Marinated
in well placed side splitting humor, as only Jefford Curre' can do.
"JEFFORD CURRE' CIVILIAN ENGAGEMENT" is an
adventurous story that will help you realize that dark moments don't
last forever. It will hurt. It can even kill you if you don't change
your perspective. More importantly is the fact that if it doesn't
kill you, it will always lead you to a higher place and that includes
work, play, business and relationships. This book episode is loaded
with heroes just like you, who struggled and made impossible dreams
come true.
Steamy,
stylish, risky and compelling. “Jefford Curre' Civilian Engagement”
has been praised for highlighting one of the most intriguing chapters
in the making of modern cinema history. It's bold, and determine,
with an out of the box approach that's not even trying to be like
anything you've read before. Venture behind the scenes of a never
before told story. Ride along with the Bahamas biggest and most
popular action figure. From the nerve dangling pioneering
missions of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, follow through to
his ground breaking invention of the Bahamas Film Industry. Be
apart of the action as he braves the rugged and treacherous
frontiers of off-shore politics, sex, banking and religion. Find out
how this box-office genius changed the game and financially
engineered the rise of the Bahamian indigenous movie making movement.
(This
book does not attempt to give any professional advice. Though
the story is true, it's intended for entertainment purposes only, and
should not be the basis of any decisions.)
About
the author - JEFFORD CURRE'
Before
entering the movie business, the elusive Jefford Curre’ lived
a very dangerous life, managing multi-million dollar temptations.
Like a “Bond style” bounty hunter, running real life
intervention missions for the Bahamas government, he spent more than
5-1/2 years at the center of non-stop classified action. He has
more than 37 missions to his credit. Jefford Curre' was raised under
monk style conditions by strict, but loving Christian parents
on the 7 by 21 mile island of New Providence, Nassau Bahamas.
At the age of eighteen he was discreetly recruited to the
frontlines of law enforcement. Almost without warning he found
himself catapulted into a culture where the take down of murderous
drug criminals, sophisticated money launderers, virtuous hot women
and disgruntled weapons experts were the order of an average day.
At
the age of four his box office journey began while out to the
shopping center with his mother. It was the first time he had
seen a moving picture. He was so intrigued by the fun the
little people were having inside the T.V. set, he ran around the back
of the big T.V. to see if he could get inside. After inquiring, his
mother told him that they were movie stars and movie stars don't go
to heaven. His family was a part of a strict religious order who in
time had modernize their views toward cinema and became one of his
greatest supporters.
It's
ironic that Jefford Curre' would end up as the pioneer of the
Bahamas Film Industry. Before his first trip to America, as a
young adult, pursuing film studies, he had not even set foot inside a
movie theater. In 1994, the Bahamas was a nation trapped in the
success of a volatile tourist trade. The thought of indigenous people
operating their own movie company was laughable. Jefford Curre'
saw the vision of the future and a need for his people to rise toward
real economic prosperity. He requested his parents to grant him
his share of the family's inheritance in advance
In
1991 he set up Megavision Pictures, a movie industry
research and development office in Guanahani Village, Nassau Bahamas.
The huge sign board on the wall indicated that a new
way of entrepreneurial thinking was brewing among the locals. By
the summer of 1994, with the help of visionary resort operators, he
incorporated Megavision Pictures Limited and moved his base
onto Paradise Island, occupying two locations under closed studio
conditions.
Like
all pioneers his obstacles were endless. The bank demanded to hold
the family's $80,000 property in order to give a mere $15,000
loan, which was a far cry from the original request of $30,000. Then
they surprisingly stretched the loan distribution over a very long
period, in small increments. It was an advanced predatory
maneuver beyond the experience of the young entrepreneur. It created
a dilemma that left him, minus the family's property and literally
the clothes on his back. He was facing major embarrassment with
a nervous wife in one arm and a crying baby in the other.
The
Bahamas leading man of action was facing his darkest day in civilian
life. It was a situation that should have destroyed him, but
instead motivated his interest in the study of financial engineering.
Employing savvy negotiation skills, it was not long before he
was able to attract a network of innovative goal sharing partners to
assist in the organization of the Megavision Kingdom Academy. An
in-house home school that was designed especially to enable him to
take the entire family on tours. Dirty diaper changes, production
shoots, trail blazing mountain blizzards and often breakfast, lunch
and dinner in completely different cities. These are the conditions
that molded the office of Jefford Curre' into an unbeatable force in
the new world of Box-office excitement. Later as the children grew
beyond toddler stage, he redesigned the operation to equip
entry level box-office entrepreneurs with the skills and perspective
needed to avoid or overcome financial challenges and succeed at
navigating full-time careers.
Jefford
Curre' changed the economic outlook of an entire nation and raise the
bar of hope for many. It did not take long before everyone realized
that making movies was something they could succeed at, all
they needed was a full time commitment through hell or high water.
An army of locals now storm the indigenous cinema landscape.
Jefford Curre' ingenious box-office innovations has been featured in
a wide variety of major publications including the Wall Street
Journal (on.wsj.com/9IskoF ),
Stars in Paradise and USA Today.
The
phenomenal success of this youngster, who emerged from a skinny nerd
living on a dead end street, will change almost everything you
thought you knew about how to succeed in the entertainment business.
Most importantly, his tenacity inspired struggling filmmakers
around the world to realize their untapped power. His unstoppable
momentum against incredible odds enabled Bahamians to realize
for the first time that there was something they could succeed at
without limitations. Jefford Curre' became the one to watch and
a vivid example of the fact that they did not need a wealthy family,
religious prestige, tight government connections or an impressive
social status, in order to be a full time success in the Bahamas new
number one industry.
As
a big advocate of honor, respect and allegiance he holds the Bahamas
Movie Industry Distinguished Medal of Honour. He's also the first
inductee into the Bahamas Movie Hall of Fame. Jefford Curre'
is an artist beyond compare and a powerful inspiration to anyone who
struggles to make impossible dreams come true. He lives between
homes in the Bahamas and Los Angeles, when not on tour at least 200
dates a year. He is often accompanied by his wife, Darlene and
two daughters Danielle and RiQashan. They are all successful full
time box-office entrepreneurs in the global scope of the fast growing
spectacular cinema movement, now branded as the Bahamas Film
Industry, (bahamasmovieindustry.com). Long before Bahamian
film festivals, screen actors associations, film camps and cinema
societies, there was Jefford Curre' forging the Bahamas indigenous
movie landscape into being. From an original indigenous cinema point
of view the Curre' family reigns as the Bahamas First Family of
Cinema. They make up the core of a powerful indigenous international
cinema group that's 7,000 strong and growing.
Note:
"Jefford Curre' Civilian Engagement" book is 186 pages,
you don't need an e reader to read the book, you will get a PDF
(1MB) file.