Iyanola Pictures was established to produce and bring to market films set in St. Lucia and of a St. Lucian flavor and to create video educational material for primary and secondary schools. The company focuses on material that has entertainment value yet imparts positive social values and exposes viewers to St. Lucian history and culture.

Iyanola Pictures owes its origins to the southern drama group Vizyon De Lavi. In 1986, as part of Nurse's Week celebrations, Nurse Lelia Harracksingh directed a Desruisseaux Seventh Day Adventist youth group in the staging of The White Angel, a play written by Mathurine Emmanuel. The White Angel moved many in the audience to tears, including then Prime Minister Sir John Compton.

Encouraged by the play's surprising success, Nurse Harracksingh subsequently established Vizyon De Lavi with the following objectives:

• to help foster positive relationships among the youth;
• to create an avenue for the youth to exhibit their God-given talent;
• to raise funds for helping needy members of the community;
• to help create a medium for communicating positive messages to primary and secondary school teachers and students;
• to help reinforce the values of our society in an age where values are becoming obsolete;
• to entertain people in the community.

Today, while Iyanola Pictures functions as the vehicle through which movies are produced and brought to market, Vizyon De Lavi has become its theatrical arm, the training ground for most of the actors and actresses that populate its movies.