Date and Time: Tuesday, 10th October 2023 17:30-18:30
Location: Shoe Lane Library
Book tickets via Eventbrite: https://shlfilm.eventbrite.co.uk

About the film: Panomundo Part 1. The Evolution of the Steelpan

Slavery may have been the catalyst, but culture and passion formed this sound in Trinidad & Tobago. The steelpan(steel drum) can take the claim of being the only acoustic instrument invented in the 20th century. However, this sound not only moves people today, but it paralleled the island’s history of colonization and the demand for independence.

The first section of this two-part film highlights the precursors of the steelpan and the creation of the instrument until it gained international recognition in Britain in 1951. Interviews from steelpan legends, such as Ellie Mannette, Sterling Betancourt, Cliff Alexis and Ray Holman, are included.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/qCivdkwl8XU

About the filmmaker: Keith Musaman Morton
From Birmingham, UK, Keith Musaman Morton is an award –winning filmmaker who holds a BA degree in Third World Studies and History from Middlesex University (London), as well as Video and Audio Techniques at Kensington and Chelsea College.His present project is a collaboration with U.S. company Xplore the World: Panomundo, a two-part documentary about the history of the steelpan and its global influence. Part 1: The Evolution of the Steelpan was premiered at the British Film Institute Caribbean Series in August 2015, while Part 2: Pan Worldwide had its world release in Trinidad & Tobago in 2018.

About the producer: Charysse Tia Harper
Being a dual citizen of the United States and Trinidad & Tobago, Charysse Tia Harper has focused projects on her Trinidad culture: award-winning film, The Other Side of Carnival; T&T 50 in Fifteen and Panomundo Part 1: The Evolution of the Steelpan and Part 2: Pan Worldwide; and on her American identity: award-winning documentary, 12 Months, First Weekend February and Insurance: Putting Newark on the Map. She created Xplore the World in 2010 to further this mission.

This event will take place in the library only.