By Alysia Christiani
For many Caribbean families, the immigration story is a familiar one. So many of us have moved to other countries, or have family members who have left their homeland in search of a better life, that it may seem there is nothing new that can be said about the experience. But in her one-woman show, Demerara Gold, actress Ingrid Griffith proves otherwise.
Demerara Gold, written by and featuring Guyanese born actress Ingrid Griffith, tells the semi-autobiographical tale of seven-year-old Ingrid, who, along with her nine-year-old sister Dawn, is left in the care of her two grandmothers when her parents are granted visas to move from Guyana to the United States.
Ingrid’s grandmothers, one a strict recluse who peeps out at the world from behind her curtains, the other a saved and sanctified woman of God, keep a tight reign on the girls for what is supposed to be a short period of time, until Ingrid and Dawn’s visas come through. But it is a long four years before the girls are reunited with their parents. And once together,
