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A powerful cultural documentary about a Caribbean father and son who return to Grenada to reclaim ancestral stories. Blending folklore, myth, and underwater visuals, the film preserves Black heritage and reframes the feared Jab Jab as a symbol of resistance and identity.
Friends take advantage then win the rewards. A story from deep with the Tri Island State. Grenada, Carriacou & Petite Martinique Reap what you sow. A Fragrance Francique Film.
Examines the aims and accomplishments of the New Jewel Movement and the reasons for the Fall 1983 U.S. military invasion. The film puts these events in perspective by tracing Grenada's early history, from the annihilation of the indigenous Carib Indians by the European colonial powers which vied for control of the region and then imported African slaves to grow cash crops for European export, to the evolution of modern Grenadian society, including the oppressive regime of Eric Gairy (1974-79).
Mysterious. Sensual. Deadly. Throughout the Caribbean, she is known as "La Diablesse" (The Devil Woman). Wherever she appears, men are seduced by her charms. She lures them into a forest and then suddenly abandons them. Her victims go insane trying to find their way home, but there is no escape. Sometimes their naked corpses are discovered near streams or rivers, although nobody knows exactly how they die.
Pablo Gad explores the spice island Grenada to a soundtrack of his roots reggae music including the classic Hard Times.
The invasion of Grenada by US forces in 1983 echoed around the world and put an end to a unique experiment in Caribbean politics. What were the circumstances that led to this extraordinary chain of events? Forward Ever explores the achievements and shortcomings of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada as it attempted to forge a new revolutionary society. The film focuses on the year 1983 and the execution of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and his close colleagues, whose bodies were never recovered. With its multiple perspectives and different narratives, the film explores this key event in the recent history of the Caribbean and raises questions that must be answered. This comprehensive, gripping and revealing documentary tells the story of the Grenada Revolution as never before. The film features extensive unseen footage, as well as old and new interviews with many of the key players of the time including those who admitted to the killing of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop.
Bottleneck is an experimental video which is, in part, a reflection on borders. Using a jar of sprouting Mung beans as a metaphor it takes into consideration contemporary manifestations of national borders as they relate to regional and international growth and movement. This video emerges from questions such as: Who gains access? How does water transform a space and its borders? Who can move freely and access resources? What moves in and out of a given space and the boundaries that attempt to demarcate and contain it?
A unique, intimate glimpse into the complexities of parental migration through the lenses of children left behind. Growing up with absentee mothers on the island of Grenada, three people recount their intimate experiences of abandonment, psychological damage and the attempts to reconnect with their estranged parents who migrated abroad for work.