Author Archives: CULTUREGO

OCT. 25/ John John Live at the Alliance

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/106136246″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Trinidad’s Premier Soul Artiste, influenced by some of the greats and you will truly hear it in his music mixed with a culture like no other and a undying love for Hip Hop…John John hails from Laventille where is soul mirrors his surroundings. John Francis or John John […]

Virunga

 Sustain T&T’s Benefit Launch of Green Screen – The Environmental Film Series 2014, on Tuesday 28th October at Digicel IMAX from 6pm/ GET YOUR TICKETS @ DIGICEL IMAX/ Sustain T&T committee members 385-1158/ 396-7683 Virunga/ USA/ 2014/ 90 mins/ Documentary Feature/ Director: Orlando von Einsiedel (CARIBBEAN PREMIERE) In the verdant depths of Eastern Congo stands Virunga […]

Poor us

Tue. 4th November,12 noon to 2:00pm @ University of the West Indies, St. Augustine – Teaching and Learning Complex (SECONDARY SCHOOL SCREENINGS) Poor Us: An Animated History/ Netherlands/ 2012/ 58 mins/ Animated Documentary/ Director: Ben Lewis If we want to make poverty history, we need to understand the history of poverty. A funny and sinister animated odyssey […]

Weight of the nation

Tue. 4th November, 9:00pm to 11am @ University of the West Indies, St. Augustine – Teaching and Learning Complex (SECONDARY SCHOOL SCREENING ONLY) Weight of the Nation: Children in Crisis/ USA/ 2012/ 68 mins/ Documentary Feature/ Produced by: HBO Documentary Films Bringing together the nation’s leading research institutions, THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION is a presentation of […]

Supersize me

Tue. 4th November, 6:30pm to 8:30pm @ University of the West Indies, St. Augustine – Teaching and Learning Complex  Followed by a presentation and Q&A by: Fallon Lutchmansingh & Dr. Anjani Sharma Supersize Me/ USA/ 2004/ 100 min/ Documentary Feature/ Director: Morgan Spurlock Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, […]

Bhopali

Thu. 6th November, 7pm, SAN FERNANDO HILL Bhopali/ USA/ 2011/ 89 min Documentary Feature/ Director: Max Carlson/ View trailer BHOPALI documents the experience of second generation children affected by the Union Carbide gas disaster of 1984, the worst industrial disaster in history, and subsequent contamination of groundwater by Union Carbide Corporation (an American company now owned […]

BITTER SEEDS

Bitter Seeds/ USA/ 2011/ 88 Min/ Documentary Feature/ Director: Micha X. Peled Biotechnology is changing the way farming is done all over the world. Advocates believe the “New Green Revolution” is the only way to provide sufficient food for the world’s growing population while opponents raise environmental concerns and fear that GMOs drive small-scale farmers […]

Life and Debt

Fri. 7th November, from 6:30pm CLOSING NIGHT @ Medulla Art Gallery/ followed by musical performances by Ruth Osman and The Bush Tea Party Mon. 3rd November, 12 noon to 2:00pm @ University of the West Indies, St. Augustine – Teaching and Learning Complex (SECONDARY SCHOOL SCREENINGS) Life and Debt / UK/ 2001/ 80 min/ Documentary Feature/ Director: Stephanie Black Life […]

VALLEY OF SAINTS

Thu. 30th October, 7:15pm @ MEDULLA ART GALLERY in collaboration with the trinidad+tobago film festival Widely considered to be the crown jewel of Kashmir, Dal Lake is a sprawling aquatic community where erupting political violence often distracts from the natural beauty. Gulzar, a young, working-class boatman, plans to skip town with his best friend Afzal in […]