Trinidad and Tobago Movies

Hosay Trinidad is an ethnographic film about the observance of Shi'ite Muharram rites on the island of Trinidad.

Tatarstan, Russia, a small Tatar village. An old woman, Bibinur Juhangir, sees a dream telling that she is going to die next Friday. She has to use...

In The Enigma of Harold Sonny Ladoo Richard Fung draws on a 20-year-old archive of video interviews by Trinidadian filmmaker Christopher Laird, a...

As the world continues to consume single-use plastic at alarming rates, this silent, atmospheric film imagines a world where plastic replaces water...

This story is about a father and son who have different views on the future and different ideas about life.

A braided essay that asks participants about their relationships to concepts of revenge and justice. How can song conjure the sublime, necessary, and...

How much do you love your Grandmother?

A kaleidoscope of colors and sounds that captures the essence of the 1952 celebration. Examples include famous mas bands—the costumed groups...

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...

Three Caribbean siblings are reunited by the death of their eldest brother. Marooned on the family's coastal estate in a period of isolation, they...

Trinidad and Tobago is home to over 7,000 asylum-seekers and refugees—including parents who have fled to protect themselves and their children....

In 2017, Jason Jones, a human rights activist sued the state over colonial-era laws that criminalise sexual relations between consenting adults of...

When Steven's little sister Emily mysteriously goes missing, no one can point any fingers, until the truth starts to unfold, leading them to discover...

A man goes in search of something mysterious in the Trinidadian mangroves, unraveling a supernatural world as he races back to safety, before the sun...

Film on Trinidad and Tobago's culture and industry, and its transition from a British colony to an independent nation on the 31st of August 1962.

Passing Through is a snapshot of a family's holiday gathering in Trinidad and Tobago that invites the viewer into warm celebration and the rituals of...

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic made its way to Trinidad and Tobago, causing panic and forcing us into isolation. “Going Knowhere”...

Kearra Amaya Gopee’s docu-fictional short Ca(r)milla considers the revisionist potential that lies within folkloric myth. For Gopee, myth is a...