PADDLIN’ SPIRIT
DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY Amanda Sans Pantling
PRODUCTION COMPANY – Nice Time Productions
YEAR: 2016
Paddlin’ Spirit is a 30 minute documentary film about Laura Facey whose work explores the indescribable cruelty of slavery but also the resilient nature of the human being.
TALISMAN THE GOAT / TALISMAN LA CABRA
Excerpts read in English, Braille and Spanish by Riley Cooper, Kiran Lopez Moleon, Destiny Morrison, Keino King and Aidan Lopez Moleon.
Sponsored by IDB (Inter-American Development Bank)
Sponsored by IDB (Inter-American Development Bank)
CEIBA
2016, cottonwood, cow skins, metal, rope, cedar, 30ft.
RADIANT COMBS
New work by Laura Facey, directed by Melinda Brown, producer Marie Bruce, director of Photography William Richards, edited by iSHAC A ZULU.
Music by Melda Dalling and the St Ann Senior Citizens Cultural Group. 2012
Music by Melda Dalling and the St Ann Senior Citizens Cultural Group. 2012
THEIR SPIRITS GONE BEFORE THEM
Videography by Tony Patel, 2006. Editors Ramone Wynter, iSHAC A ZULU
Music: Della (vocals), Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith (guitars & bass), Uziah ‘Sticky’ Thompson (percussion) Composer & Arranger: Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith. Note: This music production is owned by Paul Banks t/as Firehouse Red Productions.
Music: Della (vocals), Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith (guitars & bass), Uziah ‘Sticky’ Thompson (percussion) Composer & Arranger: Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith. Note: This music production is owned by Paul Banks t/as Firehouse Red Productions.
AWAKENING
Performance Piece arranged by Laura Facey
Singers – Melda Dalling and the St Ann Senior Citizens Cultural Group, Dancer with Yabba – Jennifer Lee, photographed by Olivia McGilchrist, 2004
Singers – Melda Dalling and the St Ann Senior Citizens Cultural Group, Dancer with Yabba – Jennifer Lee, photographed by Olivia McGilchrist, 2004
MAKING OF REDEMPTION SONG
Videography Colin Young, multimedia Michael Robinson, 2002 – 2003
Talisman the Goat, 1976
Written & Illustrated by: Laura Facey
This is a bilingual story, in English and Spanish, about Talisman a very unusual goat, who leaves his home, on Goat Island, to go in search of fresh water. He traverses extraordinary landscapes to finally arrive at Fresh Water Cave. There he encounters Alcos. But who is Alcos? – a delightful Jamaican environmental tale, beautifully illustrated.
Chairworm and Supershark, 1992
Written by: Elisabeth Mann Borgese
Illustrations by: Laura Facey
Radiant Earth, 2014
RADIANT EARTH is an interactive digital publication featuring the artwork of Jamaican artist Laura Facey.
Published by Elizabeth Beecher Publishing
Paddlin’ Spirit, 2014
Presented at the International Slavery Museum, Liverpool, UK on 19th July 2014 and presented again in Kingston, Jamaica on 29th September 2014.
