Award-winning Filmmakers raising funds to tell the history and influence of the Steelpan
Los Angeles - "They didn't care. A steelband man, you have sticks in your pockets; you would be the subject of police harassment." That is the opening line from Panomundo (the promo), a 7-minute video that explores the history of the steelpan. The film uses a series of interviews to give an account of the hardships that the pioneers of the steelpan faced.
Award-winning filmmakers, British director Keith Musaman Morton and American producer Charysse Tia Harper, travelled to Trinidad & Tobago in January 2012 to uncover how the steelpan, which originated from an oil drum, became a highly respected musical instrument.
"The slaves came with their African tradition of drumming and they used bamboo sticks," Morton explained. "Soon that was outlawed and other variations of 'improv percussion' were introduced until a dustbin was picked up and then an oil drum came into play."
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