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Film Review+: The “Machel Movie” and Todd Kessler’s Bazodee

Posted on October 7, 2016April 5, 2026 by amílcar sanatan

Machel Montano was the star of Bazodee (directed by Todd Kessler and written by Claire Ince). People went to the cinema to see the “Machel Movie.” The film highlighted the vivid colours of the natural landscape of Trinidad and Tobago. It also portrayed ethnic solidarities/“real unity” between Afro- and Indo-Trinbagonians on screen. This solidarity is […]

Facks, Doh Run Slack and Ways of Seeing Gender

Posted on September 19, 2016April 4, 2026 by amílcar sanatan

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 […]

Sexism and the Mayor

Posted on February 11, 2016March 29, 2026 by amílcar sanatan

Did I hear you say that women’s sexuality could not only put them in danger of rape, but now murder? Mayor of Port-of-Spain, Tim Kee’s statement is precisely sexist. Linking your response of the death of a woman, the protection of women, and the safety of women in Carnival, to perceptions about their “behaviour” and […]