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Bahamas: Staying Power?

Categories: Caribbean, Bahamas, Arts & Culture, Economics & Business, Film, Ideas, Politics, Travel, Youth

Bahamian Nicolette Bethel [1] questions the staying power of a Ministry of Tourism marketing campaign which commissioned 14 films from British filmmakers. Here's what peeves her: “It’s the idea that lies at the heart of the way in which the Bahamian government spends its money: ‘their output is likely to be perceived as more credible than material produced by Bahamians about their own country.'”