Michael Cherrie: when destiny beckons | Snapshot
This March, Netflix premieres a film on the trailblazing Shirley Chisholm (who was of Barbadian and Guyanese heritage). Playing Chisholm’s Jamaican husband is Trinidad & Tobago’s own Michael Cherrie. Caroline Taylor reports
Reel & come again | Backstory
As a new biopic of Bob Marley hits screens worldwide, Jonathan Ali explores the rich cinematic history of reggae music and culture through six iconic films
Ian Harnarine: “Doubles have been the great democratiser in Trinidad” | Screen buzz
Jonathan Ali talks to Ian Harnarine about his feature film, Doubles
Victoria Linares: “It gave them a sense of being seen” | Screen buzz
Victoria Linares’ second feature, which screens at this year’s T&T Film Festival, continues the filmmaker’s assured manipulation of artifice and performance — exposing cinema’s seductive lies — to arrive at deeper truths. She talks to Jonathan Ali about the process
Renee Robinson: “There was a longing to be useful” | Own words
Renee Robinson on her work in the international film industry and as Jamaica’s film commissioner, and the great opportunities she sees for Caribbean film — as told to Caroline Taylor