I've often asked myself this, but I guess the nagging frustration didn't really ask the question. It's because we in the Virgin Islands and larger Caribbean make the most of hardship, smiling our way through stone age inconveniences that would break most folks elsewhere. Well, this...
Close your eyes. Now imagine islands so enchanting that if you do believe in creation, you must know that God took His time crafting them. Don’t open your eyes yet. Dream some more with me, because given the current state of affairs we can all use an...
When jeweler RJ asked if she could design an "Unbreakable" piece for me that evokes my spirit I didn't know what to expect. After all, I'm from St. Thomas where our jewelry district on Main Street is world-renowned. The famous cobblestone street attracts the wealthiest...
I truly thank everyone who joined our inaugural #DearUSVI Town Hall series where we came together during a pandemic to engage in honest dialogue in search of the solutions that will address the most pressing issues affecting our our beloved. I also thank our partners...
Many Virgin Islanders remember Roberto “Robbie” Smalls as a tragic hero, drafted by the Chicago Cubs then seeing that dream abruptly end with a prison sentence. As the first person to be sentenced to life for murder in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands....
Award-winning filmmaker author and journalist Peter Bailey held the second #DearUSVI, an unprecedented virtual town hall conversation series with civic leaders, newsmakers and entertainers focused on addressing the continued violence threatening to destroy the fabric of the embattled United States Virgin Islands. The town hall was...
On Wednesday, April 29th we held our first #DearUSVI Town Hall conversation to address the pandemic of gun violence in our beloved islands. Making the decision to launch this unprecedented series wasn’t an easy one as tourism accounts for the majority of our revenue in the US Virgin Islands. How...
Award-winning filmmaker, author and journalist Peter Bailey will host #DearUSVI, an unprecedented virtual town hall conversation series with civic leaders, newsmakers and entertainers focused on addressing the continued violence threatening to destroy the fabric of the embattled US territory. The town hall is being organized...
Since discussing the federal government's role in addressing the coronavirus pandemic with Florida Representative Shevrin Jones I wanted to speak directly with some currently afflicted by COVID-19 so I contacted Black Press USA correspondent Stacy Brown who alongside his wife was currently diagnosed. In this...
Now that COVID-19 - the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus has spread to the Caribbean with 17 confirmed cases in the US Virgin Islands and most every other island nation throughout the West Indies - Florida state representative Shevrin Jones joined Peter Bailey for...
I know we’re pass the month of January, but I’d still like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and I hope your goals for this next chapter is beginning to take shape. When I began the “Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders” film screening tour...
https://youtu.be/_aZKAsAeH4c Watch this recap from the soft launch of our “Unbreakable Brunch” series inspired by Peter Bailey’s award-winning film “Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders” where the author and filmmaker has partnered with chef Digby Stridiron whose restaurant Food & Wine has called the “new...
After garnering critical-acclaim worldwide and recently winning best documentary feature at Toronto's Caribbean Tales International Film Festival, "Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders" now heads to higher education where the film will be taught at the University of Delaware this fall semester. Unbreakable, based on Peter...
https://youtu.be/ML1Uqf6sGyg Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders”, took home top honors for best documentary at the 13th annual Caribbean Tales International Film Festival recently held in Toronto. The award comes a year after St. Thomas native Peter Bailey debuted the documentary on St. Thomas on his birthday...
After an incredible screening at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Miami on August 10th, the cultural tour de force that has become “Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders” now heads to Toronto for the Caribbean Tales International Film Festival. This upcoming Canadian...
Before screening “Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders” at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Miami on August 10th, Peter Bailey made an appearance on NBC Miami’s “In the Mix” where he was instrumental in carving out the show’s entertainment coverage, now a...
https://youtu.be/j-uefsLI-6M Watch the official movie trailer for "Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders" Renowned author and journalist Peter Bailey will screen Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders" at this year’s annual National Association of Black Journalists Convention to be held in Miami from August 7 -11. In...
Listen: https://www.gpbnews.org/post/paradise-discovered-recovery-and-resilience-us-virgin-islands As Peter Bailey's film "Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders" garners critical-acclaim nationwide having recently screened at Brown University and Charleston Carifest, the award-winning author and filmmaker shared a very personal interview on NPR's Morning Edition show in Atlanta. Peter Bailey presents NPR Atlanta...
MIAMI (June 21, 2019) – The United States Virgin Islands Department of Tourism has launched a vigorous summer campaign to market the islands’ unique carnival and festivals. Following the passage of Legislative Act 8153, Commissioner of Tourism Joseph Boschulte now has the department actively promoting and...
When "Paradise Discovered: The Anguilla Connection" premiered at the Sunshine Theater in Anguilla back in July the event was intimate affair that turned into a birthday celebration and homecoming for Anita Bailey, the film producer's 75 year-old mother. It was Bailey's first time in her native...
As far as films go "Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders" is a cultural tour de force capturing the incredible story of how residents of America's sole majority black territory survived two category 5 hurricanes in less than two weeks, an unprecedented event in modern...
The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders film screening tour heads to the University of South Florida’s annual Institute on Black Life Conference on Tuesday, February 5th. In its 33rd year, the institute’s mission is to facilitate and support knowledge production—through research and scholarly exchange—on a broad range of...
When "Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders" made its US mainland debut at USC's School of Cinematic Arts back in October, it marked the first time a chapter in Virgin Islands history was showcased at the nation's most prestigious film school. Now the film - based...
[caption id="attachment_18050" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Senator Donna Frett-Gregory poses a question after the screening of The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders[/caption] After already earning critical-acclaim at its US mainland debut at USC’s storied School of Cinematic Arts followed by an equally impressive showing at the University of Delaware, “The...
Katherine Nails admits that like many Americans she knew very little about her fellow countrymen in the US Virgin Islands. That, of course, was before viewing the "Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders" at the film's East Coast debut at the University of Delaware. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR-uuDbvhJQ[/embedyt] "The film...
Peter Bailey will be the featured guest once again on an upcoming broadcast of civil rights icon Jesse Jackson's nationally syndicated "Keep Hope Alive" radio show as Jackson invites Bailey to discuss his film "Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders." Last year Jackson invited Bailey onto...
Has America Forgotten the Virgin Islands?" That was The New York Times’ headline on a column written by UD alumni Peter Bailey, a month after the U.S. territory was struck by not one, but two hurricanes. The rest of America was learning about the devastation in Puerto Rico, but it...
[caption id="attachment_16887" align="aligncenter" width="446"] Peter Bailey in front of the Steven Spielberg Building, named after USC's legendary trustee[/caption] The first US mainland screening of "Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders" was met with applauds by those at the historic event hosted by the University of Southern...
I'm honored to have the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, the best film school in the country, alongside the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, invite us out to Los Angeles to host our first screening of Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin...
I independently financed the film Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders, because I wanted to ensure the story shared is authentic and void of any outside influences. The immortalizing of this moment in history couldn't be compromised by any self-interests. It's too important of a...