Noh Matta Wat Season Five Brings Fresh Belizean Drama

Familiar faces, fresh talent and a new chapter of Belizean storytelling are heading back to the screen. Noh Matta Wat launches its fifth season Saturday night with a red-carpet event at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Guests will preview the first episode and meet the cast bringing the new season to life. Producer Denvor Fairweather discusses the big comeback.

 

Denvor Fairweather, Producer, Noh Matta Wat

“Over the years people have been asking when we will bring it back and having the anniversary event last year and the reception and of course the request, I decided to basically focus on making an effort to bring back season 5 and so that is what we have done. For this season, we are building off the same Diego family, but sixteen years later. So, we have the Shakira character, Margaret, Randy and a few others. But, a lot of the drama extends from Lisani’s family. She is now an adult. She was a teenager back then. She is now a parent with teenage kids and so, just like how Lisani and Randy were the main characters, it will be Lisani and her family and the extension from her family will be bringing the drama this time.”

 

Theodore Martinez, Actor, Noh Matta Wat

“I am playing this judge, a corrupt judge. Some people think I am corrupt. I am just bending the truth and trying to make things right. I am having issues in my marriage and we talk about domestic abuse and we talk about, if I am going to become a changed person and see the light from all the things I have been through that have been caused because of my upbringings and my thoughts on what a man should be in relationship. Sometimes we are wrong because of how our ancestors should think of how a man should be physical in every manner and demands respect and it becomes abusive.”

 

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