Vanishing Sail, multi-award winning Caribbean Documentary Film comes to the West Country!

Vanishing Sail continues to inspire audiences all over the world at film festivals and unique curated events. Now West Indies Boatbuilding Culture comes to share tangible traditions with the West Country with four special screenings that will resonate with the sound of caulking mallets on a wooden hull taking shape on a beach in Carriacou, the Land of Reefs!
“If this thing gone from here, everything gone you know…” Alwyn Enoe
On the island of Carriacou in the West Indies, the last wooden sailboat builder dreams of saving a great tradition passed down the generations from Scottish settlers that sailed there centuries ago. The film follows Alwyn’s journey over three years, from hauling trees with his sons, to a final traditional launching ceremony. Using simple tools and a lifetime of knowledge, Alwyn and his sons create something more than just a vessel: a possibility for the once proud traditions of the West Indies to continue a little longer. Stories of the old Caribbean – trading by sail and smuggling contraband interweave a tribute to the independent spirit of a small island community.

“Beautiful…” Derek Walcott

 

Vanishing Sail is shortlisted for the Donald Gosling MARITIME MEDIA AWARD for Best Television or Film Contribution 2017. Currently available for booking at special events, film societies, boatbuilding academies, maritime heritage institutions, yacht clubs, fundraisers, coastal & Caribbean communities worldwide.

 

Trailer & Film Details:  http://www.vanishingsail.com
Screening times & tickets:
November 11th, 7:30pm The Flavel in Dartmouth, Devon, UK
November 14th, 6pm Plymouth Arts Centre, Devon, U.K.
November 15th, 8:30 pm Plymouth Arts Centre, Devon, U.K.
November 24th, 7:30pm, The Poly, Falmouth, Cornwall, U.K.