Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up Close
Wed 17-Wed 31 May 2023
For more information see: https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/series/snapshots-caribbean-cinema-up-close
An opportunity to explore Caribbean self-representation in film.
We are delighted to present a collection of films from across the Caribbean that gives UK audiences insight into the evolving identity of contemporary Caribbean cinema.
Exploring both individual and shared cultural identities, this selection touches on universal themes pertaining to the human condition.
Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up Close has been developed in association with trinidad+tobago film festival.<https://ttfilmfestival.com/>
Patrice Robinson: A graduate of the Independent Cinema Office's FEDS<https://www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/training/feds2022/#who-is-it-for> Scheme and a member of Barbican Cinema Team; Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up Close is Patrice's debut curatorial season. With interest in communities, (community) access to film and the intimacies of the human experience, Patrice is a film programmer and writer working in the intersection of audiences and cinema.
Shots: Currents
Wed 24 May 2023, 18:30
A selection of shorts from across the Caribbean spotlighting the work of contemporary filmmakers in the region.
More info<https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/event/snapshots-currents>
Free Senior Community Screening: One Hand Don't Clap
Mon 29 May 2023, 11:00
We welcome our senior audience to watch the 4K restoration of the electric documentary directed by Kavery Kaul.
More info<https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/event/free-senior-community-screening-one-hand-dont-clap>
Wednesday 31 May 18:30 Snapshots: Caribbean Cinema Up Close closes with writer/director José María Cabral's Parsley, based on the Parsley massacre of 1937.
José María Cabral (Woodpeckers, Hotel Coppelia) tells the story of a pregnant Haitian woman Marie (Cyndie Lundy) and her Dominican partner Frank (Ramón Emilio Candelario). Unbeknownst to them, the massacre of the Haitian population in parts of the Dominican Republic was ordered by Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo, forcing Haitians to flee to the border.
Troops demanded that victims pronounce the word parsley "perejil" to determine who they thought to be Haitian. As the massacre begins, Marie journeys through the Dominican wilderness in effort to cross the Dajabón River to Haiti.
Tussling with the complexities of race and identity, Parsley explores a rarely discussed historical event through a narrative tale.
We are delighted to have José María Cabral, writer/director of Parsley introduce this screening.
All best wishes,
Kesewa
Dr Kesewa John
Lecturer in Caribbean History
UCL Institute of the Americas
Chair, Society for Caribbean Studies<http://community-languages.org.uk/scs/about/>
Book a meeting with me here: https://calendly.com/kesewajohn
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