1.5.25 – Ouvertures [A Screening & Conversation w/ Olivier Marboeuf]

Bristol Caribbean Studies Studio Presents

OUVERTURES – A SCREENING & CONVERSATION W/ OLIVIER MARBOEUF

A film about the ghosts of the Haitian revolution.
Followed by a conversation with a Olivier Marboeuf, artist, producer and member of the collective that created the film.

Tickets Free // Book Here: https://hdfst.uk/e129120

Synopsis:

Moving from the frozen landscapes of the Jura mountains to the urban centres of Port-au-Prince, Ouvertures brings the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture back to life. In France a Haitian researcher tries to read the past within the stratigraphic layers of Jurassic limestone, whilst in Haiti a group of young actors translate and rehearse scenes from Monsieur Toussaint, a play written by Édouard Glissant, that recounts the last days in the life of Louverture dying in exile in a prison cell in the Jura, 1803. Ghosts from the pantheon of Haitian history visit Louverture on his deathbed and put him to trial. As the play proceeds the actors become possessed by their characters, and eventually the ghost of Louverture joins the group and takes them on a voyage for a new kind of exile.

(2020, 132 min, France, United Kingdom, Haïti)
A film by The Living and The Dead Ensemble, Produced by Spectre Productions

Olivier Marboeuf:
is an author-storyteller, artist, independent curator, cultural theorist and film producer from Guadeloupe. Amongst many other things Olivier is a member of both The Living Dead Ensemble & produced the film with Spectre Productions. https://olivier-marboeuf.com/a-propos/

Olivier will be in conversation with Adom Philogene Heron (a child of Bristol, grandchild of Dominica, member of the Caribbean Studies Studio and anthropology lecturer at the University of Bristol).

This event is organised by the The Bristol Caribbean Studies Studio, a collective of scholars, writers, scientists and creative practitioners whose work spans the greater Caribbean and its diasporas. https://caribbeanstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/about-us/

01.4.2025 – Adalber Salas Hernández Launches New Poetry Collection

Join us for an evening of poetry, as Adalber Salas Hernández introduces his latest poetry collection, Isolario / Isolarium

Join us for an exciting evening discussing Adalber Salas’ dual-language poetry collection, Isolario/Islarium. Hosted by Bristol’s Caribbean Studies Studio and Bristol Poetry Institute, with the support of the University of Bristol’s Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Department, this event will be a celebration of poetry.

Tickets are free and can be reserved here. (You will also have the option of advance ordering a copy of the book)

27.3.25 – A Celebration of Caribbean Women Writers

Merle Collins, Shannon Smith & Indira Toussaint in Conversation

Join us for a multigenerational celebration of Caribbean women writers. Professor Merle Collins (Grenadian poet, essayist and novelist), Shannon Smith (Jamaican poet and educator) and Indira Toussaint (St Lucian poet and educator) will offer readings of their work, followed by a conversation about Caribbean womanhood, writing home, language, diaspora and much more.

Tickets are FREE and can be reserved here

Welcome to the Caribbean Studies Studio!

The Caribbean Studies Studio’s collective research vision spans the varied landscapes, languages and cultures of the Greater Caribbean and her diasporas.

Our mission is to build a transdisciplinary community of thought, collaboration and research|practice.

Watch this space for more details of lots of exciting upcoming events!