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Bankie Banx: King of the Dune

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About the film

Bankie Banx: King of the Dune celebrates the life and music of the Anguillian singer-songwriter known by many as “the Bob Dylan of the Caribbean.” Growing up on an undeveloped island where necessity often dictated life choices, young Bankie made his first guitar and voraciously soaked up everything from British top 40 and folk to Rastafarianism and the Pan-Africanism of Walter Rodney. In 1978 he released his first album, and his breakout hit “Prince of Darkness” put both Bankie and Anguilla on the map. After a decade of touring and battling industry executives determined to pigeonhole his sound, Bankie came home and created the Moonsplash music festival and the Dune Preserve – a beach bar, performance venue, and de facto kingdom. World class musicians and audiences must now come to him. With a guitar in one hand and a joint in the other, Bankie continues to make music while enjoying a degree of self-determination most artists only dream of.

Genre

Documentary

Runtime

1h 58m

Released

2024

Director

Nara Garber

Executive Producer

Gordon Woodward

Cast

Bankie Banx, Jimmy Buffet, Kevin Bacon, Cat Coore, Junior Jazz

Awards & recognition

Topanga Film Festival

Official Selection

1261 Grenada Film Festival

Official Selection

SNOWDANCE Independent Film Festival

Official Selection

Ocean City Film Festival

Official Selection

San Diego Black Film Festival

Official Selection

Boomtown Film & Music Festival

Winner

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