Calypso Rose has been awarded the 2016 Artist Award by the World Music Expo (WOMEX), an international networking platform for the world music industry. The event was held in Spain this year. The Artist Award is the top award given out at the WOMEX event. In announcing the award to Calypso Rose, WOMEX said :”In […]
“Shoot the messenger,’” a political crime thriller, produced by Sudz Sutherland and Jennifer Holness, the husband and wife team from Hungry Eyes Film and Television, premieres on Monday on CBC-TV. In an interview, Jamaica-born Holness concedes that the idea of shooting or killing the messenger is certainly not a new one in the field of […]
By Jasminee Sahoye By Jasminee Sahoye The 11th Annual CaribbeanTales International Film Festival under the theme, ‘Caribbean Love’ wrapped up on Wednesday evening following the sold out Canadian screening of Bazodee, a new style Bollywood musical with a distinctly Caribbean island flavour. It’s set on the vivid, colourful twin islands of Trinidad and […]
Anatomy of Violence, written and directed by Deepa Mehta, pivots around a young woman, accompanied by her fiancé, who both boarded a bus in Delhi on December 16,, 2012. History has recorded that she was gang-raped within inches of her life. Her fiancé and travelling companion was also very badly beaten. Both were eventually […]
By Michael Lashley I do not want to create any more tantana, confusionment and senseless rivalry by continuing to speculate irresponsibly as to the nationality of The Divine Authority at the time(s) when said Creator set about creating the multitude of arts and forms of artistic expression which we, mere mortals, decided to group […]
By Alicia Sealey It’s that time of the year again when Toronto becomes Hollywood, Nollywood and Bollywood combined for 11 glorious days of some of the best films that the world has to offer. The 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) starts on today and runs through to Sunday, Sept 18. It will […]
