I met Saul and his stepfather Mathieu in Tijuana at the big street market where they sell their used, recycled sports shoes. Eloquent and friendly, Mathieu reminds me of the young men, storytellers and street debaters, with whom I grew up in Haiti. He tells me that his journey began in the Domini...

"Macro-lensing of Black women from Haiti and New Orleans doing skillful work – braiding hair, crushing spices, threading fabric – is superimposed onto the work of soldier ants to visually manifest in four stanzas the mythology of their queen.

Saintonge and Obi use repetition – braid, grind, sew...

Gregorio Guerra, migrated from Puerto Rico to New York in 1964. More than 40 years later, we catch a glimpse of his current life in Queens and his coping with a bad health diagnosis.

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 ...

Igna, tells the story of the resilience of one-handed, yet epically unchallenged, Ignatius Mitchel, aka Igna. An unassuming father of four, volunteer marine teacher, environmental activist AND, he is Dominica's best boat mechanic.

"Green and Yellow," features intimate conversations with Sketch and Yankee, two homeless people in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The film shows the homeless as a neglected part of the social environment, separated from society, and attempts to bridge that barrier.

Erle “the crazy runner” is a farmer, adventure racer, barefoot ultra marathoner, and now a major advocate for Permaculture in T&T. He was raised in non-farming African and Canadian urban settings, with no prior knowledge of the Caribbean landscape. Armed only with an old photocopy of a permacultu...

"TEACH A MAN," is a short documentary film, which follows a south Trinidad spear fisherman on a trip out to sea. Jason Jones, is a husband, father and commercial scuba diver, who has seen his livelihood threatened by frequent oil spills in the Gulf of Paria. Despite also facing several personal c...

94 year old, creole-speaking, villager in Trinidad & Tobago, Bertrand “Pin” Joseph takes us through the process of making a cup of coffee the traditional way.

Two hundred years ago, the slaves of Haiti defeated Napoleon’s armies in the historic revolution of 1791-1804. One of their weapons was the very tool they used to work the land: the machete. Papa Machete explores the esoteric martial art through the practice and life of a farmer named Alfred Avri...

From as long as time, persons have been living on the streets, some of them as a result of mental health and others because they are not welcomed at home by relatives after spending times in prison or having been deported. The film shares the stories of five people living on the streets of George...

For the last 30 years Pappy has been running unsuccessfully for Prime Minister of Dominica, each time gaining fewer votes than before. In 2014 he runs again, this time on a platform to legalise marijuana.

Dreams in Transit is a poetic, cine-essay style documentary reflecting on the theme of identity and belonging for contemporary migrants. The narrator, a London-based Trinidadian, returns to the Caribbean to explore the meaning of 'home' and where it is that both migrants and non-migrants might be...

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...

Single, divorced mother of three, police officer Onika James-Turner, has had a life filled with challenges, obstacles and heartache. We see how her difficult past only made her stronger and lit a fire in her to reach for a different life, one in which she could help her community. Onika takes gre...

Since 2015, at least 16,000 Venezuelans are confirmed to have fled to Trinidad and Tobago. The twin island republic is of one of the most economically viable options for asylum seekers, yet many are unaware of the reality that is to welcome them.

Nearest Neighbours, interweaves the stories of f...