{"id":3581,"date":"2026-01-16T23:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3581"},"modified":"2026-01-16T23:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:54:20","slug":"patou-in-black-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3581","title":{"rendered":"PATOU: In Black &amp; White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: Documentary &#8211; Featurette<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With a career that spans over four decades and across the globe, Jamaican singer Pat Powell (Patou) is one of Australia\u2019s most accomplished yet hidden vocal talents. He is the artist that everyone wants to work with \u2013 the singer\u2019s singer who sings with 15 bands, including the ARIA award-winning Melbourne Ska Orchestra. Born in the UK to Jamaican parents, Pat left the racism of the UK as soon as he could, although \u2018stupidly\u2019 found his way to Australia with its own racism issues. Father to four children from different mothers with varying ethnic backgrounds, Pat\u2019s children all identify differently and raise a discussion about racism and where identity comes from.<\/p>\n<p>Director(s): Fiona Cochrane<br \/>\nWriter(s): Fiona Cochrane<\/p>\n<p>Country: Australia<br \/>\nSouth American Premiere<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3645\" src=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PATOU-In-Black-White-200x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/2026-fi-lima\/2026-official-selections-fi-lima\/\">Return to 2026 Official Selections \u2013 Films<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: Documentary &#8211; Featurette With a career that spans over four decades and across the globe, Jamaican singer Pat Powell (Patou) is one of Australia\u2019s most accomplished yet hidden vocal talents. He is the artist that everyone wants to work with \u2013 the singer\u2019s singer who sings with 15 bands, including the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3581\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PATOU: In Black &amp; White&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-invasion-l-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}