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 the fight against racism. In this intimate and timely documentary, filmmaker Ida Does follows Essed’s enduring journey as a pioneer, thinker, and bridge-builder between generations. […]
‘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 dying coral reefs, the film presents intimate portraits of people in their daily lives and examines the impacts of colonial legacies, post-independence aspirations, and the […]
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 in Def Poetry Slam and hit solo shows like MotherStruck!, radically re-imagines the essential art of mothering. In seeking her elusive mother – a trail […]
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 distance seems to have grown between mother and son. To regain the love of his mother, Rico will have to understand this New World populated […]
Harold Sonny Ladoo was the first Trinidadian and second Caribbean novelist published in Canada, yet remains little known beyond a circle of devoted readers.
In a gripping and unpredictable 20-year quest, director Juan Carlos Rodríguez showcases the poignant story of Vieques. Through intimate recollections, community voices, and archival footage, the film exposes the profound hardships endured by Viequenses before and after the US Navy’s departure in 2003, unveiling Vieques’ dire health situation throughout the years.
In this Venice Film Festival-winning feast of magical realist comedy, aging Ghanaian, Atta Oko, sets his sights on finally having his own boat and becoming the envy of his village.
On December 31st, 1999, the United States officially returned the control of the canal to Panama, honoring the Torrijos-Carter Treaties.