Denis Mckenzie, a proud and independent family man from Jamaica, was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) at the age of 43. The disease eventually renders him almost completely paralysed and speechless. Given five years to live, Denis tries, with the assistance of his wife, to fight...

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Miquel Galofré and produced by Sustain T&T’s own Carver Bacchus, “A Better Place,” takes the viewer to five communities in Trinidad and Tobago, where people are doing great things, charting their own course and inspiring others to do the same. Each of the featu...

CULTURE CLASH, is a feature documentary, filled with riveting interviews of second-generation Caribbean immigrants and the challenges they face in holding to their family heritage while embracing American culture. One of the challenges children of immigrants face in America is translating for the...

The Firewalkers of Kali reveals the world of the Firepass ceremony, devotees walked through blazing flames. The ceremony, which was once the most spectacular ritual of Indian immigrants after they left the estates, enjoyed widespread support, until in the 1950s. The growth of a more staid Hindu...

March of the Mokos, centers on Glen “Dragon” DeSouza, “King of the Moko Jumbies,” and the head of a cultural stilt-walking group, Keylemanjahro.  Not only does he help to revive the artform in Trinidad and Tobago, but his talent and teaching of the craft inspires youths, encourages other groups w...

Papa Jah, a humble Haitian bushman and gardener, has lived in the Bahamas for 40 years, in a marginalized community called the Mud. As a strict deportation policy and growing xenophobia sweeps the country, news from Haiti arrives that his 103 three year old father has taken ill. Papa Jah risks hi...

Adopted ID uncovers the extraordinary journey of Judith Craig as she bravely returns to Haiti to find her birth parents. From the poverty-stricken families who’ve given up a child, to the foreign families looking to adopt one, these disparate worlds collide amid her quest to solve the puzzle of h...

With more than 60 interviews from professors, medical staff, police officers, government officials, students, tourists, every day locals and more, the film is able to highlight Carnival is an exciting occasion.

Is it a festival which creates turmoil, and which is not widely visible…or is it just...

Disenchanted by the modern world, Michael Lees heads into the forest of Dominica with some basic survival gear, religious texts and a camera. “Why did man ever leave the forest? And what makes for a good life?” Just as he starts to acclimatize to his new life - the unexpected; Category 5 Hurrican...

Disenchanted with the modern world, Michael Lees heads into the forest of Dominica with some basic survival gear, religious texts, a camera, and questions: “Why did man ever leave the forest? And what makes for a good life?”

Just as he starts to acclimatize to his new life – the unexpected: Cate...

"From Gangsta to Pastor," chronicles the life of Gary Grant - once a gangsta and now a pastor - who works to help the community he once hurt. After years of living on the wrong side of the law, doing jail time, and seeing many of his friends die too young - he made the choice to turn his life aro...

‘From Gangsta to Pastor’ chronicles the life of Gary Grant, a one-time gangster turned pastor, who works to help the community he once hurt.

Born and raised in Laventille, his troubled childhood led him down the path of crime. Abandoned by his father, he found protection and power in the streng...

Moving from victim to survivor, Camika, a mother of seven, shares her story of how she found her voice and the strength to stop the cycle of domestic abuse in her home. Abandoned by her father and hurt by the men in her life, she now works hard to help other victims of domestic abuse while she st...

Slavery may have been the catalyst, but culture and passion formed this sound in Trinidad & Tobago. The steelpan (steel drum) can take the claim of being the only acoustic instrument invented in the 20th century. However, this sound not only moves people today, but it parallels the island’s histo...

The follow up to award-winning Panomundo Part 1: The Evolution of the Steelpan, that focuses on the global influence of the steelpan once it left Trinidad & Tobago and travelled to Canada, Japan, Nigeria, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.

This section features bands and steelpan leg...