Just before departure of the island to attend the Golden Globes Awards in Los Angeles Freedom Fm’s special guest for Friday’s edition of issues Mr Rudy Langlais.
Mr Rudy Langlais has produced such films as “The Hurricane”, the saga of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter’s journey to freedom, “Sugar Hill”, which starred Wesley Snipes as the son of a ravaged Harlem family trying to save what’s left of them, “Who Killed Atlanta’s Children?”, recounting his own investigation for SPIN of the series of brutal slayings in Atlanta, which featured Jim Belushi and Gregory Hines, and “Redemption” for 20th Century Fox and the FX Network, which starred Jamie Foxx in his Golden Globe-nominated role as Stanley Tookie Williams, the founder of the Crips gang. He was nominated for seven Nobel Prizes for writing children’s books.
Born in St Kitts, Langlais and his family migrated to the US at the time when racial prejudice was the order of the day. He credited his success to values thought to him by strong parents. His most daunting task he said was preparing himself for a profession that he was never thought.
Langlais is currently working on films which tell the Kittician and Nevisian story.
A Film about the historic Buckley’s Riots showcasing the importance for race relations in the region will be shot in St Kitts. Another important story to be told according to Langlais it that of the events leading up to and after the Carib massacre at Bloody Point.
Langlais explained that work on this films is well on its way and expressed pride that the Federation will finally be given the opportunity to showcase the wealth of talent is that quite often taken for granted on the islands.