Something More Than Masquerade sees a young Pierrot Grenade contemplate the spirit of carnival. Pierrot Grenade is a well known character and storytelling device within Caribbean folklore and masquerade traditions, often associated with Trinidad and Grenada and encountered across the Caribbean. This is intended as the first in a series of moving image works exploring Caribbean folklore and masquerade traditions, the retention of African masquerade practices in the Caribbean, and their relationship to resistance and rebellion on the plantations. Here we meet a young boy dressed as Pierrot Grenade as he reflects on how with contemporary carnival celebrations—such as Notting Hill Carnival which features—many fail to realise these origins.

SOMETHING MORE THAN MASQUERADE, will screen as part of the feels program.