Keyla - UK Premiere Film

Synopsis

Keyla is the first ever fiction feature filmed in Providence Island, a Caribbean territory where the community is a mixture of African, Spanish and English descent. Keyla, a young woman, is searching for her father who is lost at sea. When her estranged family comes to help look for him, she must confront their dark past. This is the story of a broken family that, through the loss of one of its members, comes together and works towards reconciliation. A poetic exploration of identity in an island territory disputed by Colombia and Nicaragua.

Invited activist and co-curator of the strand, Ramón Perea Lemos, from Carabantú Association, Colombia, will take part in a Q&A following the screening.

This screening is organised as part of the Afro-Latin Visibility in Focus strand supported by the University of Edinburgh and the AHRC.