Calypso Rose: The Lioness of the Jungle

Calypso Rose, born McArtha Lewis, is the calypso queen of the world. This is her extraordinary story, a moving tale of triumph over great adversity. We follow Rose from Paris, where she is recording an album, to her native Tobago and Trinidad, then to New York where she lives, and finally to her ancestral homeland, Africa. Along the way we see many facets of Rose and come closer to understanding the woman behind the public persona.

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Calypso Rose: The Lioness of the Jungle (2011)

Feature (85mins) Documentary Historical

Region:

Trinidad+Tobago, France

Language:

English

Rating:

GA

Director(s):

Pascale Obolo


Pascale Obolo

Pascale Obolo

A native of Cameroon, Pascale Obolo is a graduate of the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français and the University of Paris. She was one of the first people to document the Parisian hip-hop and graffiti art scenes on film. Among her other films is the documentary Calypso at Dirty Jim’s(2005).

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