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STRIDE: films from Trinidad and Tobago
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 | 3:30 pm
Director present
Art becomes motion, and motion becomes a way to name where a nation stands and where it insists on going. There is a movement – finding stride through arts, finding stride as a nation.
Event Details
Films
Silenced
Silenced is a short film that brings attention to aspects of human trafficking through dance and spoken word. Featuring the captivating choreography of Allan Balfour and Terry Springer, it sheds light on this social scourge and enjoins us to do what we can to end it.
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STRIDE: FILMS FROM T+T
SCREENINGS
📍 Gemstone: Azure |24.09.2025 | 3.30pm
📍 Gemstone Amethyst |25.09.2025 | 4.30pm
📍 4DX Cinema |27.09.2025 | 12.30pm
Jeanine: the anatomy of an aria
‘Jeanine: the anatomy of an aria’ traces the extraordinary journey of Jeanine De Bique, an acclaimed soprano from Trinidad and Tobago. Raised in a small village, Jeanine defied expectations and navigated the demanding world of opera to claim her place on some of the world’s most prestigious stages. With raw intimacy, the film follows her across continents, from rehearsals and performances to quiet moments of reflection, revealing a woman whose artistry is matched only by her humility and resilience. Grounded in her Caribbean roots and trained in the European classical tradition, Jeanine bridges cultures and challenges convention, forging a path that is distinctly her own. This is a story about voice in every sense: the soaring instrument that captivates audiences, and the inner voice that carries her through doubt, loss, and triumph. Jeanine: The Anatomy of an Aria offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at a singular artist who is quietly transforming the world of opera, not through spectacle, but through soul.
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STRIDE: FILMS FROM T+T
SCREENINGS
📍 Gemstone: Azure |24.09.2025 | 3.30pm
Going foreign 1983-2023
Joanne Kilgour, John Isaacs and Natalie Rogers, three talented performers who played lead roles in most of Banyan’s early dramas, meet one afternoon in 1983, on the eve of John going to New York University to study, joining Joanne and Natalie who have just started at Julliard. They dance, role play, discuss and perform memory, dream and present experience, expressing what it means to them to have to go abroad (“foreign”) to study and how it changes their perception of home.
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STRIDE: FILMS FROM T+T
SCREENINGS
📍 Gemstone: Azure |24.09.2025 | 3.30pm
Dancing on steel
‘Dancing on steel’ traces the creation of a remarkable six-piece steelband suite composed by Dr. Jeannine Remy, Senior Lecturer at The University of the West Indies (UWI). Each movement is inspired by the rhythms and stories of T&T’s diverse cultural tapestry. The film captures a first-of-its-kind artistic fusion, uniting Trinidad & Tobago’s iconic steelpan with the island’s spirited folk dances in tribute to the nation’s heritage.
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STRIDE: FILMS FROM T+T
SCREENINGS
📍 Gemstone: Azure |24.09.2025 | 3.30pm
Uncomfortable: The Art of Christopher Cozier
Uncomfortable is a journey through the work and ideas of Trinidad-based artist and cultural critic Christopher Cozier, one of the leading contemporary artists in the Caribbean. The tape presents Cozier’s witty and incisive drawings, installations, and video works in the context of post-independence Trinidad with its oil-rich economy, complicated ethnic politics, and vibrant cultural forms. Treated in this video are the failure of McDonald’s to take root in Trinidad (while other fast food chains flourish); the systemic difficulties of a “Third World” artist to circulate internationally; an art market that validates only pretty pictures of flowers and beaches, while the country is gripped with kidnappings and murders.
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