More Than Mas'

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Every summer, millions across North America celebrate Caribbean Carnival—vibrant parades that honor freedom, tradition, and creative expression. But behind the feathers and soca rhythms are months of quiet labor.

More Than Mas’ takes you back to the weeks before Boston’s Caribbean Carnival. Fusing creativity, pleasure, and craftsmanship, along with arduous and tedious work, Rudy, a costume designer in Boston, and his band prepare for the King & Queen showcase. In Rudy’s makeshift workshop, glittering mannequins and fantastical forms come to life through repetitive, painstaking work.

This intimate documentary, directed by Rosalyn Negrón and Monica Cohen, invites viewers into the heart of mas’ camp, where joy and struggle intertwine, and where Carnival begins long before the road. It offers scholars and students of cultural studies, anthropology, and performance art a compelling lens into how Caribbean traditions evolve and thrive in diaspora communities.

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Negrón, Rosalyn (film director)
Negrón, Rosalyn (film producer)
Cohen, Monica (film director)
Addo, Ping-Ann (screenwriter)
Addo, Ping-Ann (narrator)

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Cinematography, Rosalyn Negrón; editing, Monica Cohen; music, Renato Milone.

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