Marion Bethel’s film on the struggle of Bahamian women for the right to vote won the 2013 documentary award at the Urban Suburban Film Festival.
Womanish Ways, Freedom, Human Rights, and Democracy: The Women’s Suffrage Movement in The Bahamas captured the attention of the judges at the Philadelphia-based festival. Though the win caught her off guard, Ms. Bethel, who directed the film along with Maria Govan, said she was pleased that the film was being recognized outside of The Bahamas as well as within the country.
Ms. Bethel said the 73-minute film is making many people aware of this aspect of Bahamian development.
“It is a significant part of our history,” she said. “People, when they see it, wonder why they don’t know this, and those abroad are pleased to see another side of Bahamian life. So I am very glad about that.”
Womanish ways was released in 2012 with the support of the Bahamas Film & Television Commission and other Bahamian organizations. It has screened in several cities, including in Atlanta at Spelman College and the Allen Entrepreneurial International Institute. After the win in Philadelpia, the film finished second in the Open category of the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival On Location: Grand Bahama Island.
Ms. Bethel said she still hopes that the film will make a tour around the islands of The Bahamas, including the remote southern islands. She hopes to connect young students and entire communities with the history of the women’s suffrage movement.
Womanish Ways finds winning ways on festival circuit
Marion Bethel’s film on the struggle of Bahamian women for the right to vote won the 2013 documentary award at the Urban Suburban Film Festival.
Womanish Ways, Freedom, Human Rights, and Democracy: The Women’s Suffrage Movement in The Bahamas captured the attention of the judges at the Philadelphia-based festival. Though the win caught her off guard, Ms. Bethel, who directed the film along with Maria Govan, said she was pleased that the film was being recognized outside of The Bahamas as well as within the country.
Ms. Bethel said the 73-minute film is making many people aware of this aspect of Bahamian development.
“It is a significant part of our history,” she said. “People, when they see it, wonder why they don’t know this, and those abroad are pleased to see another side of Bahamian life. So I am very glad about that.”
Womanish ways was released in 2012 with the support of the Bahamas Film & Television Commission and other Bahamian organizations. It has screened in several cities, including in Atlanta at Spelman College and the Allen Entrepreneurial International Institute. After the win in Philadelpia, the film finished second in the Open category of the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival On Location: Grand Bahama Island.
Ms. Bethel said she still hopes that the film will make a tour around the islands of The Bahamas, including the remote southern islands. She hopes to connect young students and entire communities with the history of the women’s suffrage movement.
