Episode 12 - EV - Caribbean Girl NYC

Yé Moun La! Today we're talking about "Caribbean Girl NYC” (2016) directed by Mariette Monpierre. It's a TV series from Guadeloupe.

0:00 - 0:28: intro + opening credits

0:29 - 1:44: all the opportunities I had + my two new projects

1:45 - 2:38: Season 2 recap

Yé Kri Yé Krak

2:39 - 3:49: official summary

3:50 - 4:34: my own summary with a bit more background on the other characters

4:35 - 5:19: how I got introduced to Caribbean Girl NYC through Francois Angoston’s IG Page

5:20 - 6:07: how Caribbean Girl NYC is exactly the content that I needed

6:08 - 7:46: why Caribbean Girl NYC was my choice for Karukerament’s pilot and for the final episode of Season 2

7:47 - 7:57: how do we present ourselves to the world and what are our dreams?

7:58 - 8:35: thank you’s + ending credits

0:00 - 0:28: intro + opening credits

0:29 - 1:27: Yé Krik Yé Krak 

1:28 - 1:45:  how does this pilot display the unity of the Caribbean while highlighting its diversity? 

Caribbean Connection 1

1:46 - 6:09: how the French title is a statement that shows Guadeloupean pride + how the French Caribbean voices are overlooked in France

6:10 - 7:19: how the pilot shows the ignorance around Guadeloupe through the comedy lens

7:20 - 8:44: how the characters symbolize the place of Guadeloupe in a Caribbean context

8:45 - 10:44: how zouk helps to make the connection + how important it is to show Guadeloupean people being proud of zouk 

10:45 - 11:54: how Isabelle is never ashamed of being Guadeloupean 

11:55 - 13:29: the changes of perception about the French Caribbean communities

13:30 - 13:44: next Caribbean connection: what does it mean to be a young Caribbean woman in the 21st century?

13:45 - 14:25:  thank you’s + ending credits

0:00 - 0:28: intro + opening credits

0:29 - 1:55: latest update on my life + Yé Krik Yé Krak 

1:56 - 2:35:  what does it mean to be a young Caribbean woman in the 21st century? 

Caribbean Connection 2

2:36 - 5:09: Isabelle’s professional ambition is based on higher education

5:10 - 6:39: how this pilot goes against the negative perception of Guadeloupe’s university

6:40 - 8:19: reminder on the negative stereotypes about Black women + why I love Black romance + how the pilot shows diversity in the representation of love

8:20 - 9:29: Kate who likes women

9:30 - 9:49: Tilly who deals with an entanglement

9:50 - 10:39: Dana refusing an open relationship

10:40 - 11:24: how Isabelle represents mainstream Caribbean beauty

11:25 - 12:55: Caribbean Girl NYC = my first time seeing two French Caribbean persons flirting 

12:56 - 14:04: how French TV only cares about Black people when they’re in an interracial relationship with a White person+ recommendation to watch “Tout Ce Que Tu Es” by Stevy Mahy

14:05 - 16:41: how Caribbean Girl NYC is different from mainstream previous TV shows like “Sex and The City”, “Girls, “Insecure”

16:42 - 18:02: closing Season 2