Rain is a spirited 14-year old who, after the death of her grandmother, seeks out her estranged mother in the big city of Nassau. Her dreams of a loving reconciliation are quickly shattered when she meets Glory, a scarred, proud, guarded woman bearing no resemblance to the mother she had hoped for.
Acting
Nicki Micheaux's guarded, volcanic performance
Direction
Maria Govan's intimate, unflinching debut
Cinematography
Nassau's beauty against emotional devastation
Director
Maria Govan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the first narrative features from the Bahamas, shot with local non-professionals alongside trained actors. The film captures a specific post-colonial class tension rarely seen on screen.
CCH Pounder joined specifically to support Caribbean cinema; she worked for scale. The hurricane that hits near the end was real—production had to evacuate and rewrite around actual destruction.
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