Neisha Agostini

Independent film maker Neisha Agostini resides in Trinidad & Tobago and has worked with an array of local media agencies producing cultural interest television programmes.
She has also produced and directed 7 independent short films analysing multicultural patterns in T&T society, exploring the diversity that exists.
Educated at Boston University, she has received a BA in TV and Film Production and a Minor in Anthropology as well as an MA in Documentary Film Making from Goldsmiths College. London, England.
Her work focuses on documenting aspects of Caribbean culture by exploring multiple traditions and patterns of life to gain an understanding of the nuanced customs that reflect an interweaving of philosophies of the many ethnicities that contributed to the development of Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean. A sense of timelessness is felt, and a feeling that the stories told have been going on forever, and are now unearthed and told for the 1st time.
Her documentaries presents glimpses into the history and diversity of contributing cultures to the region, offering an understanding of what it is to be authentically of the Caribbean.

Documentaries

Upside down
Work in Progress
19:25 mins., colourUpside Down explores the history of Dragon Mas in Trinidad and Tobago and the influence of Patrick "Chinee" Jones in the early 1900's.
Upside Down
the choice
2023 - Trinidad
7:06 mins., colourThe Choice tells the story of Dr Xiao Ping Liu during her medical studies in China, encouraged by the government, she studied both Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine and explains the importance of having the right to choose both forms of treatment.
Dr Xiao Ping Liu
Wire bend
2023 - Trinidad
2:53 mins., colourFamed mas maker Lionel Jagessar describes the importance of wire bending to Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.
Lionel Jagessar
banwari man and the canoe makers
2020 - Trinidad
8:35 mins., colourBanwari Man and The Canoe Makers describes the seminal find, in Trinidad in 1971, of human remains indicating the earliest dates of human settlement in the Caribbean, as told by the head of the Banwari Man excavation team Peter Harris.
Q&A with Neisha Agostini - click on image to view
Banwari Man and the Canoe Makers
Plantlore
2019 - Trinidad
45 mins., colourPlantlore focuses on the history of the healing power of plants and herbs as it explores the growing modern day trend of herbal remedies in lieu of traditional methods. Screened at the 2019 Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival
Plantlore
At sea
2006 - Tobago
25 mins., colourThis well-made and evocative documentary tells the story of the men and their families who dedicate their lives to fishing. But more than this as the story unfolds, the stream of consciousness narratives draw on the symbols evident within fishing culture and from it, larger patterns emerge and parallels are drawn to describe the similarity between fishing and life.
Screened at the 2006 Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, Moscow Visual Anthropology Film Festival, Belize International Film Festival, Travelling Carribbean Film Festival (Cuba), Eco Seaflower Festival (Columbia), Tricycle Cinema (London), Washinton DC Pan African Film Festival, Carifesta XI Suriname. Screened also on TTT (Trinidad & Tobago Local Television Station)
At Sea
ivan the terrible
2004 - Grenada, Trinidad
30 mins., Colour
A half-hour documentary on the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan’s devastation to the island of Grenada. Interviews with locals give a sense of the total shock and chaos which gripped the island.
Screened at the 2004 Belize International Film Festival and on Gayelle, The Channel

Ivan The Terrible
T V Series
Style Makers: Trinidad 11 episodes x 30 mins., ColourReality TV, 2005Stylemakers takes you into the world of shopping and finding fashions to fit your lifestyle. Tips are offered to the discerning shopper who wants to change their look to a more polished one with before and after shots showing stunning results. Aired on Gayelle The Channel.

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