Q&A with Ian Harnarine | Screenshots (Jan/Feb 2019) By Jonathan Ali | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) Filmmaker Ian Harnarine talks about his new short, Caroni
Q&A with Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada | Screenshots (Nov/Dec 2018) By Jonathan Ali | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) A Q&A with Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada, directors of Miriam Lies
The inimitable Grace Jones | Backstory By Nazma Muller | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) She’s an instantly recognisable icon of music and fashion, with a forty-year career in the limelight. And the inimitable Grace Jones is Jamaican to the core, says Nazma Muller
Screenshots (Sept/Oct 2018) | Q&A By Jonathan Ali | Issue 153 (September/October 2018) A Q&A with Khalik Allah, director of Black Mother
Screenshots (July/August 2018) | Q&A By Jonathan Ali | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) A Q&A with Matthew Smith, director of a new Walter Rodney documentary
Screenshots (Mar/Apr 2018) | Film reviews By Jonathan Ali | Issue 150 (March/April 2018) This month’s Caribbean film-watching picks, with reviews of Cocote; Sergio & Sergei; and The Silence of the Wind
Winston Duke: “I’m unfinished” | Own words By Caroline Taylor | Issue 149 (January/February 2018) Tobago-born actor Winston Duke, appearing in the eagerly awaited Black Panther movie, on his love of stories and magical realism, how his village childhood shaped his ethos, and his love of soca music — as told to Caroline Taylor
Screenshots (Jan/Feb 2018) | Film reviews By Jonathan Ali | Issue 149 (January/February 2018) This month’s film-watching picks
Screenshots (November/December 2017) | Film Reviews By Jonathan Ali | Issue 148 (November/December 2017) This month’s film-watching picks
Jason Jeffers: stories like ours | Snapshot By Nailah Folami Imoja | Issue 147 (September/October 2017) His passion for film started when he was growing up in Barbados. It led Jason Jeffers to make the award-winning short documentary Papa Machete, and to found the Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival in Miami. What these initiatives have in common, he tells Nailah Folami Imoja, is a dedication to telling Caribbean stories and changing the way the world imagines our islands
Screenshots (September/October 2017) | Film Reviews By Jonathan Ali | Issue 147 (September/October 2017) This month’s film-watching picks
Screenshots (July/August 2017) | Film Reviews By Jonathan Ali | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) This month’s film-watching picks
Screenshots (May/June 2017) | Film Reviews By Jonathan Ali | Issue 145 (May/June 2017) This month’s film-watching picks
Caribbean Screenshots (March/April 2017) Film Reviews By Jonathan Ali | Issue 144 (March/April 2017) This month’s film-watching picks
Caribbean Screenshots (January/February 2017) | Film Reviews By Jonathan Ali | Issue 143 (January/February 2017) This month’s film-watching picks
Caribbean Screenshots (November/December 2016) By Jonathan Ali | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) This month’s film-watching picks
Word of mouth (November/December 2016) By Ray Funk | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) The Gimistory festival tells tales around Cayman, Caribbean writers headline at the Miami Book Fair, soca star Machel Montano makes his big-screen debut — and paranging till it hurts in Trinidad
Caribbean Screenshots (September/October 2016) | Film Reviews By Jonathan Ali | Issue 141 (September/October 2016) This month’s film-watching picks
Richard Fung: no easy readings By Jonathan Ali | Issue 141 (September/October 2016) Born in Trinidad, based in Canada, navigating between identities — gay, Chinese-descended, Caribbean diaspora — filmmaker Richard Fung was “intersectional” before the term even existed, writes Jonathan Ali, and his complicated background informs his pioneering, innovative work
Barbadian Shakirah Bourne — living the Dream By Nailah Folami Imoja | Issue 139 (May/June 2016) Barbadian Shakirah Bourne became a filmmaker by accident — and learned her craft the hard way, through “guerilla-style” productions with minimal resources. Then a “dream” project came along: the chance to adapt and direct Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a Bajan setting. Nailah Folami Imoja tells the story of how A Caribbean Dream came true
No money, no love By Jonathan Ali | Issue 135 (September/October 2015) Laura Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas, partners in life and in filmmaking, tell intimate stories with a lyrical touch. Their latest film, exploring sex tourism in the Dominican Republic, is a step towards something even more ambitious, writes Jonathan Ali
Caribbean Hollywood: 40+ actors of Caribbean heritage By Caroline Taylor | Issue 133 (May/June 2015) Caribbean actors have been lighting up Hollywood screens for decades — even if you don’t recognise their accents. Caroline Taylor looks back at the first generation of Caribbean movie and TV stars, and profiles some of today’s headliners who can claim Caribbean roots
