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                                                                                                                                                                        Friday 5 February 2016

Paseo Herencia Mall hosts a red carpet premiere for the all-Aruban film

            “Siñami stimabo” - “Teach Me to Love You”

                                                             Cinematographer Omar
                                                             Brown, managing director
                                                             of Across the Waves pro-
                                                             duction company, on their

A glittering, glamorous         the production; the princi-                             relentless efforts to see the  expressing it carried “a very
event welcomed the pre-         pal song performed by her                               film realized, despite an ex-  important message about
miere of the film “Siñami sti-  son, rapper Malaghy Rich-                               tremely limited budget of      family issues that we often
mabo” - “Teach Me to Love       ardson, artistically known                              just over $5,000.              refuse to acknowledge
You” - at the Paseo Heren-      as “Freddy Richardson.”                                 	 The cast of over             and rectify.” This movie
cia Mall in Palm Beach on       Vera de Peralta sang three                              25 were volunteers; many       in Papiamento with Eng-
Friday evening, January 29.     of the other numbers in the                             of them acting for the first   lish subtitles, promulgates
The production was written,     movie.                                                  time before the camera.        an important message of
directed and produced by        	                                                       They all acquitted them-       abuse, mistakes, love and
the multi-talented Marilyn.     Lisette Malmberg, Presi-                                selves admirably! The film     forgiveness will be promot-
S. Richardson, who drew         dent of the Foundation RM                               even included a Member         ed in the entire region.
from her own experience of      Arts & Entertainment, who                               of the Aruban Parliament,      	
sexual abuse as a child for     was a principal sponsor of                              Donny Rasmijn in a de-         	 Lisette Malmberg
a recurring theme running       the movie, addressed the                                manding leading role. His      expressed that those in-
through the heart-wrench-       gathering of fans and film-                             wife, Marketing Director       volved have every inten-
ing but hopeful film. Ms.       goers. “Aruba has talent!”                              of Paseo Herencia, Candy       tion of continuing to pro-
Richardson also wrote the       she declared, compliment-                               Rasmijn, also performed in     duce movies and promote
touching musical tracks for     ing Ms. Richardson and                                  the film.                      art in a more general sense
                                                                                                                       that express hope and
                                                                                        The shopping center also       have a positive impact on
                                                                                        sponsored the production,      culture.q
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