On The Map

The film debunks the myth of a unified, ‘laid back’ Caribbean culture by exposing how Caribbean people treat themselves as ‘other’. By questioning the notion of a merged Caribbean, the film asks difficult questions: Have regional institutions failed to advance integration? Will political leaders sacrifice sovereign power for a shared power under increasing regional governance? Is the CSME interested in the lives and dreams of poor, unskilled Caribbean nationals?

Includes interviews with: Mas man Peter Minshall; poet Kamau Brathwaite; playwright/performer Michael Gilkes; and, musician Wendell Manwarren, among others.

Notable Festivals & Screenings:

• 4th Annual Latin American &
• Caribbean Film Festival, Atlanta, GA;
• 9th DC Caribbean Filmfest 2009
• Decima Bienial de la Habana, Cuba;
• 3rd Annual Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival;
• CARIFESTA X, Guyana;
• Roxbury Film Festival, Boston;
• Orlando’s 1st Caribbean Film Festival;
• ReelWorld Film Festival;
• Brooklyn Museum of Art
• Barbados International Film Festival.