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<p>Storm Saulter continues to ride major waves of accolades and good reviews as his latest theatrical release, <em>Sprinter</em>, opens across cinemas nationwide.</p>
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<p>The Jamaican writer-director,
in a tell-all interview with <strong><em>Buzz Entertainment</em></strong>, said that aside
from the long process he’s pleased with the outcome – if he were to judge just
the reception so far locally.</p>
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<p>“There’s many stages to a film
but that moment when an audience interacts with it, it takes on a whole new
life,” Saulter told <strong><em>Buzz</em></strong>.</p>
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<p>“It’s an interesting thing; I
know it’s been [many] years and sometimes it feels long but ultimately, [with]
my countrymen and women watching – it’s a major moment for me,” Saulter added.</p>
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<p><em>Sprinter</em>, a coming-of-age
story following 17-year-old Rastafarian track athlete Akeem Sharp, opened in Jamaica
on Wednesday, July 3 – after experiencing overwhelming success on the
international film market. </p>
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<p>Saulter told <strong><em>Buzz
Entertainment</em></strong> that much of his life growing up in Negril, Westmoreland is
portrayed in <em>Sprinter</em> – with many
relatable aspects of a daily Jamaican life taking center stage.</p>
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<p>“A lot of my life growing up in
Jamaica is in this film. I remember going to Manning’s’ High School in
Savanna-La-Mar and I remember going to devotion every morning. That stuff is
seared in me and my memory and I literally have that entire scene playing out in
the film,” the mind behind <em>Sprinter</em>
told <strong><em>Buzz
Entertainment</em></strong>.</p>
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<p>Saulter said that while
<em>Sprinter</em> is Akeem Sharp’s coming-of-age story, many Jamaicans should appreciate
some of the struggles the teen is faced with throughout the movie.</p>
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<p>“Sprinter is really the story
of a boy trying to run back to his mother – thinking if he can only run fast enough,
maybe he can bring his family back together,” he remarked.</p>
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<p>“That’s the larger, driving
motivation but [Sprinter] is also about a young boy going from a nobody to the
next Usain Bolt, the next big thing,” Saulter added.</p>
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<p>“I really wanted to tell a
story that had a realistic kind of feeling, as in, ‘What are we as people
feeling, what’s on the periphery of our lives?’,” he told <strong><em>Buzz Entertainment</em></strong>.</p>
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<p>“For me, I wanted to show that
we can make global stories about us, that can be mad in this space and that can
be made about people who are from here or living through their experiences
either here or elsewhere," Saulter added.<br></p>
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<p> On a mission to create
universal stories wrapped in the complex social and cultural dynamics of the
Caribbean, <em>Sprinter</em> marks Storm
Saulter’s second major silver screen effort since the critically acclaimed <em>Better Mus’ Come</em>.</p>
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