Four innovative Caribbean shorts from the last decade depict characters amid deep searches for meaning.
Caribbean Queen (2023)
Dir. Sekiya Dorsett
22min
Sekiya Dorsett (Stonewall 50: The Revolution) directs this inspiring short about a young Caribbean person in pursuit of their dream to become the Queen of Brooklyn’s iconic West Indian Day Carnival Parade.
Cross My Heart (2017)
Dir. Sontenish Myers
14min
An American teenage girl visits her family in Jamaica and learns a secret that changes the way she sees the people she loves.
Dorlis (2021)
Dir. Enricka Moutou
25min
A 15-year-old Martinican teenager goes with her family to the north of the island to care for her ailing grandfather, and fearful childhood memories are awakened in her.
The Book of Jasmine (2017)
Dir. Melanie Grant
Jasmine, a young Spiritual Baptist, must choose between her faith and her sexuality. As she undergoes the mourning ritual to seek guidance to suppress her desires for the woman she loves, she is taken on a spiritual journey and finds the answer she’s been looking for.
Caribbean Queen (2023)
Dir. Sekiya Dorsett
22min
Sekiya Dorsett (Stonewall 50: The Revolution) directs this inspiring short about a young Caribbean person in pursuit of their dream to become the Queen of Brooklyn’s iconic West Indian Day Carnival Parade.
Cross My Heart (2017)
Dir. Sontenish Myers
14min
An American teenage girl visits her family in Jamaica and learns a secret that changes the way she sees the people she loves.
Dorlis (2021)
Dir. Enricka Moutou
25min
A 15-year-old Martinican teenager goes with her family to the north of the island to care for her ailing grandfather, and fearful childhood memories are awakened in her.
The Book of Jasmine (2017)
Dir. Melanie Grant
Jasmine, a young Spiritual Baptist, must choose between her faith and her sexuality. As she undergoes the mourning ritual to seek guidance to suppress her desires for the woman she loves, she is taken on a spiritual journey and finds the answer she’s been looking for.
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