Lewis,Ingrid (Author) and Solomon,Frances-Anne (Author)
Format:
Video/DVD
Publication Date:
1993
Published:
New York: Women Make Movies
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title Details:
p. 1 microfiche
Notes:
"This extraordinary video chronicles the history of slavery through the eyes of Caribbean women. A striking combination of monologue, dance, and song—griot-style—conveys a young African woman’s quest for survival in the new world." (Women Make Movies); Based on a collection of poems by Guyanese British writer, Grace Nicols, this program chronicles the history of slavery thru the eyes of Caribbean women. Presented through a combination of monologue, dance and song
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Originally produced as documentary film in 1990., 1 videocassette (50 min.), Based on a collection of poems by Guyanese British writer, Grace Nichols, this program chronicles the history of slavery through the eyes of Caribbean women. Presented through a combination of monologue, dance and song.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
videorecording; 1 videodisc (75 min.), Provides a portrait of rural communities in Brazil that were either founded by runaway slaves or began from abandoned plantations. This type of community is known as a quilombo, from an Angolan word that means "encampment." As many as 2,000 quilombos exist today.
Diegues,Carlos (Author), Pompeo,Antonio (Author), Arraes,Augusto (Author), and Arraes,Augusto (Editor)
Format:
Video/DVD
Language:
por
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
New York, NY: New Yorker Video
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
1 videocassette (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in; VHS., A dramatization which chronicles the Palmares quilombo, the most famous of the 17th century Brazilian groups of runaway black slaves. Shows how this self-governing community flourished for several decades under the reign of the legendary chieftan Ganga Zumba; Writer, director, Carlos Diegues. Videocassette release of the 1984 motion picture; In Portuguese with English subtitles; Director of photography, Lauro Escorel Filho; music, Gilberto Gil