Calypso Rose: the Lioness of the Jungle
Pascale Obolo
2011 - 84 min - HD - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - France, Trinité-et-Tobago

Calypso Rose is an ambassador of Caribbean music. Living legend of Calypso music, she is a charismatic character often compared to the great Soul singers such as Aretha Franklin. She did a reprise of her famous song "Say a Little Prayer for You", or Miriam Makeba, with who she will sing "Voodoo Lay Loo" in the eighties. This music, in its' rebellious and mocking style, is Trinidad & Tobago's soul, ex English colony, located in the Caribbean sea.
Born in the village of Bethel in Tobago in 1940, she has been singing since the age of 15 years and hasn't stopped spreading the daily tales of her native island, on the world stages, with an inbred energy and a contagious love for life. IN 1978, she will become the first woman to be crowned "Calypso Queen" during Trinidad's famous carnival, (which after her win, was changed to the title of "Calypso Monarch"). During her career, she wrote more than 800 songs and recorded 25 albums, making her the uncontested diva of Calypso.

Exists in 52 min. version with French subtitles