'RAIN' the Bahamian film written and directed by Maria Govan will be screening in Grand Bahama on Friday, October 23rd at the Regency Theatre at 8pm.

Proceeds will benefit the Grand Bahama Children's Home and the Director, Maria Govan and lead actor Renel Naomi Brown, who plays the title role will be at the event.

Maria Govan, director of Rain at the Bahamas International Film Festival in December 2008, where her film not only opened the festival but won the Audience Choice Award. Seen right is Leslie Vanderpool, Founder and Executive Director of BIFF. Photo: Tim Aylen

The gala event will include wine, fine chocolate and hors d'oeuvres, and is being organised by Daphne Cates and is graciously supported by many sponsors and individuals that believe in supporting the Bahamian film industry.

Tickets are available now for only $20 at:

* Seventeen Shop
* Zorba's Greek Restaurant
* Wide World Travel
* La Belle Beauty Salon

SYNOPSIS OF 'RAIN'
Rain is a young Bahamian girl who, after her grandmother's death chooses to take an epic voyage by mail boat, leaving behind her very simple and sheltered life on the rural Ragged Island for the big city of Nassau. She hopes to reconcile with her mother who abandoned her when she was just a toddler; however, her hopes and illusions are shattered one after another as her mother's deviant and destructive lifestyle becomes evident to her.

Nassau's bustling harbor, larger than life hotels, crazed noise, traffic, and hostile temperament mirror nothing of the quaint, peaceful farming and fishing community she left behind.

The charcoal black woman who meets her is proud in posture, bony and scarred but does not resemble the photograph Rain holds and has so long treasured. This hard mouthed woman is Glory, her long-lost mother. Glory takes Rain into the valley of Nassau's urban ghetto – an area known as the Graveyard – a small community of clapboard shacks with no toilet facilities or running water, inhabited by gamblers, drug users, and prostitutes, all enslaved by a culture of addiction. This godless place is to be Rain's new home, and life, as she has known it, begins to transform darkly.

Judged by others because of her mother's appearance and demeanor, Rain is confronted with the cruel prejudices of the world and is alienated by her peers and teachers. It is not until the school track coach and her rebellious neighbor Magdalene befriend her that her situation changes. With her God given gift of speed, Rain not only makes the track team, but also challenges the star athlete, Keva. This young woman becomes Rain's antagonist when Rain shows promise for regional recognition and wins the coach's dedication and affection. Rain's real antagonist, however, is her mother, and running becomes a metaphor that reflects the spirit – and the struggles – of both central characters.

Rain tells the story of a young girl's voyage of discovery – to find herself and her place in the world. Confronted by a mother she does not know and an environment she dreads, Rain must catch her stride in the only place that matters, the spiritual ground deep within her.

Source: Bahamas Weekly

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