#pothound

[galleryyuhself]

Galleryyuhself - A treasure for Independence Day 2023 by Remi (Rembunction)

[forgedfromlove]

From @pothounds on Instagram:

“Pan and Tassa 🌎

They want you to think it’s one or the other, when we can play together!

Music- T&T All Stars Steel Orchestra & Malick Tassa Group.”

[octahedral-chaos]

Imma 'bout to sound stupid...

But... What's it like living on an island? I'm lowkey very intrigued...

(like always, if I'm being mean, please punt me into Saturn's orbit)

Okay so first thing first, it's very much a regular thing to see beaches and stuff. Like, I still can't believe some peeps never seen the ocean.

Secondly, because of how TINY this island is, it's pretty interconnected. Like you can quickly go from one place to the next, and it's easy to go relatively far places in like a day?

Because we are an island so close to the mainland, we have a lot of South American species! As well as endemic species including the Pawi!! Also Sir David Attenborough's Myotis.

Also some parts are pretty urban (Especially the towns), while others are more rural. So expect free roaming cows and stuff in the more rural places... including the highway-

OH and we have a bit of a stray dog problem... so it's common to see them all over the place (We call them "Pothounds.")

[dreaxbrandon]

KITCHENS - POTHOUNDS ft @mikebennet @mayrarcjas @fleetsummers

A plan - a distraction - a heist well done

mike bennet "So you ready for this caper, girl?" Mike was chewing a knob of sticky pine sap as gum, grinning down at Drea as they approached the kitchens in the community centre where Fleet and Mayra would be working. "Gotta be sneaky stealthy. You even know where them pots is at?"

Andrea Brandon "As ready as one can be. " It wasn't her first stealing rodeo. "I did some recon , I know exactly where they are. Should be in and out in no time. " she said and started to move away from Mike to not be in any line of sight when he would do his magic. She was aiming to wait by an entrance that would allow her to sneak in without being seen.

mike bennet Mike nodded at Drea and sauntered into the kitchen, hooting loudly and holding his arms out to his sides when he saw the two workers bustling around. "Well if it ain't ice mocha princess and tiny peanut princess! Just the folks I was aiming to find." He sidled to the fridge, opening it and standing in front of the door, picking up one of the carefully portioned paper-wrapped wedges of precious butter. "I got me a hankerin' for some foodstuffs and I wanted to see iffen you'uns would be willin' to help a feller out."

Mayra Rojas Mayra and Fleet were truckin' right along getting the chores done. Mayra, specifically, was getting the pre-cooking chores checked off her list. She was humming along to a song when the doors burst open, Mike sauntering through them with a cocky grin. Mayra rolled her eyes. So far she had managed to void him. Her luck ran out. "Maybe if you actually use my name, I'll see about helping you, huh?"

mike bennet "Didn't nobody tell me your name!" He left the fridge as Fleet came over to it and pointedly started closing the door onto Mike, forcing him out from its chilly area. "Put the butter back," Fleet said sharply, and Mike saluted him before going, "oh, wait," and crouching down to Fleet's height, saluting again. "So what's your name, princess? Of the ice mocha variety, not the lil goober here."

Mayra Rojas "Very convenient someone told you an old nickname but not my name," Mayra groaned as she walked up behind Fleet, her arms folded across her chest. "It's Mayra. And food will be readily available later, as long as there are no distractions. So please." She motioned toward the door, waving him away.

Andrea Brandon In a corner, Drea was waiting for the good moment to sneak in, for now just hanging back in the shadows , she could see that Mayra moved away and behind Fleet. She took this a good sign to make her first moves. With a silent thumb up she disappeared behind a working station , and looked around for her options, mapping a route to follow once she could go for it.

mike bennet Mike saw Drea creeping in and reached out to grab one shoulder each, on Mayra and Fleet both. "Moayra!" Mike said, then again, face screwed up in confusion: "Moira? Myra? Sorry, I didn't take no Heh-span-yole in school, you gonna have to be patient with my bad grammar and all that." He glanced at Fleet. "How bout you, amigo? Or, sorry--" he peered closer at Fleet, who leaned slightly back, "--you, uh … Thai or something? Like one'a them ladyboys, right?"

fleet summers "You've got to be kidding me." Fleet shook off Mike's hand, then slapped his other one off of Mayra. "My name's Fleetwood. Mayra told you the food isn't ready yet. If you need something to eat right away, there's two roasted sweet potatoes in the fridge."

Mayra Rojas "And that's him being generous, 'cause honestly I don't see a reason for you to have anything right now." Mayra folded her arms across her chest, thankful Fleet had moved Mike's hand off of her. Still, she felt an ick shiver run down her back. "Hurry up and grab your shit and get out before you're the reason everyone one else has to wait for food."

Andrea Brandon The firefighter tried not to listen but her ear just picked what Mike was saying and she shook her head. She snuck past the working station towards the back of the kitchen. Thankfully they werent using the bigger pots. She braced herself and took 2 that were piled one on top of the other. Her tongue was a bit out in concentration. She stopped midway when she realized that the pots would make noise when leaving the shelves.

mike bennet Mike noticed Drea freeze, saw the huge pots start to slide in a way that would clank, and he grabbed Mayra around the waist and kissed her, pushing his tongue deep into her mouth. He kept a tight hold of her, making interested sounds into her mouth as Fleet honked indignantly in protest.

Mayra Rojas Mike's actions were too sudden and Mayra's eyes widened when his lips landed on hers. She groaned into his mouth, protesting the kiss while she tried desperately to push away from him.

Andrea Brandon like a bandaid. Rip it off and be done. She took the pots and tiptoed/ ran better than the pink panther towards the exit. Making sure the metal sound of a dumbass running with pots was kept at low and that those two people were a bit hard of hearing. She ducked behind the working station and there her training came handy to continue in squads.

Mayra Rojas Finally Mayra was able to push Mike off her. Immediately she began wiping her mouth, and ran to the sink to spit out any saliva he felt behind. "Asshole! What the fuck is wrong with you?"

mike bennet Smirking, Mike started to say, "Well now ice Mayra princess, I--" before Fleet's elbow smashed into his mouth.

fleet summers Fleet followed up on that without a hitch in his motion, punching Mike in the throat while the bigger, taller man was still reeling, and looked back at Mayra to connect with her for a moment before telling Mike, "Get out. Don't come in here again. We'll set your food outside in the common room from now on and if you don't come collect it during mealtimes, you don't get anything."

Mayra Rojas Mayra's eyes widened for the second time, only this time her hand flew to her mouth witnessing Fleet's elbow connect with Mike's face. When Mike finally left the kitchen, Mayra chuckled. "Damn Fleet, that was kinda hot," she snorted. "Thank you, though. He's such a dickhead."

fleet summers "He's the worst." Fleet glared at Mike's retreating back, then shook his head and his hand a little bit. "God. Let's put that out of our minds. We've still got work to do." He looped his arm around Mayra for a moment, pressing a kiss to her temple, and they went back to what they'd been doing.

Andrea Brandon BOT — 24/03/2024 09:25 waiting with the pots , Drea saw Mike arrive. " There's the star of the show. That went well. Let's get you some ice and get this project started somewhere only we know." She smiled and pumped his shoulder.

mike bennet Mike puffed up, smirking and giving Drea a deep bow for her calling him the star of the show. "I'm good without the ice. Some kissin' on my big hero bruises wouldn't be turned down, though." His smirk widened, though he didn't try anything, just taking the pots from Drea to carry. "We done good and annoyed them lil kitchen bitches in the process. That there was a good day's work."

Andrea Brandon She let him take the pots and chuckled. "Don't worry handsome, I do plan on celebrating this with you. " She assured and slapped his behind and looked behind them to make sure no one saw them. A bit of mischief was always welcomed for Drea, and it was indeed a good day's work.

[cariblingo]

Posted @withregram • @cariblingo Drop your flags in the comments if this word is used where you're from.⁠⠀⁠⁠ ---⁠⠀⁠⁠ Carib Lingo 🍍⁠⠀⁠⁠ Talk Di Talk⁠⠀⁠⁠ -----⁠⠀⁠⁠ Pothound: 🇹🇹🇧🇿🇬🇩🇻🇨⁠⁠ A mongrel dog. A dog of indeterminate breed.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ (animal)⁠⁠ -----⁠⠀⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #cariblingo #island360 #simplycaribbean #caribbean #caribbean #caribbeanlife #westindian #westindies #caribbeanisland #soca #carnival #travel #caribbean #pothound #mut #stray #straydog https://www.instagram.com/p/CdfxYndObnN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[perkunst]

Per Kunst “ Rainforest bonus” #exploring #tropical #lifeinthebush #nightfly #heat #nature #pothound #bestdogs #adoptapothound #secretflowers #wildernessculture #frydverksted #mach1monkey #belltaylorbrothers https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc6D1KDuI55/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[marklyndersay]

Parked. Shot for the 2015365 project. September 14, 2015 #pothound, #dog #brown #parkingspot #Samsung #s6 #sign #noparking #trinidad #trinidadandtobago #samsungcrbn (at UWI St. Augustine)

[ahangingintimessquare]

In a few weeks this stunner will be 2. To think I picked up a mangy 6 week old puppy and she would turn into this gorgeous dog. Bonus: Her brother.

[izatrini]

Lessons from a pothound - TT Newsday http://dlvr.it/SXn5xJ

[drferox]

Started following for the petlings because I am a vet student and like to de-stress by looking at animals. So here’s my Grenadian Pothound, Selene, after studying for my pharmacology final today! (Ps, sorry I submitted my previous asks without reading the FAQ. I’m new to this part of tumblr and don’t realize that was a thing.)

Don’t worry, I just have the FAQ because I was getting so many asks that I was overloaded. I get way, way more than I can reasonably answer. I don’t hold it against anyone.

[nyfacurrent]

Conversations | Meet ABI Business Caribbean Film Academy

Part of NYFA Arts Business Incubator’s first cohort, CaFA is increasing the visibility of Caribbean films and filmmakers in NYC and beyond.

Established in 2012, Caribbean Film Academy (CaFA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and support of Caribbean filmmaking and filmmakers in the region and the Diaspora. CaFA’s work is focused on promoting and sharing the art of storytelling through film from the perspective of the Caribbean. The organization is part of NYFA’s Arts Business Incubator (ABI) program’s inaugural cohort, where they receive custom-tailored, formalized support from NYFA’s staff and network of experts to help them fully realize their mission. CaFA is also part of NYFA’s Fiscal Sponsorship program, which helps individual artists and emerging arts organizations optimize fundraising efforts.

We spoke with CaFA Co-Founders Romola Lucas and Justen Blaize at the close of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month to see what they’ve been up to, and what’s next for their growing business.

NYFA: What's the Caribbean film industry like in both the Caribbean and in New York? How'd you become interested in helping to support it?

Caribbean Film Academy: Overall, the Caribbean film industry can best be described as emerging, but depending on where you are, the “industry” is in different stages of development. The Spanish and French Caribbean are producing more films for the regional as well as global markets, than the English and Dutch Caribbean. The largest film festival dedicated specifically to Caribbean films is the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival, and through the Festival and other local initiatives, Trinidad & Tobago has emerged as a leader in film in the English Caribbean.

With respect to New York, the picture is not as clear. The Caribbean arts and culture scene generally is becoming more and more vibrant through the activities of the dance, literary, cultural, and film organizations. With respect to film, it is difficult in many instances to identify the Caribbean filmmakers and actors in New York and the remainder of the Diaspora unless they themselves identify as Caribbean, since their work tends to be more reflective of the country they’re currently living in and not the Caribbean.

Having said that, through the work of our organization, we have created a year-round platform for anyone interested in the Caribbean film, by programming screening series and hosting filmmaker Q+As that raise the level of awareness of the existence of these films and filmmakers, growing an audience for them, and providing opportunities for filmmakers and viewers to interact and be of more support to each other.

We became interested in wanting to support the filmmakers, because we ourselves wanted to see Caribbean films. We were tired with the lack of diversity in cinemas in New York, showing mostly Hollywood films, and with the smaller, artsy venues, showing mostly foreign, as in European, films. We wanted to see films about our lives and cultures, see our stories, and hear our accents on the big screen. The Caribbean as whole is very diverse, but there are many similarities in the ways in which we live which can be shared through film, allowing people from different countries to learn about life in other countries they’ve never actually visited. We started off small, watching films with a few other people sharing this same interest at Nicholas Variety on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, and we have grown from there.  

NYFA: Tell us more about the ways in which CaFA is increasing the visibility of Caribbean films and filmmakers. What're your key vehicles for promotion?

CaFA: We are doing this work in several different ways:

The Caribbean Film Series. Our signature program and an almost quarterly series where we bring 4/5 of the best in Caribbean films to screen per year at Brooklyn Academy of Music.

CaFA Cinema Nights. Where we started: our monthly screening series. It’s being held this year at the IFP Media Center in Brooklyn, where we present regularly-scheduled screenings of Caribbean films.

Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival. A festival based in Miami that was started with a grant from the Knight Foundation in 2016 in partnership with Third Horizon Media to showcase the best in Caribbean cinema.

Timehri Film Festival. A Guyanese and Caribbean film festival we started in Guyana to provide a platform for Guyanese filmmakers, as well as to share films from other countries in the Caribbean, with Guyanese audiences.

Studio Anansi Tv. An online platform similar to Netflix that we created specifically for Caribbean films, to make them available to audiences worldwide.

Caribbean Film Project. A production program, through which we co-produce short films by emerging Caribbean writer/directors.

NYFA: What are some of the projects you're working on now? Did you do anything special to celebrate Caribbean-American Heritage Month?

CaFA: With our programming pretty much established, our projects are mostly internal and geared at growing the organization as a whole, as well as presenting individual programming.

We are currently rebuilding two of our websites, and will be working with a distributor to develop Studio Anansi into the go-to distribution company for Caribbean films, as well as working on partnerships in other countries to host film screenings and festivals in order to share Caribbean films more widely in the Caribbean, and in the United States, Canada, and England.

For Caribbean-American Heritage Month (CAHM) this year, we are hosting a special outdoor screening in Brooklyn’s Brower Park of a film adaptation of a short story by one of the Caribbean’s favorite authors, Earl Lovelace. The film, Joebell and America, by Asha Lovelace, is based on the short story by the same name, written by her father, Earl Lovelace. It is an immigrant story, speaking to the experiences of many Caribbean people living here in New York. We are partnering with Union Docs and the Luminal Theater to present this screening, which will be held tonight, June 28, at 7:00 PM.

NYFA: We don't want to put you on the spot...but do you have any favorite Caribbean films or filmmakers to recommend to our readers? Is there a film that would make a good introduction to the Caribbean film industry for the unfamiliar? 

Ha. Now this is a tough one.

Some good contemporary films from the English Caribbean (not one, but a few 😊 ) are Children of God by Kareem Mortimer (the Bahamas), God Loves the Fighter by Damian Marcano (Trinidad & Tobago), Better Mus’ Come by Storm Saulter (Jamaica), Play the Devil by Maria Govan (the Bahamas), Ring di Alarm by the New Caribbean Cinema (Jamaica), Captureland by Nabil Elderkin (shot in Jamaica), The Sweetest Mango by HaMA Films (Antigua & Barbuda), Art Connect by Miquel Galofré (shot in Trinidad & Tobago), and Doubles with Slight Pepper by Ian Harnarine (Trinidad & Tobago).

These films cover a variety of stories, from LGBT to love, art, folklore, and music, and are generally stories of everyday life in the Caribbean, giving those unfamiliar with the “real” Caribbean, with life beyond the parties, white sand beaches, and blue waters, a good understanding of what it actually means to live in “paradise.”

Some good emerging filmmakers are Shaun Escayg from Trinidad & Tobago (Fish, Noka): Keeper of World’s), Chris Guinness from Trinidad & Tobago (Pothound, Capt T+T), Gabrielle Blackwood from Jamaica (Denis), Lisa Harewood from Barbados (Auntie), Mariel Brown from Trinidad & Tobago (Smallman: The World My Father Made), Jason Fitzroy Jeffers from Barbados (Papa Machete), and Vashti Anderson from Trinidad & Tobago (Moko Jumbie and Jeffrey’s Calypso).

These are some of the filmmakers are at the forefront of defining what it means to be a filmmaker in the Caribbean. They are using technology like VFX and animation and are not afraid to extend the bounds of their creativity in the context of the Caribbean in terms of style and the types of stories they are telling.

NYFA: What drew you to ABI? What's your experience been in the first year (now in the second year) of the program?

We were drawn to ABI by the opportunity to work behind the scenes, to make our organization sustainable. We started the organization and ran it all these years on our own, coming up with program ideas to fill the needs we found along the way, and figuring out which ideas would work best over the long term. With the resources NYFA has to offer, we hoped to be able to better organize and fund CaFA and put it on a path to sustainability.

We have had a fantastic experience in the program. The program’s coordinator, Peter Cobb, is an amazing resource and an avid supporter of the work we do. With the financial resources made available to us through the program, we were able to work with a consultant who helped us to organize our programming, develop our branding, and build our board, as well as develop a budget and fundraising plan for our activities. We were also able to work with a web developer to rebuild and customize our websites, bring on a person specifically dedicated to promoting our programs through social media, and begin development of an app to improve the online viewing experience for our subscribers. With NYFA’s organizational resources which were made available to us, we were able to network with other similarly situated organizations, get a mentor who is now actively supporting our efforts by becoming a member of our board, and gain further insight into successfully running an organization by participating in the workshops offered through the program.

NYFA: What's next for CaFA?

CaFA: On an organizational level, we will be getting our board up and running, and executing our fundraising plans to begin putting the organization on the sustainability track. On a programming level, we are working to grow our audience base to see greater attendance at screenings and festivals, as well as viewership online.  

Our more long-term plans include creating a Caribbean film festival in New York, as well as building a facility to function as a co-working, event, performance, and exhibition space for Caribbean organizations working in dance, film, culture, literature, in the New York area.

Please visit our website to learn more about NYFA’s Arts Business Incubator program. Stay tuned for future posts featuring the members of the ABI cohort.

NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship’s next quarterly no-fee application deadlines are June 30 and September 30, and you can learn more about NYFA’s Fiscal Sponsorship program here. Read about other exciting projects utilizing sponsorship in our NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship Directory.

- Interview conducted by Amy Aronoff, Communications Officer

Images from top: Romola Lucas, Photo Credit: Justen Blaize; Justen Blaize, Photo Credit: Davone Alexis; audience cross section at the Caribbean Film Series, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Photo Credit: Justen Blaize; Filmmaker Q&A at the Caribbean Film Series, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Photo Credit: Justen Blaize

[only-cats-photos]

Caption: Was taking a photo of a djembe, when my kitten interrupted Credit: pothound http://ift.tt/2raxGAa - Follow me http://ift.tt/Roy1qi

[binibabby]

#pothounds (at Maracas Beach, Trinidad)

[cariblingo]

Drop your flags in the comments if this word is used where you're from.⁠⠀⁠⁠ ---⁠⠀⁠⁠ Carib Lingo 🍍⁠⠀⁠⁠ Talk Di Talk⁠⠀⁠⁠ -----⁠⠀⁠⁠ Pothound: 🇹🇹🇧🇿🇬🇩🇻🇨⁠⁠ A mongrel dog. A dog of indeterminate breed.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ (animal)⁠⁠ -----⁠⠀⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #cariblingo #island360 #simplycaribbean #caribbean #caribbean #caribbeanlife #westindian #westindies #caribbeanisland #soca #carnival #travel #caribbean #pothound #mut #stray #straydog https://www.instagram.com/p/CNpUJLRrcvD/?igshid=16w5d47sxznql

[perkunst]

Per Kunst “Havana” Happy national dog day !!!! #bestfriends #superdog #pothound #caribbean #nightfly #beachbabe https://www.instagram.com/p/CTGW9fSr_-t/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rotipizza]

💁🏾‍♂️ Crazy how you can be so in love with someone at one point and would do anything for them but now they just a pothound, I mean you care if they get bounce but besides that you could care less.