Blog - Amilcar Sanatan

Film Review+ : Bazodee

Posted on October 7, 2016March 1, 2020 by amilcarsanatan

Machel Montano’s Bazodee (directed by Todd Kessler and written by Claire Ince) attempted to highlight the vivid colours of the natural landscape and ethnic solidarity/“real unity” between Afro and Indo Trinidadians. This solidarity is sometimes undermined by the racial stereotypes and antagonisms from the two majority ethnic groups. The film does not show the depth […]

Facks, Doh Run Slack and Ways of Seeing Gender

Posted on September 19, 2016March 1, 2020 by amilcarsanatan

Has Facebook Live changed the game? Yes. In Minnesota, Diamond Reynolds, the girlfriend of the Philando Castile, went live on Facebook and actively reported the developments of what happened after her boyfriend was shot while sitting in his car at a traffic stop. In a way that was impossible before, the world had the chance […]

50 Shades of GATE: Beyond Party Politics and Ole Talk

Posted on August 7, 2016March 1, 2020 by amilcarsanatan

“And when you trust your television What you get is what you got Cause when they own the information, oh They can bend it all they want” – John Mayer, Waiting on the World to Change We would not be having this discussion on GATE today, if government wastage over the past ten years were […]

How My Student Guild Dropped the Ball on GATE and Why They Need Our Help

Posted on July 18, 2016March 1, 2020 by amilcarsanatan

Failing to Act: March 2016 – July 2016 10th March GATE Task Force Appinted Media publishes the appointment of the GATE Task Force tasked with reviewing tuition expenditure. The Task Force is expected to submit a report to the Education Ministry by July 2016. The UWI Guild President is a representative on the Task Force. […]