She has worked extensively in the film world both in the UK and the Caribbean. In 2013 she wrote and directed her first narrative fiction, After Mas, that won the Best Local Short award at ttff13 and was screened at a number of international festivals. Her most recent film, Dreams in Transit, is an essay-style documentary that sees a contemporary migrant reflecting on identity and the meaning of 'home'. In 2013 Karen was selected for a filmmakers immersion workshop with the Argentinian filmmaker Julia Solomonoff. Following on from this she is writing the script for a feature film called “Scattered”; a road movie set in Trinidad.