Yé Moun La! This episode is a discussion with Dr. Dexter Gabriel, Assistant Professor in History and African studies at UConn. TW: we discuss the representation of every type of violence in slave films. This topic might be triggering. *** Newsletter Karukerament.com *** Special Edition - A guidebook on the representation of slavery in French cinema and TV Videography of the French films and you can watch online Battledream by Alain Bidard (it's free) | Please support Alain Bidard ...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Yé Moun La! Karukerament turns 6. Check out my discussion with Kerry-Ann ( Carry On Friends podcast, Reels and Riddims podcast ) about the progress in Caribbean representation in cinema and TV as well as the challenges of producing Caribbean films. *** Newsletter Karukerament.com *** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Jan 19, 2025•42 min
Yé Moun La! Let me share with you 5 good reasons to watch the short film "Ici S'achève Le Monde Connu" [Here Ends The World We've Known] by Anne-Sophie Nanki. Make sure to check out the Conch Shell International Film Festival website (conchshelliff.com) to get more info about the festival. *** Newsletter Karukerament.com *** Special Edition - A guidebook on the representation of slavery in French cinema and TV *** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape ...
Oct 09, 2024•5 min
Yé Moun La! Let me share with you 5 good reasons to watch the short film "Le Soldat Noir" (Black Soldier) by Jimmy Laporal-Trésor. Make sure to check out the Conch Shell International Film Festival website (conchshelliff.com) to get more info about the festival. *** Newsletter Karukerament.com *** 5 good reasons to watch "The Rascals" by Jimmy Laporal-Trésor Black single mothers in US Black sitcoms from the 90's “O Madiana” review “Le Gang des Antillais” review *** Opening and ending cre...
Oct 05, 2024•12 min
Yé Moun La! Let me share with you 5 good reasons to watch the short film "Ki-w La Ki-w Pa La" by Yannick Rosine (Guadeloupe). Make sure to check out the Conch Shell International Film Festival website (conchshelliff.com) to get more info about the festival. *** Newsletter Karukerament.com *** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Oct 04, 2024•6 min
Yé Moun La! This is the end of 2022! Check out a few bloopers of my interviews for the 2nd Conch Shell International Film Festival. And if you haven’t already, check out the real interviews with filmmakers Edwin FrankO, Gerelle Forbes, Amir Aether Valen, Catherine Bruhier, Angelina Villapiano, Charysse Harper and Gabri Christa. More info about the festival: www.conchshelliff.com Website: karukerament.com **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Dec 18, 2022•3 min
Yé Moun La! The 2nd Conch Shell International Film Festival (CSIFF2022) was held from August 26th 2022 to August 28th 2022. Listen to my discussion with filmmaker Gabri Christa ( @shaolinfilms ) who directed "One Day at a Time" & "Son"! More info about the festival: www.conchshelliff.com Website: karukerament.com **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Aug 29, 2022•34 min
Yé Moun La! The 2nd Conch Shell International Film Festival (CSIFF2022) was held from August 26th 2022 to August 28th 2022. Listen to my discussion with filmmaker Charysse T. Harper ( @jillofthetrade ) who directed "Jill of The Trade"! More info about the festival: www.conchshelliff.com Website: karukerament.com **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Aug 29, 2022•7 min
Yé Moun La! The 2nd Conch Shell International Film Festival (CSIFF2022) was held from August 26th 2022 to August 28th 2022. Listen to my discussion with filmmaker Angelina Villapiano ( @missangelina.com ) who directed "LOKO"! More info about the festival: www.conchshelliff.com Website: karukerament.com **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Aug 29, 2022•10 min
Yé Moun La! The 2nd Conch Shell International Film Festival (CSIFF2022) was held from August 26th 2022 to August 28th 2022. Listen to my discussion with filmmaker Catherine Bruhier ( @catherinebruhier ) who directed "Clean Teeth Wednesdays"! More info about the festival: www.conchshelliff.com Website: karukerament.com **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Aug 29, 2022•10 min
Yé Moun La! The 2nd Conch Shell International Film Festival (CSIFF2022) was held from August 26th 2022 to August 28th 2022. Listen to my discussion with filmmaker Amir Aether Valen ( @elementsofmentalzen ) who directed "The Whispers of the Leaves"! More info about the festival: www.conchshelliff.com Website: karukerament.com **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Aug 29, 2022•16 min
Yé Moun La! Make sure to get your tickets for the 2nd Conch Shell International Film Festival (CSIFF2022) that will be held from August 26th 2022 to August 28th 2022. Listen to my discussion with filmmaker Gerelle Forbes ( @gerelleforbes ) who co-directed "A Better Tomorrow" that you can watch this weekend! Get your festival pass : www.conchshelliff.com Website: karukerament.com **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Aug 27, 2022•21 min
Yé Moun La! Make sure to get your tickets for the 2nd Conch Shell International Film Festival (CSIFF2022) that will be held from August 26th 2022 to August 28th 2022. Listen to my discussion with filmmaker Edwin FrankO ( @fuego.shortfilm ) who directed Fuego that you can watch this weekend! Get your festival pass : www.conchshelliff.com Website: karukerament.com **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Aug 26, 2022•15 min
Yé Moun La! Check out this interview with Walter Alomar, the director of "Colonization is Extinction" (2017). It's a documentary from Puerto Rico. **** Theocho.net [email protected] **** My review "Colonization is Extinction", a fight for Puerto Rico's independence Newsletter Website: karukerament.com **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Aug 19, 2022•42 min
Yé Moun La! Make sure to get your tickets for the 2nd Conch Shell International Film Festival (CSIFF2022) that will be held from August 26th 2022 to August 28th 2022. Get your festival pass : www.conchshelliff.com Website: karukerament.com **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Aug 18, 2022•1 min
Yé Moun La! Today we're talking about 1802" (2006) directed by Christian Lara. It's a film from Guadeloupe. Newsletter Website: karukerament.com Special Edition 1 - Guidebook on the representation of slavery in cinema and television Fanm on Films podcast **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)...
Apr 27, 2022•17 min
Yé Moun La! Let me tell you about "Opal" (2021) by Alain Bidard. *** Newsletter Website: karukerament.com **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it)
Apr 13, 2022•10 min
Yé Moun La! Today we're talking about "Caribbean Girl NYC" (2017) directed by Mariette Monpierre. It's a film from Guadeloupe. Newsletter Website: karukerament.com My e-book: " Love Mwen " Stevy Mahy & LS - Tout Ce Que Tu Es *** Special Edition 1 - Guidebook on the representation of slavery in cinema and television Special Edition 2 - Representation of Black moms in Black US sitcoms in the 90's Caribbean Podcast Directory Interview Episode 145 du Carry On Friends Episode 87 du Caribbean Mill...
Aug 21, 2021•18 min
Yé Moun La! Today we're talking about "Caribbean Girl NYC" (2017) directed by Mariette Monpierre. It's a film from Guadeloupe. Newsletter Website: karukerament.com My e-book: " Love Mwen " My Karayib Focus with zouk singer Lorenz *** Special Edition 1 - Guidebook on the representation of slavery in cinema and television Special Edition 2 - Representation of Black moms in Black US sitcoms in the 90's Caribbean Podcast Directory Interview Episode 145 du Carry On Friends Episode 87 du Caribbean Mil...
Aug 18, 2021•14 min
Yé Moun La! Today we're talking about "Caribbean Girl NYC" (2017) directed by Mariette Monpierre. It's a film from Guadeloupe. Newsletter Website: karukerament.com My e-book: " Love Mwen " *** Special Edition 1 - Guidebook on the representation of slavery in cinema and television Special Edition 2 - Representation of Black moms in Black US sitcoms in the 90's Caribbean Podcast Directory Interview Episode 145 du Carry On Friends Episode 87 du Caribbean Millenials **** Opening and ending credits: ...
Aug 15, 2021•9 min
Yé Moun La! Today we're talking about "Bazodee" (2016) directed by Todd Kessler. It's a film from Trinidad and Tobago. Newsletter Website: karukerament.com My e-book: " Love Mwen " My flash story: Ti Fanm An Mas-La Interview of Pauline Cabidoche *** Special Edition 1 - Guidebook on the representation of slavery in cinema and television Special Edition 2 - Representation of Black moms in Black US sitcoms in the 90's Caribbean Podcast Directory Interview Episode 145 du Carry On Friends Episode 87 ...
Aug 11, 2021•20 min
Yé Moun La! Today we're talking about "Bazodee" (2016) directed by Todd Kessler. It's a film from Trinidad and Tobago. Newsletter Website: karukerament.com My e-book: " Love Mwen " *** Special Edition 1 - Guidebook on the representation of slavery in cinema and television Special Edition 2 - Representation of Black moms in Black US sitcoms in the 90's Caribbean Podcast Directory Interview Episode 145 du Carry On Friends Episode 87 du Caribbean Millenials **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'i...
Aug 08, 2021•16 min
Yé Moun La! Today we're talking about "Bazodee" (2016) directed by Todd Kessler. It's a film from Trinidad and Tobago. Newsletter Website: karukerament.com My e-book: " Love Mwen " *** Special Edition 1 - Guidebook on the representation of slavery in cinema and television Special Edition 2 - Representation of Black moms in Black US sitcoms in the 90's Caribbean Podcast Directory Interview Episode 145 du Carry On Friends Episode 87 du Caribbean Millenials **** Opening and ending credits: Mano D'i...
Aug 04, 2021•9 min
Yé Moun La! Today we're talking about "Green Days By The River" (2017) directed by Michael Mooleedhar. It's a film from Trinidad and Tobago. Newsletter Website: karukerament.com My e-book: " Love Mwen " *** Listen to the Cutlass podcast . Read the anthology "Two Times Removed" edited by Tiara Jade Chutkhan *** Special Edition 1 - Guidebook on the representation of slavery in cinema and television Special Edition 2 - Representation of Black moms in Black US sitcoms in the 90's Caribbean Podcast D...
Aug 01, 2021•29 min
Yé Moun La! Today we're talking about "Green Days By The River" (2017) directed by Michael Mooleedhar. It's a film from Trinidad and Tobago. Newsletter Website: karukerament.com My e-book: " Love Mwen " *** Special Edition 1 - Guidebook on the representation of slavery in cinema and television Special Edition 2 - Representation of Black moms in Black US sitcoms in the 90's Caribbean Podcast Directory Interview Episode 145 du Carry On Friends Episode 87 du Caribbean Millenials **** Opening and en...
Jul 28, 2021•18 min
Yé Moun La! Today we're talking about "Green Days By The River" (2017) directed by Michael Mooleedhar. It's a film from Trinidad and Tobago. Newsletter Website: karukerament.com My e-book: " Love Mwen " *** Special Edition 1 - Guidebook on the representation of slavery in cinema and television Special Edition 2 - Representation of Black moms in Black US sitcoms in the 90's Caribbean Podcast Directory Interview Episode 145 du Carry On Friends Episode 87 du Caribbean Millenials **** Opening and en...
Jul 25, 2021•10 min
Yé Moun La! This episode is a discussion with Ivan Herrera and Clarisse Albrecht, the creators of "Bantú Mama" (2021). We discuss our definition of Blackness, Caribbean identity from the perspective of a French-Cameroonian Black woman raised in different African countries and in France, from the perspective of an Afrocaribbean man raised in a Spanish-speaking country in the Caribbean, from my perspective as a French Afrocaribbean woman. Bantu Mama Website ***************** My Newsletter karukera...
Jul 05, 2021•59 min
Yé Moun La! Welcome to a miniseries of episodes dedicated to the Conch Shell International Film Festival which was held online May 21 - 23 2021. In this BONUS episode, I take you on a journey to get a glimpse of the future of Caribbean filmmaking with the words of Caleb Grandoit, Gay Magnus and Clinton Roache. conchshelliff.com My Newsletter karukerament.com Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it) Interlude: Meemee Nelzy - Mèm biten menm bagay with Chyco...
May 31, 2021•28 min
Yé Moun La! Welcome to a miniseries of episodes dedicated to the Conch Shell International Film Festival which was held online May 21 - 23 2021. In this BONUS episode, CSIFF Founder Magaly Colimon tells us about this festival, her mission to get more and more Caribbean voices to be heard and her motivation to get others to create. conchshelliff.com My Newsletter karukerament.com Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it) Interlude: Meemee Nelzy - Mèm biten ...
May 28, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Yé Moun La! Welcome to a miniseries of episodes dedicated to the Conch Shell International Film Festival which will be held online May 21 - 23. In this BONUS episode, you get the full audio of Alain Bidard telling us about his animation film "Réflexion" and how creating films is about self-validation of his identity. Buy your festival pass conchshelliff.com Newsletter karukerament.com Opening and ending credits: Mano D'iShango feat. Yalisaï - Escape Music (Feel it) Interlude: Meemee Nelzy - Mèm ...
May 28, 2021•29 min