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.
Cast
Crew
Kavery Kaul
Director, Editor, Producer
Nancy Adler
Assistant Editor
Don Lenzer
Director of Photography
Alicia Weber
Director of Photography
Bhupender Kaul
Producer
Alicia Adams
Associate Producer
Gautam Dutta Choudhury
Production Assistant
Katherine Pieratos
Production Assistant
Ronald Julian
Production Assistant, Transportation Coordinator
Allma Edwards
Production Assistant
Brian Saunderson
Production Assistant
Dawn Pessin
Production Assistant
Barbara Woloch
Production Assistant
Christophe Lanzenberg
Assistant Camera
Lukasz Jogalla
Assistant Camera
Larry Planet
Assistant Camera
Karola Ritter
Assistant Camera
Joseph Yacoe
Assistant Camera
Gary Steele
Additional Camera
Nesya Blue
Additional Camera
Hal Landen
Additional Camera
Ron Hershey
Sound Editor
Edith Becker
Sound Editor
Jerome Bittuci
Assistant Sound Editor
Elizabeth Heddens
Assistant Sound Editor
Michael Karas
Assistant Sound Editor
Henry Goldschlag
Assistant Sound Editor
Nigel Noble
Sound Recordist
Daniel Di Paola
Sound Recordist
Gene Ricciardi
Sound Recordist
Lee Dichter
Sound Recordist
Peter Miller
Sound
Chris Channelly
Transportation Coordinator
Harold Belgrave
Still Photographer
Rocky McCollin
Consulting Producer
Gordon Rohlehr
Consulting Producer
Keith Warner
Consulting Producer
Lambros Comitas
Consulting Producer
James 'Al' Phox
Gaffer
Robin Kormos
Title Designer
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