Mariel is documentary filmmaker and screen industries advocate from Trinidad & Tobago. She is committed to uncovering and documenting the rich and complex history of the Caribbean and its diaspora and elucidating the experience of blackness – both contemporary and historical – as conveyed by the work of artists, writers, historical figures and through significant moments in history. Mariel’s film, Unfinished Sentences, a personal exploration of her tumultuous relationship with her late father, writer Wayne Brown, was a finalist at Primera Mirada works in progress competition at IFF Panama, and won best documentary feature awards at trinidad+tobago film festival and Caribbean Tales International Film Festival. Mariel is a co-founder of the filmmaker collectives CAFTPro and FILMCO, a member of BIPOC EURODOC and a EURODOC 2023 alumna. She took over the leadership of Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival
in November 2024 to magnify her work to build the screen industries in the Caribbean.

No matter her current focus, a strong desire for collaboration and for the documentation and re-presenting of Caribbean stories remains at the heart of her practice.