More Than Mas'
(More Than Mas')
Rosalyn Negrón, Monica Cohen | Documentary
2022 | 32 minutes | United States
Behind Boston’s Carnival, Mas’ makers blend craft, culture, and community—revealing the labor and love that power the Caribbean spirit.
Synopsis
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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Pragda subjects
Afro-Latin Studies
Anthropology
Body Image
Caribbean Studies
Culture + Identity
Migration Studies
North America
Short Films
Sociology
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Festivals
Boston International Film Festival; The Roxbury International Film Festival; Africa World Documentary Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Rosalyn Negrón, Monica Cohen
NATIONALITY: United States
YEAR: 2022
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: English
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
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