Literature Alive 2005

Summary

Literature Alive is a 26-part documentary series that profiles Caribbean-Canadian authors and follows the evolution of Caribbean-heritage fiction from the 1960s through to the hip-hop generation. These revealing and provocative documentaries explore the lives and creative process of these brilliant authors. In doing so, we discover the links between personal experience, ancestry, and migration; between Canada and the Caribbean; between an artist and their art. For Bravo! Canadian Learning Television, Book Television, OMNI, and Gayelle TV (Trinidad).

Starting on October 6 for 13 weeks, Literature Alive, our 13 part documentary series, will be shown weekly on Bravo!

Download Literature Alive Series Press Release and Press Kit (242 KB)

Download Individual Episode Press Kits:
Andre Alexis: Memory Places
Shani Mootoo: My Dinner With Shani
Tessa McWatt: Home
Dwayne Morgan: The Man Behind The Mic
Dany Laferriere: Un Homme Dans Sa Ville
Richardo Keens-Douglas: Believe
d'bi young: Blood, Dub and The Matriarch
Nalo Hopkinson: Fabulous Spaces
Jemeni (Joanne Gairy): Jemeni in the City
M NourBese Philip: Word Hammers
Olive Senior: Gardening with Olive
Pam Mordecai: Her True True Name
Louise Bennett: Miss Lou Then and Now

Hour long Episode to be broadcast on OMNI Television:
Ramabai Espinet: Coming Home

Season2

Season 2 was launched September 20, 2006 and aired November 2, 2006 on BRAVO and would be shown weekly for six weeks.

Download Individual Episode Press Kits:

Creation Fire: Part 1&2 

The Gimi Story: Part 1 & 2

Rachel Manley: In the Shadow of My Fathers

Honor Ford Smith: Honor-Bound

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