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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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