Episode 11 - EV - Bazodee

Yé Moun La! Today we're talking about "Bazodee” (2016) directed by Todd Kessler. It's a film from Trinidad and Tobago.

0:00 - 0:28: intro + opening credits

0:29 - 2:29: the struggles to write a full Caribbean interracial couple

Yé krik Yé krak

2:30 - 3:56: interlude + official summary

3:57 - 5:43: guessing game on the ethnicity of Anita, Anita’s father, Anita’s fiancé, and Lee de Leon

5:44 - 6:45: answers and why their skin color matters

6:45 -7:45: how the Legend of Cinderella (1997) is the best colorblind film

7:46 -8:20: my question with this episode: what is the current representation of the Afrocaribbean and Indocaribbean communities?

8:21 - 8:56: thank you’s + ending credits

0:00 - 0:28: intro + opening credits

0:29 - 1:35: Yé Krik Yé Krak

1:36 - 2:15: how does “Bazodee” encourage this myth of cultural mix in harmony in the Caribbean?

Caribbean Connection 1

2:16 - 2:53: interlude + disclaimer

2:54 - 4:20: my lack of awareness when it comes to how Indoguadeloupean people embrace their Guadeloupean identity

4:21 - 6:30: how Lee (Machel Montano) shows the versatility of Caribbean musicians and turns over the negative cliché around the ukulélé

6:31 - 7:45: description of the engagement party scene + reminder of my take on soca in Episode 3

7:01 - 10:00: brief history of soca to highlight its purpose to bring unity among communities in Trinidad

10:01 - 11:40: soca as a way for women to affirm themselves + brief history of chutney soca (Matikor and the success of Drupatee Roomganai)

11:41 - 12:45: background story on the sample used in the song “Real Unity” by Machel Montano x Drupatee Roomganai

12:46 - 14:46: the symbolism of the engagement scene in the representation of the Afrocaribbean and Indocaribbean communities + comparison with zouk singers who are Indoguadeloupean

14:47 -15:23: next Caribbean connection -> the contemporary of love between two Caribbean characters

15:24 - 15:56: thank you’s + ending credits

0:00 - 0:28: intro + opening credits

0:29 - 1:55: Yé Krik Yé Krak

1:56 - 2:31: recap of the 1st Caribbean connection + what about the tensions between the Indotrinidadian community and the Afrocaribbean community

Caribbean Connection 2

2:32 - 3:26: how Indocaribbean people aren’t seen as default characters in Trinidadian films

3:27 - 6:05: how Anita’s cultural identity is ambiguous. Is she British-Indian or Indotrinidadian? 

6:06-8:37: how Anita’s father cultural identity isn’t ambiguous + my love for Kabir Bedi

8:36 - 10:34: how Anita doesn’t have the Carnival spirit

10:35 - 11:44: how Indotrinidadian culture is exoticized vs. how British-Indian identity is the norm

11:45-16:00: the representation of Indotrinidadian men vs. the representation of Afrocaribbean men 

16:01-17:22: how there’s the need to question the representation of interracial relationships in Caribbean societies + the double social hierarchy in “Bazodee”

17:23 - 19:40: closing thoughts on Bazodee + how Caribbean identity can’t be based on skin color

19:41 - 20:15: thank you + ending credits