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Mr. Duvone Stewart
Duvone Stewart - The Man Behind The Music
Embark on an extraordinary musical odyssey into this three-part documentary series A Better Tomorrow featuring ‘Duvone Stewart – The Man Behind the Music’. Join us as we delve into his personal journey as a globally celebrated champion steelpan musician and arranger hailing from Trinidad and Tobago. Witness the profound story of a man who faced the tragedy of losing a loved one to gun violence. Through the lens of resilience and determination, Duvone Stewart discovered a transformative power within music, turning grief into healing with the winning Panorama arrangement of Year For Love, written and sung by Aaron “Voice” St.Louis. Explore how Duvone channeled his emotions into a creative force, igniting a musical fire within. Discover the triumphant tale of how he led the bpTT Renegades to Panorama 2018 victory after a 20-year drought for the champions. Uncover the roots of inspiration, the healing power of music, and the triumphant return to Panorama glory in this compelling first chapter of the A Better Tomorrow documentary series. Subscribe, like, and hit the notification bell to stay tuned for the next chapters of Duvone Stewart’s remarkable journey!
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
A Better Tomorrow is produced and directed by Mark Loquan, to see more please subscribe to the YouTube Channel here.
Ray Holman
Pan on the Move Documentary
Pan on The Move
Carnival 1972 was a standout year in Trinidad & Tobago’s festival history, not just because of its postponement from February to May in response to a polio outbreak. It was also the year Ray Holman revolutionised Panorama with his ground-breaking “Pan on the Move”. Now, 50 years later, the story of the song’s creation; the professional challenges it created for Holman; and the ways in which the piece became a turning point in steelband history.
A collaboration between Mark Loquan Music and Sthenic22, the seed for the documentary was planted not long after Holman released his 2020 album First Love. Loquan knew well the significance of the song. Holman had defied the status quo at the time, where steelbands had exclusively performed arrangements of calypsos, like those by the Mighty Sparrow and Lord Kitchener, at Panorama. Holman composing and arranging “Pan on the Move” for Starlift Steel Orchestra was a seismic shift — one that generated a significant amount of controversy and pushback.
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Peter Minshall
Peter Minshall
Speaks on the Mas
As Peter Minshall’s kinetically expressive mas creations became more sophisticated and more distinctive, he coined the term “dancing mobile” to classify them. Perhaps the most advanced of these dancing mobiles was the articulated armature that made the foundation of “ManCrab” (1983) and “Callaloo Dancing Tic Tac Toe Down the River” (1984). This structure transmits and amplifies the dancing energy of the mas performer into billowing constructions of fabric and film, high above the performer’s head. A subsequent development brought together the technologies of backpacks, foot attachments, hinged arms, and spiral tubes to create a giant dancing puppet that can be motivated by a single performer, reversing the traditional relationship between puppet and puppeteer. The most famous of these were “Tan Tan” and “Saga Boy” (1990).
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Ms. Atillah Springer
The Wajang Diskotheque
The Wajang Diskotheque is an evolving arts collaboration with Merten Kaatz and Peter Doig, located in Belmont, Trinidad. It brings together past and present literary, visual arts, film and music in different formats including “I Belong to the House of Music” interview series which explores the connections between local music and the artistes’ creative journey. The Wajang Disko podcast digs into Trinidad and Tobago’s extensive musical and literary archive to explore historical events and contemporary movements.
Etiene Charles
Destra Garcia
Lisa Allen Agostini
The Wajang Diskotheque is produced and directed by Atillah Springer, to see more please subscribe to the YouTube Channel here.