Jab! The Blue Devils of Paramin / What My Mother Told Me

JAB! THE BLUE DEVILS OF PARAMIN, 2006, Trinidad and Tobago, 47 min. Dir. Alex D’Verteuil. Following a tradition of his province, a farmer once a year paints himself blue and becomes the King of Jab, followed by his brothers, who transform themselves into the Blue Devils of Paramin. Their paradise changes into a hell as they compete to win the prize for worst devil. In English.

WHAT MY MOTHER TOLD ME, 1995, Trinidad and Tobago, 55 min. Dir. Frances-Anne Solomon. Jesse, a young woman from England, goes to Trinidad to bury her father. Reluctantly she meets her mother, whom she thought had abandoned her. Her mother reveals the unhappiness of a violent marriage, and Jesse is forced to face the truth about her past. In English.