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The Promoters’ to Debut as First Reality Docu-Series of its kind

A new docu-series, The Promoters, will premiere in early 2026. Directed by Jamal Hill (Brotherly Love, Deuces), it will be the first reality docu-series to …
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Big Life provides Big Laughs

If I had to select a theatre production that perfectly epitomises the Soca News mantra of Spreading Our Culture Around, then The Big Life...
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Brenda Emmanus – Black British Theatre Awards Patron

Soca News attended the Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs) on Sunday 29 October 2023, at the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre on the Southbank. Established...
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UK audiences have a chance to see Saint Lucian movie...

British audiences will have a chance to see the award-winning Saint Lucian film Shantaye’s World, which will be shown at four London cinemas this...
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Windrush Caribbean Film Festival 2023

Thirty-six films, 40 screenings and talks, 11 venues and five cities. Those impressive statistics add up to one very ambitious film festival – a...
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Once on this Island

Rosa Guy's My Love, My Love, or, The Peasant Girl (1985) has embraced its Trinidadian roots to inspire the riveting new Ola Ince directed...
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Harry Belafonte, 1 March 1927- 25 April 2023

The singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte died on 25 April, of congestive heart failure, at his home in New York City, said his...
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Shantaye’s World set to screen in London

Shantaye’s World, a film by Iyanola Pictures, a small Saint Lucian film company will premiere at an invitation-only viewing this Saturday 12 November, with...
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Claudia Jones biopic project gets a boost

She didn’t even reach her half-century, yet Claudia Jones achieved enough to fill books, documentaries, plays… and now a film. It’s hard to write about...
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Windrush Caribbean Film Festival 2022 offers a feast of film, in...

Themed From Empire to Commonwealth: Legacies of the Windrush Generation, the Windrush Caribbean Film Festival bounces back into cinemas – online as well –...
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Maya Cozier’s She Paradise is back

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the North American rights to Maya Cozier’s directorial debut film She Paradise. The film follows the life of 17-year-old Sparkle,...
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Hero lands on Amazon Prime and Cineplex

Trinidadian movie Hero is now available for streaming in Canada on Premium VOD in the Cineplex Store, Prime Video in the United States and...
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Are you ready to Lavway?

Feeling blue without T&T Carnival in 2021? Help is at hand – in your hand, in fact. Use it to grab your phone, tablet,...
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Filmco2Go, streaming Caribbean movies and television shows to the world

Caribbean films and television shows are being made accessible to the world through a new Caribbean streaming platform, FILMCO2Go. The subscription-based platform is an initiative...
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Calypso Rose: Lioness in the Jungle will roar in Tokyo this...

Calypso Rose: Lioness in the Jungle a film that depicts the life and times of Calypso Rose (McCartha Linda Sandy-Lewis) is set to be...
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Steve McQueen’s Mangrove opened the BFI London Film Festival

Steve McQueen’s Mangrove had its European premiere on Wednesday 7 October, when it opened the BFI London Film Festival. Co-written by Steve McQueen and...
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Seeking the true meaning of Carnival

This year saw Notting Hill Carnival take to the internet with the project Access All Areas. It offered a new type of audio-visual experience...
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BBC’s Small Axe series will air in the Autumn

Small Axe, an anthology drama series developed by Oscar-winning writer and director Steve McQueen, will be released later this year; the first episode is...
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Arts of Conflict – The discourse of Notting Hill

London’s Notting Hill Carnival is coming under increasing pressure and attacks from the British press, politicians, police and local residents who consider it an...
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Get stuck into some Misbehaviour

Miss World has had its share of controversy, but never more so than in 1970. This was the year that ‘Women’s Lib’ feminist activism...
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Alison Hinds stars in new film

Bajan soca artiste Alison Hinds appears in new movie that features actors from Ghana, Jamaica and Barbados. The movie, Joseph, focuses on Kevoy Burton,...
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Help support the Queen of Soca movie

With just a few days left to reach their target of US$15,000, producers of Trinidad’s first ‘soca movie’, Queen of Soca, are calling on...
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J’Ouvert – channelling the spirit of Carnival

“Trini Hill” murmured my neighbour as soon as the two old men set up their folding chairs and started bickering over the pricing strategy...
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If you missed seeing Bazodee

If you were one of the many who wasn’t able to see the Machel Montano film, Bazodee, at its European premiere back in March...
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Online Caribbean Tales for film fans

Caribbean Tales offers fans of Caribbean film online access to the best movies from the region
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Shakespeare’s Caribbean Dream

Shakespeare’s magical fairy tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Carnival Messiah film to premiere in Leeds

Years after audiences were dazzled by Carnival Messiah
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Bazodee wins Best Music and Audience Choice Award

Machel Montano’s movie Bazodee had two successful, sell-out screenings at the Regent Street Cinema in March
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Bazodee, is how Machel’s new film sends dem

Soca sensation Machel Montano has been a celebrity for many years, and now looks set to gain a slew
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Bazodee gets its European premiere

After a long wait, Machel Montano’s inaugural film, Bazodee, is finally headed to London for its first UK screening
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