Discussed is the career of fashion designer Francis Heady, whose interest in clothing began when, as a child in Trinidad, he worked with his mother, a seamstress. Heady has created fashions for celebrities such as Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliot
Washington DC's Caribbean Carnival, which is in its 11th year, takes more than 500,000 Caribbean people "back home" with its parade of life, color and unity. To the dismay of many attendees, the parade moved from its original home on Georgia Avenue to the downtown area, where the white, business-class atmosphere with its federal buildings made some feel as though their culture was an exhibit in an art museum.
Discussed are the life and career of rising star Heather Headley, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago but moved with her family to Indiana just before her fifteenth birthday