"WE GOING PAN"

 

The experience of steelpan music is something that can be difficult to put into words, but when Attillah Springer was interviewed as part of "Pan Is..." a short-format documentary for the National Gas Company (NGC) which explores the genesis and evolution of Trinidad and Tobago’s national instrument, she managed to tap into it.

The feelings stirred by Attillah’s lively retelling of her adventures at Panorama, the instrument’s most illustrious music competition, seemed to naturally lend themselves to a short film format. The timing was perfect: after two years of COVID-19 restrictions, Carnival 2023 would be the first in-person festival. Director Walt Lovelace, producer Janine Mendes-Franco, and photographer Jason C. Audain understood that while the experience of “going pan” is communal, it is at the same time, individual. Perhaps you will find some of the beauty of your own pan experience in it.

Tell us your own stories of "Going Pan" in the comments section.

Check out the full project page for "WE GOING PAN": https://www.loggingtape.com/we-going-pan

Director/Camera/Editor — Walt Lovelace
Producer/Interviewer — Janine Mendes-Franco
Camera Assistant — Joshua Mofford
Aerial Photographer — Jason C. Audain
Talent — Khafra Rudder
Interview Excerpt — Attillah Springer
Sound Engineer – Jelani Serrette
Opening Title — Nicholas Huggins
Caterer — Sherry Ann Romano

Music
Excerpt from "Coming Home" (Tina Turner) performed by Steel-Band de la Trinidad — CD ARION “Le Steel-Band de la Trinidad-Magie Caraïbe”, ARN44051, ℗Arion 1972, courtesy of Arion Music, Paris, France (www.arion-music.com)

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