Films
Starting Over (Empezar de nuevo)
2023. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 23′. DOCUMENTARY
Starting Over explores refugees and migrants exeriences of working in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). In particular, it centres UNHCR-registered refugees who were granted the temporary right to work by the T&T government in 2019. The film takes place in Chaguanas, named an “Inclusive City” under the ICCS project, due to the high concentration of refugees and migrants residing there.
The Challengers
2022. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 21′. DOCUMENTARY
“The Challengers”, a competitive underdog volleyball club, nurtures community for Venezuelan refugees and asylum-seekers in Trinidad and Tobago. In the film, we learn about the team’s fight for inclusion, spending time with some of the volleyball players, on and off the court, as they prepare for an upcoming tournament.
My Watershed, My Home
2020. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 22’22”. DOCUMENTARY
Community members from St. Anns/ Fondes Amandes, Trinidad, work to regenerate and halt destruction of their natural environment that lies on the outskirts of the capital city.
Nearest Neighbours
2019. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 22′. DOCUMENTARY
Venezuelan refugees move to Trinidad and Tobago with hopes of bettering their own lives and that of their families, only to find an unwelcoming environment and the uncertainty of their future while caught in a legal limbo.
Moving Parts
2017. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO / USA. 77′. NARRATIVE
After being smuggled into Trinidad and Tobago to be with her brother, Zhenzhen, an illegal Chinese immigrant, discovers the true cost of her arrival.
Quiet Revolution
2016. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 14’45”. DOCUMENTARY
‘Quiet Revolution’ follows a group of everyday heroes who aim to give voice to permaculture (“the quiet revolution”) in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).
Riding Bull Cart
2015. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 10’14”. DOCUMENTARY
Like a mirage, Boylie appears out of the maddening heat, noise and haze, riding atop a cart drawn by a slow, steady, beautiful creature. Boylie is one of the last few people still riding a traditional “bull cart” in urbanized Trinidad.
Videos
Commonwealth Games Reflection
2022. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Looking forward to the 2022 Commonwealth Games with prospective athletes, and also looking back as T&T’s 4X400 relay team gets together to reflect on taking home the gold medal, and setting a world record in 1966 at the Commonwealth Games which were held in Jamaica.
Infinity of Traces
2021. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
A process piece and portrait of artist Jasmine Thomas-Girvan, preparing for her 2021 exhibition, “Bathed in Sacred Fire” at Kunstinstituut Melly.
The piece was commissioned by the Melly.
I am human
2019. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Six people reflect on the real accounts of stigma and discrimination faced by persons living with HIV in the Caribbean.
A Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) production.
Branding Video for Red Gold (Moruga Hill Rice)
2020. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Sponsored by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture to support community agriculture, family farming, producer cooperatives, rural inclusion, sustainable livelihoods and food and nutrition security, all of which are reflected in the Moruga Hill Rice Multi-purpose Cooperative Society Ltd.
The Conversation
2020. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Six strangers—teachers, nurses and mothers—from different countries learn from each other through a simple conversation. Directed by Rhonda Chan Soo, Score by Jon Otway.
In collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency and in honour of World Refugee Day 2020.
Premiered on Friday 06.26.2020, Live at Facebook.com/CaribbeanUN
Bread
2020. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
We journeyed to Merikin country in South Trinidad to see and sample various breads made in the Traditional Merikin way. See the teaser here!
The video was created in collaboration with Slow Food Trinidad and Tobago
Feature Articles
Cocoa Sector Articles
2019. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Six articles exploring Trinidad and Tobago’s rich cocoa industry – heritage and triumphs. Estates and Co-operatives making a new legacy through innovation in the 21st century.
Created for the Cocoa Research Centre, University of the West Indies.