Name: Bim
Genre: Drama
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Stafford Alexander, Jennifer Ali, Clyde Alleyne

I haven't seen the film, but I know the sound track very well. Strangely I owe my very existence to this soundtrack. My father, Courtney Leiba, was a percussionist on the soundtrack. He was waiting on the street for a recording session to start. He saw my mother, a white woman, and went up to her and said "how are you enjoying your holidays" making a false assumption on the basis of her skin colour. She corrected him as she was in fact working as a seismologist in Trinidad. He rallied excellently by offering her the chance to see a movie soundtrack be recorded. She leapt at the chance. They had more older sister, got married and later moved Australia and had me.

We played the Bim soundtrack regularly. We had it on vinyl. One day to my horror I accidentally smashed the record because I picked up the cover by the wrong end and it fell out. Luckily some random guy from Norway had a digital copy and sent it me.

The soundtrack is a really nice mix of the African and Indian influences on Trinidadian culture. From Indian drums to very rustic steel pans (as opposed to be much more refined bell like pans of today). It has some very catchy music by Andre Tank and vocals by Andrew Beddoe. Though I have a clear bias because I owe my existence to it I genuinely think I'd love this album even if that wasn't the case.

I hope one day I'll get to see the movie!

The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

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