There’s a brand new feature film in production from “Children of God” (2011) writer/director Kareem J. Moritmer, who is once more filming in his native Bahamas. Mortimer’s new film, "Cargo," is loosely based on his most recent multi-award-winning short film "Passage," and explores the dangerous and pitiless world of human smuggling. "Cargo" stars Warren Brown (BBC’s “Luther”) as a hapless Bahamian fisherman who gets lured into smuggling illegal Haitian migrants through the Bahamas to the United States in order to pay off a gambling debt and provide for his family. According to the film’s publicists, “It’s a story about people who are...
- 12/10/2015
- by Curtis Caesar John
- ShadowAndAct
Bahamian production company Best Ever Film has announced Warren Brown of drama series Luther has signed to star in Kareem J Mortimer’s Bahamian film Cargo, which has begun shooting in Nassau.
Brown joins an ensemble that comprises Jimmy Jean-Louis of Heroes, Omar J Dorsey of Django Unchained, Persia White of The Vampire Diaries and Gessica Geneus.
Based on the short film Passage, Cargo follows a Bahamian fishermen who gets lured into smuggling illegal Haitian migrants.
Cargo won best pitch at Caribbean Tales in 2012 and is the first part of a slate of films to be developed by Best Ever Film.
Brown joins an ensemble that comprises Jimmy Jean-Louis of Heroes, Omar J Dorsey of Django Unchained, Persia White of The Vampire Diaries and Gessica Geneus.
Based on the short film Passage, Cargo follows a Bahamian fishermen who gets lured into smuggling illegal Haitian migrants.
Cargo won best pitch at Caribbean Tales in 2012 and is the first part of a slate of films to be developed by Best Ever Film.
- 11/30/2015
- ScreenDaily
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