A hushed marvel of observational cinema, ‘Nocturnes’ invites viewers into the shadowy, flickering world of moths in the Eastern Himalayas, a remote ecological hotspot along the India-Bhutan border. With mesmeric […]
Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Quisqueya and a hidden genocide. In 1937, Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo ordered the massacre of over 20,000 Haitian immigrants living […]
In the 18th century, enslaved Africans on an Island in the Caribbean revolted to fight for their freedom by using their forbidden cultural rituals and folklores, that creative resistance movement […]
Forty years ago, scholar Philomena Essed sparked fierce public debate with her groundbreaking book, Everyday Racism. Once seen as controversial, the work is now recognised as a foundational text in […]
‘Possible landscapes’ is a poignant exploration of intergenerational experiences of Caribbean environments, filmed across two seasons in Trinidad and Tobago. Across sugarcane fields, steep hillsides, on fishing boats and through […]
How do you raise a child when your own mother abandoned you? In a remarkable story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin, renowned for performances […]
Join us for the Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival’s 2025 gala screening of ‘Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story’, directed by award-winning filmmaker Alison Duke. Share an unforgettable evening celebrating the music of Jamaican dancehall legend Sister Nancy, creator of the iconic anthem “Bam Bam.”
For centuries, Suriname’s Maroons have preserved ancestral traditions and resisted capitalist encroachment. But climate change and gold mining now threaten their way of life.
Born on a sugar plantation in rural Guyana to indentured Indian laborers, Cheddi Jagan rose from humble beginnings to become the Western Hemisphere’s first democratically elected Marxist leader.
‘Olivia and the clouds’ is a surreal exploration of love's complexities.
In the mid-1970s, Rico, a 9-year-old Haitian boy, was brutally taken from his native land along with Erzulie, his mother, to a strange planet called Canada. Since their arrival, a […]
Harold Sonny Ladoo was the first Trinidadian and second Caribbean novelist published in Canada, yet remains little known beyond a circle of devoted readers.