[1] Compared to earlier times, a significant amount of filmmaking occurred in the Caribbean in the 1980s and onward.
[1] In the 1970s and prior to this time, the Caribbean generally lacked an infrastructure for filmmaking and film distribution.
[5] In 1970, the Trinidad and Tobago productions The Right and the Wrong and The Caribbean Fox were the first English-language feature films produced by the West Indian industry.
[3] The Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival was founded in 2005 and occurs annually in the country.
[3] It focuses specifically upon Caribbean cinema, and also screens films from other areas of the world.