Creativity: Simon's New Sound

Creativity: Simon's New Sound (1978)

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Simon’s New Sound (1978, 8 min.) is about a young boy who is searching for a new instrument with which to celebrate Trinidad’s pre-Easter Carnival. He fashions a steel drum from the carefully indented bottom of an oildrum. Poet Opal Palmer is the voice of Simon.

Date of release
1978-01-01
Runtime
8m
Director
Carol Munday Lawrence

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