◆ 60 Years of Carnival

Iconography: Jit Samaroo

Director: Mikhail Gibbings
Origin: Trinidad & Tobago · 2025
Runtime: 1h 30m · + short 15m 9s
Venue: Kensington Library, London
Date: Oct 10 · 14:00

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◆ The Feature

Iconography: Jit Samaroo honours the late steelpan maestro whose arrangements defined the sound of Trinidad's Carnival for decades. Gibbings follows the rhythm from the panyard to the road, building a portrait of discipline, devotion and communal pride. A celebration of the instrument's journey from criminalised noise to national icon.

◆ The Shorts

Pan Gyul

Juliette Jeffers · St. Kitts & Nevis · 2025 · 15m 9s

A tender portrait of a young woman finding her voice in the steelpan, tracing the instrument's quiet power to shape identity and community.

◆ The Filmmakers

Mikhail Gibbings

Director · Iconography: Jit Samaroo

Trinidadian filmmaker whose documentary work preserves the living archive of Caribbean music, Carnival and the steelpan tradition.

Juliette Jeffers

Director · Pan Gyul

St. Kitts & Nevis filmmaker and storyteller whose short films centre Caribbean women, music and inherited cultural craft.

◆ The Talkback

Talkback with Dr Rachelle Nicole Moor