Kavery Kaul’s engaging documentary traces the history of calypso and soca music from their birth in the African-East Indian traditions of Trinidad and Tobago through its worldwide diaspora, including its popularization in the 1950s by Harry Belafonte and the new independent distribution networks that arose to serve the expatriate community in the 1980s. North American restoration premiere at To Save and Project: The 19th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation on January 27 and 31, 2023. Digital restoration by the Academy Film Archive and the Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film & Television; courtesy of Riverfilms.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Stars: Lord Kitchener, Calypso Rose, Mighty Duke, Lord Pretender, David Rudder, Black Stalin
Crew: Kavery Kaul (Director), Bhupender Kaul (Producer), Kavery Kaul (Producer), Don Lenzer (Director of Photography), Alicia Weber (Director of Photography), Kavery Kaul (Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Riverfilms
Runtime: 92 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 28, 1991
IMDb: 10
Keywords:preserved film
