About: Yao Ramesar

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Robert Yao Ramesar (born May 2, 1963) is a Trinidadian director, screenwriter and film lecturer. He has created over 120 films on the people, history and culture of Trinidad and Tobago. His credits in television include the She Woman series produced for the United Nations Beijing Conference in 1996, which was broadcast live to the Caribbean region, and the award-winning People and Routes series. Collaborating with Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, Ramesar directed The Saddhu of Couva and The Coral, the first screen adaptations of Walcott's poetry. Ramesar also produced seminal documentaries on the pioneers of the steelband movement, traditional Carnival characters, indentureship, emancipation, religious rituals and the myriad festivals and celebrations of Trinidad and Tobago.

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  • Robert Yao Ramesar (born May 2, 1963) is a Trinidadian director, screenwriter and film lecturer. He has created over 120 films on the people, history and culture of Trinidad and Tobago. His credits in television include the She Woman series produced for the United Nations Beijing Conference in 1996, which was broadcast live to the Caribbean region, and the award-winning People and Routes series. Collaborating with Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, Ramesar directed The Saddhu of Couva and The Coral, the first screen adaptations of Walcott's poetry. Ramesar also produced seminal documentaries on the pioneers of the steelband movement, traditional Carnival characters, indentureship, emancipation, religious rituals and the myriad festivals and celebrations of Trinidad and Tobago. (en)
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  • Robert Yao Ramesar (born May 2, 1963) is a Trinidadian director, screenwriter and film lecturer. He has created over 120 films on the people, history and culture of Trinidad and Tobago. His credits in television include the She Woman series produced for the United Nations Beijing Conference in 1996, which was broadcast live to the Caribbean region, and the award-winning People and Routes series. Collaborating with Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, Ramesar directed The Saddhu of Couva and The Coral, the first screen adaptations of Walcott's poetry. Ramesar also produced seminal documentaries on the pioneers of the steelband movement, traditional Carnival characters, indentureship, emancipation, religious rituals and the myriad festivals and celebrations of Trinidad and Tobago. (en)
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  • Yao Ramesar (en)
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