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201418 minPGdoc-short

Field Notes

201418 minPGdoc-short

In Trinidad and Tobago, personal tales of spirits and jumbies, such as the soucouyant and lagahoo, reveal the cultural ghosts embedded in the islands' history.

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Vashti Harrison

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In Trinidad and Tobago, personal tales of spirits and jumbies, such as the soucouyant and lagahoo, reveal the cultural ghosts embedded in the islands' history.

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Vashti Harrisondirector

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Field Notes is an experimental documentary about the ghosts embedded in the culture of Trinidad and Tobago. The film is structured as a visual and aural field guide to the ghosts spirits and jumbies througout the island. From personal tales about the soucouyant and lagahoo, to the ghosts of Trinidads past. Shot and finished on 16mm.

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