African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
p. 1 videocassette (52 min.)
Notes:
Documentary of the Voudoun religions of Haiti. Presents rituals performed by the Rada, Petro, and Congo cults, whose devotees commune with cosmic powers through invocations, sacrifices, and possession;
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
p. 1 videocassette (35 min.)
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On the Cuban drummer, Francisco Aguabella, who has been so historically influential in the growth of Latin jazz, pop and fusion in the US since the 1950s. (Google)
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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1 videocassette (ca. 20 min.), Employing footage shot between December 5 and 9, 2003, this documentary looks at the history, life, traditions, and celebrations of the black population of the municipalities of Baião and Mocajuba, located in the Brazilian state of Pará.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
VHS tape 1 videocassette (17 min.)
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Fernando Nunez, a black man, a musician, and a maker of drums, sees himself as the heir to "Candombe," an important social and cultural legacy from his slave forefathers in Uruguay. However, the official history and culture of Uruguay continues to marginalize expressions of black culture. Fernando Nunez and his friends from Barrio Sur, a back street quarter of Montevideo, fight to keep these important cultural roots alive in the consciousness of the Uruguayan people;
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
1 videocassette (59 min.)
Notes:
Originally broadcast on the television program Booknotes on November 7, 1999. Brian Lamb interviews Eugene Robinson about his book Coal to Cream: A Black Man's Journey Beyond Color to an Affirmation of Race. The book examines race relations in the United States and much of the Western Hemisphere by looking at Mr. Robinson's personal experiences in the U.S. and Brazil, where he noted that racism is rare but inequality still exists.
Leland,Andrea E. (Director) and Berger,Kathy L. (Director)
Format:
Video/DVD
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
Hohokus, NJ: New Day Films
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
1 videocassette (46 min., 30 sec.) + 1 study guide (49 p.), Genocide, exile, Diaspora and persecution did not break the spirit of the Garifuna people. Descendants of African and Carib-Indian ancestors, the Garifuna fought to maintain their homeland on the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean. The Garifuna resisted slavery. For this love of freedom, they were exiled from St. Vincent to Roatan in Honduras by the British in 1797. Despite exile and subsequent Diaspora, their traditional culture survives today. It is a little known story that deserves its place in the annals of the African Diaspora. In first person Garifuna voices, this documentary presents the history, the language, food, music, dance and spirituality of the Garifuna culture. It is a celebratory documentary, with engaging scenes of fishing, cooking, dancing, cassava preparation, thatching a temple, spiritual ritual, ritual music and dance all demonstrating the Garifuna link to the Carib-African past.
Paul,Ron C. (Author) and Editorial Bukante (Editor)
Format:
Video/DVD
Publication Date:
2006
Published:
Port-au-Prince, Haïti: Bukante
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
DVD, 1 videodisc (48 min.)
Notes:
Virtual exhibition on the painters of northern Haiti. Highlights works by Junior Abraham, Patrick Alexis, Alfred Altidor among others. In Creole with optional French, Spanish or English subtitles.
