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This is the artist page of filmmaker Yao Ramesar.

Ghana-born, Caribbean filmmaker Yao Ramesar holds a B.A (summa cum laude) in Film Production an M.F.A in Film Directing from Howard University and a PhD in Cultural Studies (Film) from The University of the West Indies.

In 2006 he was named the Caribbean Laureate in Arts and Letters, at the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence (ANSCAFE). That same year his SISTAGOD^®, became the first Trinidad and Tobago feature in selection at a major international film festival when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to great acclaim.  Ramesar’s Caribbeing^® theories and methodology on filmmaking appear in numerous publications including the Routledge Companion to World Cinema and 2009 saw the publication of the first book on his work, “Phenomenology’s Material Presence” (Gabrielle Hezekiah).

He has made 120 short films on the culture and history of Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean and has launched his Caribbeing podcast hosting a range of interviewees discussing various subjects.