14:00 | SFU Harbour Center (HARB) | FREE SCREENING ($2 Festival Membership Required) | Seated in order of arrival.
Curated by Emilie Upczak, Creative Director of the trinidad+tobago film festival.
The Chiney Shop
Canada, 2011
English/ 26 min
Director: Jeanette Kong
From the 1930s to the early 1970s in Jamaica, Chinese-owned grocery stores were located everywhere from busy street corners in downtown Kingston to remote towns in every parish. This documentary explores the complex relationship and social interaction between the Chinese shopkeepers and their Jamaican customers.
Mr. Crab
Canada, 2012
English/ 9 min
Director: Faisal Lutchmedial
A Gondry-esque film about a frightened child who escapes into a dream world of beautiful tropical fish deep in the Caribbean Sea; but can he get away from the terrifying claws of Mr. Crab?
Achantè
Haiti/UK/Canada, 2011
Haitian Creole with English subtitles/ 35 min
Director: Emily McMehen
Cinematography: Geoffrey Sautner
Achantè is a unique portrait of Haitian Vodou that parallels the Vodou creation story with the historical creation of the free nation of Haiti.
4am
Canada/Trinidad & Tobago, 2010
English/ 4 min
Director: Janine Fung
Written and performed by Trinidadian spoken word poet Muhammad Muwakil
“i reminisced of a time when we could go outside before dawn and sit in the galleries, now we hide from our own shadows behind iron and bolts until the sun chases the night’s silent violence away...4am in trinidad is 4am just about anywhere on this earth...but i have not given up my ray of light.” Muhammad
Doubles with Slight Pepper
Canada/USA/Trinidad & Tobago, 2011
English/ 15:51 min
Director: Ian Harnarine
A young man in Trinidad must decide if he will help save his estranged father's life despite their strained relationship.
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