Film
Calypso Rose – The Lioness of the Jungle
D: Pascale Obolo, Trinidad and Tobago / Frankreich 2011, 85 min, OV with English subtitles
Fri, Jul 15, 2016
10 pm
Admission: Evening ticket (2 concerts + film) 16€/12€, Film only 6€/4€ (available at the evening box office)
Film screening today in the restaurant, space is limited
Film only: no more tickets available
A multifaceted portrait of the Calypso Queen
The grande dame of calypso: for fifty years now, Calypso Rose has held her own in this man’s world. Filmmaker Pascale Obolo accompanied her to Trinidad and Tobago, studio sessions in Paris, her chosen home New York, and on a journey to the coast of Benin, from where her great-grandmother was once abducted and brought to the Caribbean as a slave. Along these stations, a multi-layered, intimate portrait of the singer and her artistic path, her humanitarian efforts and her sources of inspiration emerges.