Dalton Narine, is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker who has focused on Trinidadian art and cultural traditions in the 14 documentaries he has produced, directed and written. His films and made-for-television programmes include Masquerade, Streets of Colour, The Minshall Trilogy, Soca Nation, King Carnival, and Panorama, Festival of the Pans. As a journalist, Narine wrote for the Village Voice (New York) and was a features editor at The Miami Herald; and associate editor, Ebony magazine. Narine has been a features contributor to the Trinidad Guardian and Daily Express for more than 30 years.