History of the Caribbeans | Exploring Resilience and Culture

After the Storm: Caribbean Health Systems Struggle in the Wake of Hurricane Melissa

After the Storm: Caribbean Health Systems Struggle in the Wake of Hurricane Melissa is a hard-edged investigative narrative that follows Caribbean public health systems through the critical months after a devastating hurricane. Moving beyond the immediate disaster, the story tracks how fragile infrastructure, delayed aid, workforce exhaustion, and uneven recovery compound into a prolonged health crisis. It examines how prevention falters, trust erodes, and long-term capacity is reshaped, revealing that the most dangerous phase of disaster is often the one that unfolds after the winds stop.

Steelpan Renaissance: A New Generation Revives Old Trinidad and Tobago Soul

Steelpan Renaissance: A New Generation Revives Old Trinidad and Tobago Soul is a gritty cultural documentary that follows the quiet but determined return of steelpan culture among young people in Trinidad and Tobago. Set in rehearsal yards, schools, street corners, and community spaces, the series captures how a new generation reclaims an instrument many assumed was fading. Without nostalgia or ceremony, these players rebuild discipline, identity, and relevance through effort, conflict, and adaptation. The story examines how tradition survives when it must earn attention again, and what it costs to carry culture forward without freezing it in the past.

Islands Forged in Fire: Volcano’s Mark on Caribbean Civilization

This documentary series exposes how volcanic forces shaped the first civilizations of the Caribbean. It follows the people who settled on unstable islands born from fire, showing how they built homes, planted crops, and rebuilt their lives after eruptions tore their world apart. Through archaeological evidence, surviving terraces, and ceremonial objects placed near ancient vents, the story reveals a civilization forged under constant threat. Their choices, movements, and beliefs all formed under the pressure of a landscape that could shift without warning.

Radar and Resistance: New U.S. Military Installations Ignite Debate in Trinidad and Tobago

Radar and Resistance exposes the tense and rapidly unfolding battle over new U.S. military installations inside Trinidad and Tobago. What begins as a quiet coastal rumor turns into a national confrontation over secrecy, sovereignty, and the shifting power map of the Caribbean. Through leaked slides, rising public pressure, regional diplomatic concerns, and a government struggling to contain the fallout, the series tracks how one undisclosed radar system becomes the fault line in a larger geopolitical struggle pulling at the entire region.

Dust Across the Sea: Sahara’s Storm Blanket Sweeps Over the Caribbean

Dust Across the Sea: Sahara’s Storm Blanket Sweeps Over the Caribbean delivers a hard-edged documentary account of the massive Saharan dust plume that pushed across the Atlantic and smothered the Caribbean in a heavy, unmoving haze. Through grounded detail and steady pressure, the story tracks how a distant storm reshaped daily life, muted the region’s light, altered work and travel, strained public health systems, and exposed the vulnerability of island environments. As the dust settles, scientists and communities confront the deeper truth: this was not an isolated event but part of a growing pattern tied to a shifting climate.

Islands Etched in Stone: How Earth’s Forces Carved the Caribbean’s First Shores

Islands Etched in Stone: How Earth’s Forces Carved the Caribbean’s First Shores is a three-chapter documentary journey into the deep-time origins of the Caribbean. Long before the first canoe crossed open water, the region rose and fell through cycles of volcanic fire, shifting plates, rising seas, and coral growth. The series follows scientists in the field as they walk the Blue Mountains, examine limestone cliffs, dive across ancient reef shelves, and trace the signatures left by eruptions, uplift, and erosion. Viewers learn how volcanic arcs built towering peaks, how coral reefs created wide limestone platforms, and how water carved the valleys and coastlines that would later support forests, rivers, and human cultures. The documentary shows the Caribbean not as a fixed paradise, but as a landscape shaped by immense forces over millions of years.
This is the story of the Caribbean before people, when the Earth alone sculpted the islands that would one day anchor a world of cultures, languages, and history.

The Most Amazing Places in Jamaica

This video takes you on a breathtaking journey across Jamaica, revealing the landscapes, legends, and cultural treasures that define the island. Viewers will experience the golden shores of Seven Mile Beach, the iconic cascading steps of Dunn’s River Falls, and the glowing magic of the Luminous Lagoon. The exploration continues into the untouched rainforest beauty of Reach Falls, the vibrant heartbeat of Montego Bay, and the historic charm of Port Antonio.
We uncover the mystery of Port Royal — once branded the “wickedest city on Earth” — and glide down the Rio Grande on a bamboo raft as the island’s natural splendor unfolds on both sides. The documentary follows the rugged wetlands of the Black River, home to crocodiles and dense mangrove tunnels, before descending into the ancient Green Grotto Caves, where Jamaica’s underground secrets come alive.
From beaches to mountains, culture to mythology, this is the ultimate cinematic guide to Jamaica — a celebration of its beauty, history, and spirit.

Caribbean Crime Crisis: Guns, Gangs, and Global Consequences

Caribbean Files exposes one of the region’s most urgent and underreported crises: the staggering rise in violent crime across multiple islands. Through on-the-ground reporting, survivor testimonies, expert analysis, and hard data, this investigation reveals how murder rates—some among the highest in the world—are being driven by a lethal mix of illegal guns, gang rivalries, political influence, and transnational drug routes linking South America, West Africa, the United States, and Europe.
The film goes beyond the headlines, tracing the ripple effects of violence on everyday life. Families grieve in silence. Businesses collapse. Tourism dips. Communities live under the shadow of fear. And governments struggle between corruption, under-resourced police forces, and policy failures that leave citizens trapped between criminals and the state.
This is more than a Caribbean issue. It’s a global chain reaction—fueled by international gun trafficking, foreign drug demand, deportation cycles, money laundering pipelines, and geopolitical neglect. For millions in the Caribbean diaspora, the violence shaping their homelands affects identity, economics, migration, and family on a worldwide scale.

Inside Trinidad’s Deadliest Crisis

A shocking midnight assassination in Port of Spain exposes the deeper truths of Trinidad and Tobago’s violent underworld. When prominent attorney and former senator Dana Seetahal is ambushed and killed in a carefully coordinated hit, the nation is already reeling from a murder rate spiraling out of control. VICE News travels into the slums, speaking with gang members, police, activists, and community leaders to reveal a brutal reality: micro-territories ruled by politically connected street gangs, government contracts fought over with bullets, and a drug-trafficking pipeline linking the Caribbean to West Africa and the United States. Beneath it all lies a darker suspicion — that unnamed elites have quietly engineered a narco-state built on corruption, cocaine, and impunity.

Can You Escape the Trap of Addiction?

This documentary delivers a raw, unfiltered, never-before-seen look at the crack epidemic in Barbados. Through intimate interviews and on-the-ground access, it follows the lives of Barbadians battling active addiction and those fighting their way through recovery. Viewers are taken deep into the streets, communities, and prisons where substance use intersects with trauma, poverty, violence, and survival.
The film exposes the hidden realities often left out of public conversation: childhood trauma, sexual abuse, pedophilia, broken homes, mental health struggles, and the painful cycles of prostitution and incarceration. It also highlights stories of resilience—people rebuilding their lives, reconnecting with family, and confronting the generational wounds that shaped their addictions.
More than a documentary, this is a human story. It challenges stereotypes, confronts taboos, and makes visible the people Barbados rarely sees. The result is a bold, honest exploration of how addiction affects individuals, families, and the nation itself.