What’s to be said about Bazodee? The Machel Montano headlined film opened in his native land last week, and I happened to catch it on opening night. The film is entertaining, but far from exc… Source: Basically Bazodee: A Review
The Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival is up and running. There’s great selection of films in the line-up. What I liked was Dr. Bruce Paddington’s statement that local films can support a National Buy Local campaign. And Flow’s Marketing Director Cindy-Ann Gatt says audiences like local and regional content. Not just films. She says they…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEq1FOufcEY?rel=0] You can’t save every site and heritage building, but we need to save more than we have. We do have success stories in Trinidad and Tobago, Boissiere House and Audrey Jeffers’ Home aren’t listed. The Former is a completed restoration, the other restoration is taking place with great care to ensure historical accuracy….
I finally made my way to 101 Art Gallery to peep their exciting exhibition of the works of Dunieski Lora Pileta, “Ayo” Joy Phillip and Alexander Guerrero. Thank God I did because it ends today. My fave was Dunieski, his Bois Cano Angel in bronze is featured in the above photograph. His series of moko…
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Eternity Martis (The Fader, 1 September 2016) writes about the trajectory of patois on the global stage concluding that “more than just slang—it’s a language of freedom.” [. . .] Patois, as well as its hybridized diasporic slang, is a language used by […]…
Just a note. The gallery closes at 4pm, not 5 as the invitation states. The exhibition runs until October 1st. Check it out!
Book Series Call for proposals Blackness in Britain edited by Kehinde Andrews Rowman and Littlefield International Blackness in Britain is a book series dedicated to bringing together cutting edge research on Black experiences in Britain. The series will cover the interdisciplinary nature of Black Studies including work from but not exclusive to: sociology, politics, cultural […]…
Yesterday, I got to see Sanskara, a local film noir that’s going to be screened this year at the TT Film Festival. Let me tell you, I enjoyed it. To be fair acting isn’t our forte, and Lord does it ever show in this piece, but there’s so much thought behind this film that shines…
I’m actually finding this very intriguing: The Centre for Culture and the Arts at Leeds Beckett University in partnership with Leeds West Indian Carnival will be hosting an international conference on Caribbean Carnival Cultures on 19 – 21 … Source: Second Call for Papers – Caribbean Carnival Conference, May 2017
London fashionistas be on the lookout for this fabulous opportunity to indulge in some of the best clothing brands in the Caribbean. From September 23-25 you will have Shop Shari, Peta Odini, JoVew by Makisa and We Dream in Colour at your fingertips. And those are only some of the brands that will be showcasing…