Wide Sargasso Sea(s) in New York

An alert from New York for today, April 21:

In the Caribbean Classics Stage & Screen Series organized by the Caribbean Cultural Theatre, a couple of movie versions of Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea will be shown today. The controversial 1993 adaptation and the very-difficult-to-see Michael Gilkes' 1990 40 minutes film Sargasso ! A Caribbean Love Story.

Saturday, April 21
St Francis College, Founders Hall, 180 Remsen Street, Downtown Brooklyn, NY
2pm
Wide Sargasso Sea
Based on a novel by from a novel by Jean Rhys
Named one of TIME® Magazine’s ‘All TIME Best Novels’, the 1966 novel acts as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë’s famous 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Set on the island of Jamaica in 1844, amidst the political upheaval brought about by slavery’s abolition, Wide Sargasso Sea is considered both a feminist masterpiece, and insightful in terms of its exploration of the European attitude toward race. The book has spawned a number of adaptations for both stage and screen. Two such interpretations will be presented to examine the treatment of the text by Caribbean and non-Caribbean filmmakers. A 1993 Anglo-Australian production directed by John Duigan will be followed by 1995 (sic) production by Banyan Productions of Trinidad & Tobago and directed by Michael Gilkes.
Discussion follows.

If you are interested there's a very complete article by Jane Pryce comparing both versions that can be read here.

Categories: Alert, Movies-DVD-TV, Wide Sargasso Sea