Join Tide Rising Art Projects for A Caribbean Film Night & Jam Session on Sunday, December 20, 2020 from 4pm - 6pm EST.
Spend an evening jamming to specially curated music, followed by a selection of Caribbean short films and finally delve deeper with the filmmakers during a Q & A session.
Here is a bit more about the filmmakers and the films:
She Paradise - Maya Cozier
"She Paradise" written by Maya Cozier and Melina Brown, and directed by Maya Cozier is the 3rd film that will be featured during the Caribbean Film Night and Jam Session. Visit the link in bio to reserve your spot.
In "She Paradise" a teenage girl struggles to fit into a crew of Soca backup dancers. Her first chance on stage becomes a night of difficult choices, but also possibilities for an exciting new future.
Maya Cozier is a writer/director from Trinidad and Tobago. Her work has been featured on I-D VICE, Complex News, Short of the Week and more. Her feature film debut, She Paradise, was selected to have it’s world premiere at the Tribeca film festival 2020 and recently screened at AFI fest. She is currently pursuing an MFA at Columbia University.
In "She Paradise" a teenage girl struggles to fit into a crew of Soca backup dancers. Her first chance on stage becomes a night of difficult choices, but also possibilities for an exciting new future.
Maya Cozier is a writer/director from Trinidad and Tobago. Her work has been featured on I-D VICE, Complex News, Short of the Week and more. Her feature film debut, She Paradise, was selected to have it’s world premiere at the Tribeca film festival 2020 and recently screened at AFI fest. She is currently pursuing an MFA at Columbia University.
Yolanda - Cristian Carretero
"Yolanda" by Cristian Carretero is another film that will be featured during the Caribbean Film Night and Jam Session. Visit the link in bio to reserve your spot.
"Yolanda" follows a single mother who struggles to raise her children in the poverty stricken outskirts of Santo Domingo. She soon decides to risk it all and illegally immigrate in the search of a better life.
Cristian Carretero is a filmmaker from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a small town on the west coast of the island. He graduated with a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and studied film at FAMU. In 2014 he received his MFA from New York University. His films are mainly social dramas concerned with the contemporary Puerto Rican and Caribbean reality. In 2017 he won two Emmy Awards for producing the documentary “Semillas” and the science television show “Laboratario" both made for WIPR TV.
His original works, which tend to focus on social and environmental struggles, have been shown internationally in venues including BAM Cinematic, Anthology Film Archives, Nighthawk Cinemas, O Cinema Wynwood, Puerto Rico Museum of Art, Montreal World Film Festival, Festival de Cine de Cartagena, Denver Film Festival, International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias, Sydney Latin American Film Festival, and Festival de Cine de Huelva. In 2013 his short about Dominican immigration to Puerto Rico, "Yolanda" won Best Short at the Festival de Cine Global Dominicano, Screen Loud Film Festival, and the Carl Lerner Award for social significance. His short “Esta Isla”, commissioned by the French Institute, won Best Short at the 5to Festival de Cine Europeo. In 2015 he shot the experimental film “Díptico” commissioned by “Santurce es Ley”. In 2017 he made a short in Harlem titled “The Ticket”, based on a story by José Luis Gonzalez, which debuted in the Havana Film Festival.
He is co-founder of the production house Experimento Lúdico with clients including National Geographic, CNN, The Intercept, i24, Field of Vision, WIPR, Newport Music Festival, Chicago Cubs, and Banco Popular. He also teaches workshops at the University of Puerto Rico.
"Yolanda" follows a single mother who struggles to raise her children in the poverty stricken outskirts of Santo Domingo. She soon decides to risk it all and illegally immigrate in the search of a better life.
Cristian Carretero is a filmmaker from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, a small town on the west coast of the island. He graduated with a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and studied film at FAMU. In 2014 he received his MFA from New York University. His films are mainly social dramas concerned with the contemporary Puerto Rican and Caribbean reality. In 2017 he won two Emmy Awards for producing the documentary “Semillas” and the science television show “Laboratario" both made for WIPR TV.
His original works, which tend to focus on social and environmental struggles, have been shown internationally in venues including BAM Cinematic, Anthology Film Archives, Nighthawk Cinemas, O Cinema Wynwood, Puerto Rico Museum of Art, Montreal World Film Festival, Festival de Cine de Cartagena, Denver Film Festival, International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias, Sydney Latin American Film Festival, and Festival de Cine de Huelva. In 2013 his short about Dominican immigration to Puerto Rico, "Yolanda" won Best Short at the Festival de Cine Global Dominicano, Screen Loud Film Festival, and the Carl Lerner Award for social significance. His short “Esta Isla”, commissioned by the French Institute, won Best Short at the 5to Festival de Cine Europeo. In 2015 he shot the experimental film “Díptico” commissioned by “Santurce es Ley”. In 2017 he made a short in Harlem titled “The Ticket”, based on a story by José Luis Gonzalez, which debuted in the Havana Film Festival.
He is co-founder of the production house Experimento Lúdico with clients including National Geographic, CNN, The Intercept, i24, Field of Vision, WIPR, Newport Music Festival, Chicago Cubs, and Banco Popular. He also teaches workshops at the University of Puerto Rico.
Auntie - Lisa Harewood
"AUNTIE", written and directed by Lisa Harewood (Barrel Stories Project) is one of the films that will be featured during the Caribbean Film Night and Jam Session. Visit the link in bio to reserve your spot.
AUNTIE is a middle-aged seamstress and respected caregiver looking after Kera in a rural Barbadian community. Seven years after Kera’s mother has emigrated to England in search of a better life, Auntie is confronted with the day she has long dreaded when the plane ticket arrives that will reunite Kera with her mother.
Lisa Harewood is Barbadian media maker based in the UK. She works across development communication, film and interactive media.
She was previously the producer of the Barbadian feature film A Hand Full of Dirt, which was selected for prestigious festivals in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto. Her debut short film Auntie was selected for development by the Commonwealth Foundation and premiered at Encounters Film Festival in 2013. It was one of 5 scripts chosen for development out of over 900 applications from 54 countries. It continues to screen extensively around the world and was acquired by the Black Public Media in the for its AfroPop series.
She is the creative director of Barrel Stories, an oral history project recording and sharing the stories of Caribbean families affected by parental separation and migration. Barrel Stories has evolved into as a multiyear, multiplatform exploration incorporating virtual reality, an interactive online documentary and interactive installations.
She is a resident of the Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol known for its pioneering work at the intersection of technology and storytelling.
She is also a co-writer on an augmented reality app Shared Pasts: Decoding Complexity, which complicates the accepted history of colonial monuments and heritage sites. Lisa holds an MA in Creative and Media Enterprises from the University of Warwick and an MA from the University of the West of England in Documentary Production.
AUNTIE is a middle-aged seamstress and respected caregiver looking after Kera in a rural Barbadian community. Seven years after Kera’s mother has emigrated to England in search of a better life, Auntie is confronted with the day she has long dreaded when the plane ticket arrives that will reunite Kera with her mother.
Lisa Harewood is Barbadian media maker based in the UK. She works across development communication, film and interactive media.
She was previously the producer of the Barbadian feature film A Hand Full of Dirt, which was selected for prestigious festivals in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto. Her debut short film Auntie was selected for development by the Commonwealth Foundation and premiered at Encounters Film Festival in 2013. It was one of 5 scripts chosen for development out of over 900 applications from 54 countries. It continues to screen extensively around the world and was acquired by the Black Public Media in the for its AfroPop series.
She is the creative director of Barrel Stories, an oral history project recording and sharing the stories of Caribbean families affected by parental separation and migration. Barrel Stories has evolved into as a multiyear, multiplatform exploration incorporating virtual reality, an interactive online documentary and interactive installations.
She is a resident of the Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol known for its pioneering work at the intersection of technology and storytelling.
She is also a co-writer on an augmented reality app Shared Pasts: Decoding Complexity, which complicates the accepted history of colonial monuments and heritage sites. Lisa holds an MA in Creative and Media Enterprises from the University of Warwick and an MA from the University of the West of England in Documentary Production.
