Still from Mas Prep - Jab Molassie. Courtesy Shari Petti
Join us for a screening of films by Trinidadian filmmaker Shari Petti. Petti has been filming carnival in Trinidad for a number of years, with works spanning a range of genres, from documentary to music videos.
This screening presents her ever evolving archive and lens, exploring the changing meaning and shape of carnival across the diaspora. The programme includes the first four episodes of her Mas Prep series, which explores the rich tradition of Trinidad’s carnival, celebrating the artists and performers and sharing behind-the-scenes footage.
A conversation with Shari Petti will follow the screening, hosted by writer and cultural producer Yaya Azariah Clarke and with Dr June Givanni from the June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive (JGPACA).
Programme curated by Lauren Gee.
ABOUT SHARI PETTI
Shari Petti, a film director, cinematographer, archivist and educator, is driven by a deep curiosity about the human experience and a desire to give voice to the underrepresented. Drawing from her Trinidadian heritage, Shari’s films explore the complexities of Caribbean identity, culture, and history. A Fulbright scholar with an MFA in Cinematography from Florida State University and double major in Film Production and Film Studies from the University of the West Indies, Shari is adept at crafting documentaries, narrative films, experimental videos, commercials, music videos, and photographs. Shari also works in experimental video having collaborated with contemporary artist Christopher Cozier on “All around us – elsewheres are beginnings and endings” as a cinematographer for the 2019 Sharjah Biennial as well as Curator Andil Gosine as cinematographer for his film on artist Wendy Nanan which exhibited at the Art Museum of the Americas. Shari has been an artist in residence at Alice Yard in Trinidad, Oxford Brookes University, and recently completed a fellowship with the Caribbean Film Academy in Miami via The Third Horizon Film Festival. She currently teaches Cinematography at the University of the West Indies St. Augustine serves as founder and creative director of Scene Productions Limited (@scenepresents).
ABOUT YAYA AZARIAH CLARKE
Yaya Azariah Clarke is a British-Jamaican writer and cultural producer from South London, specialising in Black visual and sonic cultures. Their research currently centres the contextualisation of Black short film across the diaspora, as well as sound system culture between Jamaica and Britain. They were previously staff writer at It’s Nice That and a facilitator for Dulwich Picture Gallery and The Barbican.
ABOUT LAUREN GEE
Lauren Gee is a public programme and artist moving image producer from London. Lauren has produced films for artists Alberta Whittle, Onyeka Igwe, Keith Piper and Beverley Bennett as well as curating public programmes for South London Gallery, Tate, Create London and Film London. Lauren also worked on the selection committee for ‘Short Narrative’ for BlackStar Film Festival 2023, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
ACCESS
- This event is seated
- Room will be dark during screenings.
- Wheelchair access and accessible toilets are available at this site.
- Please contact mail@southlondongallery.org with any additional access requirements or questions
- If you would like to attend this event but the ticket price is a limitation please get in touch as we have reserved a number of free tickets for low-income individuals. Contact us at: mail@southlondongallery.org