History of the Caribbeans | Exploring Resilience and Culture

This three-chapter cultural history documentary traces how Indigenous Caribbean societies formed regional systems of cooperation long before European contact. Moving island by island without treating them as isolated worlds, the story shows how survival pressures forced early communities to connect through travel, exchange, and shared knowledge. Canoe routes, food systems, rituals, and alliances created a web of relationships that ...

On a bare limestone outcrop in the eastern Caribbean, a species once written off as nearly lost is clawing its way back. Iguanas Return: A Tiny Islet Becomes a Sanctuary for an Endangered Species follows the high-stakes relocation of the critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguana to Prickly Pear East Cay. Stripped of comfort, safety nets, and guarantees, conservationists gamble on isolation, discipline, and time. What unfolds is...

Dark Waters, Hot Tensions is a hard-edged investigative narrative that follows a U.S. Coast Guard pursuit of a sanctioned oil tanker in the southern Caribbean, near Venezuelan waters. Told through a journalistic lens, the story examines how a single maritime enforcement action becomes a flashpoint for international law, economic pressure, and regional sovereignty. Moving from the tense calm of open water to diplomatic backchannels ...

This three-chapter documentary examines the Caribbean not as a tropical backdrop, but as a landscape forged under extreme geological pressure. Beginning beneath the sea, it traces how tectonic collisions and volcanic eruptions built unstable islands that rose, collapsed, and rose again. It then follows the slower forces of water, coral growth, erosion, and storms as they reshaped raw rock into land capable of sustaining life. The s...

Caribbean Tourism at Sea: Leaders Chart Cruise-Led Recovery follows tourism ministers, port authorities, and cruise industry executives as they convene aboard Icon of the Seas in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. With airports damaged, hotels offline, and island economies under strain, the summit positions cruise tourism as the fastest path to stabilizing visitor arrivals and cash flow. Set against the contrast between a fully op...

This three-chapter investigative narrative examines how Caribbean regional unity was tested after the United States imposed partial entry restrictions on nationals of Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica. Told in a hardline journalistic style, the story follows the immediate fallout, the diplomatic standoff that followed, and the longer-term implications for travel, economic stability, and sovereignty. As CARICOM and the Organisation o...

From Ash to Island: How Volcanoes Forged Caribbean Civilization examines the Caribbean not as a passive paradise, but as a region born from geological violence and shaped by constant environmental risk. The series traces how volcanic forces created the island chain, how early Indigenous societies learned to survive on unstable ground, and how this relationship between land and people produced resilient, adaptive cultures. Fire, ash...

Caribbean Weekend at Sea: Tourism Leaders Chart a Post-Melissa Revival follows regional tourism officials as they confront the fallout of Hurricane Melissa during a high-stakes summit held aboard a cruise liner. With airports damaged, ports closed, and confidence shaken, representatives from across the Caribbean face a hard reality. Tourism recovery is no longer about quick rebounds or polished marketing. It is about credibility, c...

Reefs of Hope follows a real, high-pressure coral restoration effort unfolding off the coast of the Dominican Republic, where marine biologists attempt to slow reef collapse using assisted coral fertilization. Set against rising ocean temperatures, sediment runoff, and shrinking ecological margins, the story documents a fragile intervention aimed at preserving reefs that protect coastlines, sustain fisheries, and support tourism. T...

This three-part documentary traces the Caribbean back to a time before memory, before settlement, before names. It examines how volcanic fire, shifting seas, and living stone worked over deep time to create islands that were never stable, never finished, and never guaranteed to survive. Moving from submerged tectonic collisions to rising and falling shorelines, and finally to coral reefs that slowed destruction without stopping it,...

After the Storm: Caribbean Health Systems Struggle in the Wake of Hurricane Melissa is a hard-edged investigative narrative that follows Caribbean public health systems through the critical months after a devastating hurricane. Moving beyond the immediate disaster, the story tracks how fragile infrastructure, delayed aid, workforce exhaustion, and uneven recovery compound into a prolonged health crisis. It examines how prevention f...

Steelpan Renaissance: A New Generation Revives Old Trinidad and Tobago Soul is a gritty cultural documentary that follows the quiet but determined return of steelpan culture among young people in Trinidad and Tobago. Set in rehearsal yards, schools, street corners, and community spaces, the series captures how a new generation reclaims an instrument many assumed was fading. Without nostalgia or ceremony, these players rebuild disci...

This documentary series exposes how volcanic forces shaped the first civilizations of the Caribbean. It follows the people who settled on unstable islands born from fire, showing how they built homes, planted crops, and rebuilt their lives after eruptions tore their world apart. Through archaeological evidence, surviving terraces, and ceremonial objects placed near ancient vents, the story reveals a civilization forged under consta...

Radar and Resistance exposes the tense and rapidly unfolding battle over new U.S. military installations inside Trinidad and Tobago. What begins as a quiet coastal rumor turns into a national confrontation over secrecy, sovereignty, and the shifting power map of the Caribbean. Through leaked slides, rising public pressure, regional diplomatic concerns, and a government struggling to contain the fallout, the series tracks how one un...

Dust Across the Sea: Sahara’s Storm Blanket Sweeps Over the Caribbean delivers a hard-edged documentary account of the massive Saharan dust plume that pushed across the Atlantic and smothered the Caribbean in a heavy, unmoving haze. Through grounded detail and steady pressure, the story tracks how a distant storm reshaped daily life, muted the region’s light, altered work and travel, strained public health systems, and exposed the ...

Islands Etched in Stone: How Earth’s Forces Carved the Caribbean’s First Shores is a three-chapter documentary journey into the deep-time origins of the Caribbean. Long before the first canoe crossed open water, the region rose and fell through cycles of volcanic fire, shifting plates, rising seas, and coral growth. The series follows scientists in the field as they walk the Blue Mountains, examine limestone cliffs, dive across anc...

This video takes you on a breathtaking journey across Jamaica, revealing the landscapes, legends, and cultural treasures that define the island. Viewers will experience the golden shores of Seven Mile Beach, the iconic cascading steps of Dunn’s River Falls, and the glowing magic of the Luminous Lagoon. The exploration continues into the untouched rainforest beauty of Reach Falls, the vibrant heartbeat of Montego Bay, and the histor...

Caribbean Files exposes one of the region’s most urgent and underreported crises: the staggering rise in violent crime across multiple islands. Through on-the-ground reporting, survivor testimonies, expert analysis, and hard data, this investigation reveals how murder rates—some among the highest in the world—are being driven by a lethal mix of illegal guns, gang rivalries, political influence, and transnational drug routes linking...

A shocking midnight assassination in Port of Spain exposes the deeper truths of Trinidad and Tobago’s violent underworld. When prominent attorney and former senator Dana Seetahal is ambushed and killed in a carefully coordinated hit, the nation is already reeling from a murder rate spiraling out of control. VICE News travels into the slums, speaking with gang members, police, activists, and community leaders to reveal a brutal real...