Cruz Bay.

Bailey will be present for Q & A following the screening.

Paradise Discovered:
The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders

A 60-minute documentary film by
St Thomas journalist and  filmmaker Peter Bailey.
& Two films from FILMMAKERS UNITE: 

FILM SYNOPSIS: 

On September 6, 2017, hurricane Irma struck the island of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The category 5 storm was the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. Less than two weeks later hurricane Maria, another category 5 storm, struck the already destroyed island paradise. The tragedy marked the first time in modern history that two category 5 hurricanes hit the same place in less than two weeks. Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders is based on Bailey’s New York Times Op Ed ‘Has America’s Forgotten the Virgin Islands’, which he wrote while building a make-shift roof and living without electricity for 90 days. Unbreakable brings to life what has been called the worst natural disaster in American history. “When nature and the rest of the world left us in darkness we gave each other light,” says Bailey.

 

Peter Bailey is an award-winning author, journalist and founder of NiteCap Media, a cutting edge multi-media company known for producing the critically-acclaimed NiteCap conversation series in which Bailey engages in introspective discussions with A-list entertainers, business leaders and other newsmakers.  His first book “Magic City: Trials of a Native Son”, a memoir on the life of hip hop legend Trick Daddy with whom he co-authored the book was praised as being “one of the pop music gems of 2010” by the New York Times. Bailey also made a foray into acting, starring alongside Lynn Whitfield, John Diehl and Keith David in the civil war drama “The North Star” after an award-winning career as a staff writer for Time, Newsweek and The Miami Herald.”
Peter Bailey, born on St Thomas, currently lives in Miami. 

FILMMAKERS UNITE
Short films to be screened before the feature film:

THIS IS MY COUNTRY by Kris Samuelson and John Haptas ( 6:43 minute film )
Rising bigotry towards immigrants is spawning fear and anxiety that permeate the lives of children just trying to get through school in the country they call home.