The film is an allegorical examination of the tensions between the tourism and heritage industries in the Caribbean.
Michelle Serieux is a Caribbean filmmaker originally from St Lucia, local to Jamaica, NYC and Miami, working in fiction, non-fiction and interactive media. Her creative development has been supported by the Sundance Institute/Miami Filmmaker’s Collective, Tribeca Film Institute, Chicken and Egg Pictures, The Alter-Cine Foundation, amongst others. Her work has screened at film festivals and art spaces in the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and the Americas. She holds a MA in Film + Cinema Studies from Columbia University (Honours in Narrative Strategies for New Media) and a BA (First Class Honours) in Media and Communication, Drama and Cultural Studies from the University of the West Indies.
Michelle’s most recent international collaboration is as producer on Don’t Come Searching, a feature length documentary about a Caribbean migrant farmer in Canada and the family left behind. The film made its world premiere at HotDocs 2022 and is currently on the film festival circuit.
Third Horizon Forward is made possible with partnership from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and JustFilms Ford Foundation. Additional support provided by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, as well as the Miami Foundation.
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