The Spiritual Baptists of Trinidad have a common saying – “Those who have eyes to see, shall see”. It refers to their ability to see and access both the physical and spiritual realms. This film explores this way of seeing by comparing the physical, spiritual and ethnographic eye.
A troubled night security guard working at a container compound is caught between drug addiction and debt. He finds himself stealing from the storage containers he should be guarding.
Shan is a portrait of a young Trinidadian dancer at the Universoul Circus, which tours the USA. This experimental work follows Shan backstage and on stage, moving between darkness and light, as she prepares to pass under the limbo stick, reflecting on her past, present and future.
“A BETTER PLACE,” takes the viewer to five communities in Trinidad and Tobago. People are doing great things, charting their own course and inspiring others to do the same.
In a dystopian future a woman risks death to grow a flower.
The neighbourhood troublemaker and a police officer on his first day on duty, reluctantly team up in order to escape Port-of-Spain during the first day of the 1990 attempted coup. They trip over each other’s personalities as they stumble to escape the chaos filled streets of the capital.
The first section of this two-part film highlights the precursors of the steelpan and the creation of the instrument until it gained international recognition in Britain in 1951.
Bartholomew, a retired civil servant, takes a leisurely drive downtown, where Shanice, mistakes his car for a taxi. After much resistance, he agrees to take her to her destination. Along the way, they encounter a wide diversity of Trinidadian characters.
People with kinky/curly hair have been the butt of every hair joke for centuries. Issues from discrimination to lost opportunities, and more take a toll on “naturals” globally. Sorf Hair explores the natural hair experience in Trinidad & Tobago, as people from all walks of life and with different hair textures reveal their stories and challenges.
This chronicles the Black Power uprising that took place in Trinidad & Tobago in 1970, and how the movement was influenced by Black activism in Canada and the US in the 1960s.
Luke Singh, a young fisherman, struggles to make ends meet. Unable to provide for his sick grandmother, Luke is presented with an opportunity to make a lot of money, but the decision would come at a great cost.
Rattie plots his revenge on Machine after losing $3000 in a gamble. Focusing on gang violence, Welcome to Warlock is an alternative look at Trinidadian society.
