Pan! Our Music Odyssey is the title of a documentary that explores the magic and mystery behind the steel drum, also known as pan. The episode airs on Monday, January 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT on World Channel.
The film by directors Jérôme Guiot and Thierry Teston is part of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, a documentary series on contemporary art, life and culture across the African Diaspora.
Through docudrama, competition footage and interviews, Pan! Our Music Odyssey explores the development of the steel drum in Trinidad & Tobago to its place as a musical force around the world. While, initially, urban youth would form bands that became bitter and often bloody rivalries, soon their fierce loyalties played out in competitions.
The film captures the excitement as musicians show up with their “A” game at Panorama, the ultimate international steel band competition.
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