The Imagination Workshop's first short film 'The Kindly Ones' to premier this year

Online, January 22, 2010 (Newswire.com) - NASSAU, BAHAMAS - GREEK mythology, Freudian theory and feminism are some of the complex subjects a young Bahamian filmmaker explores in his short film, 'The Kindly Ones'.
Writer and Director Rupert Missick Jr expects the film - inspired by the Ancient Greek tragedy 'The Eumenides', the third part of Aeschylus' trilogy of ancient plays known as 'The Oresteia' - to premiere later this year.
Missick said he "fell in love" with 'The Eumenides' after listening to a recording of a lecture about Greek philosophy and history.
A journalist and playwright known for such plays as 'Fallen Trees', 'Sacred Space' and 'Imago Dei', Missick was immediately inspired to write and direct a short film based on the themes in the popular tragedy, with a modern twist.
"I was particularly fascinated by the central themes of the play," Missick said. "What it boils down to is a conflict between two visions of family. On the one hand there are the Furies, ancient goddesses who serve the blood connection or the mother, while Apollo is a newer god who advocates marriage which builds up a wider society as opposed to blood relations."
This conflict of ideals also unfolds in Missick's short film.
In the film, three Bahamian women, Moira, Nora and Deci, played by Erin Gay, Tara Woodside and Juanita Kelly respectively, meet for a tea party where a twisted debate about the role and significance of men and women in the family leads to the torture of an unknown man.
The filmmaker said the shoot, done in two days during the fall of 2009, was a dream come true.
"The process was a grueling one but it was also very satisfying to our vision, our dreams play out before us.
"But it's not over yet," Missick said.
The Kindly Ones' is Mr Missick's first film and he expects to follow it with another short film based on his one-act play 'Fallen Trees' which debuted last December.
"I would like for both films to premiere this year. I don't expect that I will abandon theater all together," the playwright said, "but I am finding that I am enjoying the filmmaking process more."
The film, now in post-production, was primarily produced by Missick's production company The Imagination Workshop, which he founded two years ago with fellow journalist Taneka Thompson.