Aruba (2006)
40m
Running Time
January 19, 2006Release Date
Plot.
Milan is an 11-year-old boy who dreams about escaping a violent home life. When his parents fight or take drugs, or when bullies pick on him in school, he finds peace in contemplating a postcard with an idyllic picture of the island of Aruba, and imagines himself in that faraway place as a way to survive.
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Cast & Crew.
A.J. Saudin
Milan
Devon Bostick
Mark
Soo Garay
Mom
Chris McCawley
Patricia Fagan
Teacher
Hubert Davis
Director
Soo Garay
Mom
David Miller
Producer
Sam McLaren
Producer
Chris McCawley
Actor
Fraser Macdougall
Music
Nicki Whitely
Student
Michael White
Music
Hubert Davis
Director
David Tennant
Director of Photography
David Miller
Producer
Details.
Release DateJanuary 19, 2006
StatusReleased
Running Time40m
Filming LocationsToronto, Canada
Genres
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Wiki.
Aruba is a 2006 Canadian coming-of-age dramatic short film and the fiction debut of director Hubert Davis. It was his first major work after his Academy Award-nominated film Hardwood.
Davis was inspired to create the film after having worked with "at risk kids" in Vancouver, and toward his film addressing issues found within Black communities, he "advocates the need for 'intelligent urban films' that offer a different perspective from the conventions of urban comedies and Black Entertainment TV."
The film has been archived in the National Film Board of Canada African-Canadian Issues Collection.