The film, with a working title that remains under wraps, is set in a particular community in Jamaica, and it has to do with power, spirituality, and the healing power of community.
According to Delroy in an interview with Deadline, the story is about a young man who has lost his mother. His parents are both doctors. And we meet him on the day that we discover that his mother has been tragically killed. Jumping forward six years, he and his father have not mourned the loss of the mother and the wife, respectively. The child then gets sent to his maternal homeland in Jamaica, and he’s highly resistant to going, but he goes and is eventually embraced by this community and begins to be able to heal. And as he begins to be able to heal, he and his father can start to heal.
There’s a magic realism element. There’s a very strong spiritual element, which is very much in keeping with the area in Jamaica where the story is set, in the Blue Mountains. I resist referring to it as a coming-of-age story, but on some level it is. But it’s also, again, about community and the power of community to heal and connect.
The film is on schedule to be released in 2027.
I absolutely love Delroy’s work. Incredibly gifted actor. Beautiful human. Can't wait to see this film!