Immerse, Film and Television, Trinidad and Tobago
By Attillah Springer ● November/December 2020 • Digital Issue
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Attillah Springer explains the roles of T&T’s irreplaceable theatrical brothers in the ongoing struggle for cultural self-determination
Embark, Film and Television, Reviews
By Jonathan Ali ● Issue 145 (May/June 2017)
Screenshots (May/June 2017) | Film Reviews
Cargo Directed by Kareem Mortimer, 2017, 102 minutes Kareem Mortimer, it could be said, is an auteur of the ocean, a filmmaker for whom the...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 94 (November/December 2008)
Book reviews (November/December 2008)
Marcus Garvey: hero or hustler? “We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none...
Culture, History, French Caribbean
By James Ferguson ● Issue 88 (November/December 2007)
René Maran: French lessons
Most people who know even a bit about Caribbean literature will have heard of Aimé Césaire, the poet-politician from Martinique. That...
Culture, Music, Food and Cuisine, Sports
By Various Contributors ● Issue 67 (May/June 2004)
What’s Fun & Fresh in the Caribbean this Month
Fast and furious Anyone who studies the sports pages of Caribbean newspapers knows Ravi Rampaul’s name. Whether he was breaking records...
By Caribbean Beat, Anu Lakhan, Nicholas Laughlin and David Katz ● Issue 55 (May/June 2002)
Bookshelf (May/June 2002)
PICK OF THE MONTH Frantz Fanon: A Biography David Macey (Picador 2001, 640pp, ISBN 0-312-27550-1) Forty years after his death, who is...
By Geoffrey MacLean ● Issue 8 (Winter 1993)
Meeting the Master: Wilfredo Lam
It was a long flight, and there was plenty of time to think about the art of the Caribbean and its place on the international stage. For me...