Kareem Mortimer
Kareem Mortimer is an insipiring film-maker. He is a role-model to many people.
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| Intro | Kareem Mortimer is an insipiring film-maker. He is a role-model to many people. | |
| Places | The Bahamas | |
| is | Film director | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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| Birth | 17 October 1980, Nassau, The Bahamas | |
| Age | 44 years |
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Kareem Mortimer (born October 17, 1980 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a Bahamian filmmaker who is known for such films as Chance (2005), The Eleutheran Adventure (2006), Float (2007), I Am Not A Dummy (2009), Children of God (2010), Wind Jammers (2010) and Passage (2013).
His debut feature, Children of God (2010), is the first narrative feature from the Caribbean with LGBT themes. Another project, Wind Jammers (2010), which he co-directed with Richard von Maur, is a children's film that deals with racism. Children of God was shown on the television channel Showtime as well as distributed in over twenty-four countries around the world. In 2014, Passage was awarded an African Movie Academy Award for Best Short Film from the Diaspora.