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trinidad+tobago film festival           

THA Division of Community Development+Culture                                          

invite you to a:

Sunday Nite Movie Lime

Buccoo Community Centre

Sunday 29 May

7-9pm

Come catch a couple of great movies!

Pumzi

Director: Wanuri Kahiu

Country: Kenya

Genre: Sci-fi

Year: 2010

Duration: 20'

In a future world ravaged by global warming, nature is extinct, and people live and work in specially designed indoor communities. When Asha, a young African woman, receives a box in the mail containing soil, she plants an old seed in it, and the seed starts to germinate. Asha appeals for permission to investigate the possibility of life on the outside, but is denied. Asha's only hope--and the only hope for humankind--is for her to break out of the community and seek a place where she can plant the precious seedling.

View the trailer here.

Rain

Director: Maria Govan

Country: Bahamas

Genre: Drama

Year: 2008

Duration: 93'

After her grandmother dies, Rain, a young girl living on a tiny island in the Bahamas, goes to live with her mother, Glory, in the capital, Nassau. Glory is not prepared for the responsibilities of motherhood, and Rain's future looks uncertain. When the track coach at her school discovers Rain's talent for sprinting, however, hope dawns--and Rain becomes determined to outrun her fate.

View the trailer here.

Films recommended for ages 14 years and up

Great movies and a great lime . . . come and be a part of it all!

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The ttff presents

An Evening with Pascale Obolo

Director of the film Calypso Rose: Lioness of the Jungle

Wednesday 11 May, 6-8pm, ttff offices, 199 Belmont Circular Road, Port of Spain

Admission: FREE (Space is limited, so please call 621.0709 to ensure seating)

Refreshments will be provided

On 06 and 12 May, the new film Calypso Rose: Lioness of the Jungle, a biographical documentary about the calypso queen of the world, Calypso Rose, will have its world premiere in Tobago and Trinidad, respectively.

The director of the film, Pascale Obole, will be in T&T for the film's premiere. On 11 May, she will be at the ttff's offices in Port of Spain, where she will talk about her life as a filmmaker and especially the experience of making the Calypso Rose documentary. She will accompany her talk with clips from the film.

A native of Cameroon, Ms Obole is a graduate of the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Francais and the University of Paris. She was one of the first people to document the Parisian hip hop and graffiti art scenes on film. Among her other films is the documentary Calypso at Dirty Jim's (2005).

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The Carnival Film Series

Movies, music + more!

Sunday 27 February, 6-10pm, National Library, Port of Spain

Atiba Williams: Pan Prodigy (TT/7')
The Midnight Robber (TT/10')

Bacchanal Time
Year: 1977
Duration: 110 minutes
Country: TT
Language: English
Writer &Director: Kamalo Deen
Bacchanal Time is a music-filled comedy that follows the fortunes of two top stickfighters (Kamalo Deen and the calypsonian Gregory Ballantine) as they seek to make it to a big Carnival stickfighting competition. Hot on their trail is motley assortment of characters, including two badjohns, Jake and Snake, who are under orders to stop them from taking part in the competition. Featuring some of the biggest names in calypso of the time--including the Mighty Shadow, Crazy and Calypso Rose--Bacchanal Time is a classic of Trinidad and Tobago cinema.

Monday 28 February, 7-10pm, National Library, Port of Spain

Ministry of Tourism Carnival Special 2007 (TT/30')
A Land So Far (TT, UK/7')
Too Young to Soca (TT/37')

Soca Power
Year: 2008
Duration: 60 minutes
Country: TT/France
Language: English
Director: Claude Santiago
Soca Power in Trinidad and Tobago is a documentary following four musicians throughout one Carnival season, moving from behind the scenes to the heat and heart of Carnival: the streets. Through the interwoven portraits of these four stars--Machel Montano, considered the most powerful man in soca; Bunji Garlin, revered, even feared, for his biting lyrics; Fay-Ann Lyons, soca royalty and one of the genre's brightest young stars; and Isaac Blackman, son of soca pioneer Ras Shorty I--Soca Power is an energetic immersion into the world of soca music.

Admission: $40.
Live performances by:

• Black Prince
• Sheldon Nugget
• The North West Laventille Cultural Movement
• Kimba Sorzano
• Traditional Carnival characters

MC: Black Sage

Food + non-alcoholic drinks will be on sale (bring your own coolers). Door prizes to be won. Limited seating is provided, please bring your cushions.

Wednesday March 2, 7-9pm, Point Fortin Public Library

Bacchanal Time
Year: 1977
Duration: 110 minutes
Country: TT
Language: English
Writer & Director: Kamalo Deen
Bacchanal Time is a music-filled comedy that follows the fortunes of two top stickfighters (Kamalo Deen and the calypsonian Gregory Ballantine) as they seek to make it to a big Carnival stickfighting competition. Hot on their trail is a motley assortment of characters, including two badjohns, Jake and Snake, who are under orders to stop them from taking part in the competition. Featuring some of the biggest names in calypso of the time--including the Mighty Shadow, Crazy and Calypso Rose--Bacchanal Time is a classic of Trinidad and Tobago cinema.

Admission FREE