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2. Booknotes. Coal to Cream: a Black Man's Journey Beyond Color to an Affirmation of Race
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Lamb,Brian (Author) and Robinson,Eugene (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 1999
- Published:
- West Lafayette, IN: C-SPAN
- Location:
- 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.
3. Candombe: Afro-kultur e Uruguay
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Deugenio,Rafael (Author), Nunez,Fernando "Lobo" (Series Editor), Martirena,Washington (Series Editor), and Gomez,Jorge (Series Editor)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Language:
- Spanish
- Publication Date:
- 1993
- Published:
- New York, NY: ArtMattan Productions
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- VHS tape 1 videocassette (17 min.)
- Notes:
- 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;
4. Cimarrones
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Ferrand,Carlos (Director)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 1983
- Published:
- New York, NY: Cinema Guild
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 videocassette (24 min.), Documents the history of the Cimarrones, the few African slaves who escaped from the Spanish conquistadores to live in freedom in Peru. Reenacts an incident that took place on May 8, 1808, when one band of Cimarrones ambushed a caravan of Spaniards on the way to execute two slave prisoners.
5. Cuban roots/Bronx stories
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Sporn,Pam (Director)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Language:
- English and Spanish.
- Publication Date:
- 2000
- Published:
- New York, NY: Third World Newsreel
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 videocassette (57 min.), Highlights the historical journey of an Afro-Cuban family, from Jamaica, to Cuba, to the Bronx, revealing that the Cuban-American experience is more diverse, racially and ideologically, than we are often led to believe. Diana, Ruben, and Pablo reveal stories of growing political awareness, overcoming the dangers of the streets, and coming into their own as Afro-Latinos.
6. Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Deren,Maya (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 1986
- Published:
- New York: Mystic Fire Video
- Location:
- 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;
7. French Caribbean Prose
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Dracius-Pinalie,Suzanne (Author) and Paul,Judi (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 1998
- Published:
- Humboldt State University.; Media Services.
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- 1 videocassette (142 min.)
8. Hip hop SP
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Filho,Francisco (Author), Martinelli,Mirella (Author), Coutinho,Marcelo (Author), and Abujamra,Andre (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- New York, NY: Third World Newsreel
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 videocassette (11 min., 12 sec.), Examines the experiences of Sao Paulo's black community through their hip hop music, dance and grafitti.
9. I is a Long Memoried Woman
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- 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
10. I is a long memoried woman
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Solomon,Frances-Anne (Director), Forbes,Leonie (Narrator), Andoh,Adjoa (Narrator), Eusebia (Dancer), Odlum,Malisha (Dancer), and Wright,Steve (Dancer)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 1993?
- Published:
- New York, NY: Women Make Movies
- Location:
- 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.
11. Ignacio Berroa: Mastering the Art of Afro-Cuban Drumming
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Siegel,Paul (Author) and Wallis,Rob (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 1995
- Published:
- Miami: DCI Music Video
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- p. 1 videocassette (72 min.)
12. Joe Mccarthy's Afro-cuban Big Band Play-along
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- McCarthy,Joe (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Pub Co.
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 DVD (63 min), The Afro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along DVD gives the drummer/percussionist an opportunity to play contemporary Afro-Cuban music in a big band setting. The DVD features play-along tracks (minus the drums), an E-book containing the complete charts and examples demonstrated on the DVD, and bonus tracks of additional tunes from Afro-Bop Alliance.
13. Las raíces de mi corazón; The roots of my heart
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Rolando,Gloria (Author), Grupo de Video "Imagenes del Caribe" en colaboración con "Videoteca del Sur" (Editor), Monse Duane, Sonia Boggiano, Zoraima Segón, Renny Arozarena, Luz Ma. Collazo, Jorge Prieto, Aimeé Despaigne, Nora Rodríguez, Manuel Oña (Series Editor), and Maria Josefa Gómez (Translator)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 2001
- Published:
- Arlington, MA: AfroCubaWeb.com
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- DVD video 1 videodisc (49 min.)
- Notes:
- This drama follows a young Cuban woman investigating her family history, and discovering disturbing revelations about the 1912 genocide, in which over 6,000 members of the Independents of Color were killed by the Cuban Army
14. Latin and African Americans
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Soto,Radamés (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 1998
- Published:
- Princeton, NJ :: Films for the Humanities Sciences,
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- Explores the tensions and misunderstandings that exist between Latinos and Afro-Americans.;
15. Legacy of the spirits
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Kramer,Karen (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 1985
- Published:
- Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- 1 videocassette (52 min.)
- Notes:
- Describes the religion of voodooism and gives an account of its history in Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. Filmed in New York, the work contains interviews with participants and depictions of ceremonies;
16. Maria Antonia
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Giral,Sergio (Director)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Language:
- Spanish and English subtitles
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- Harbor Islands, FL: Giral Media Production
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- Originally released in 1990 as a motion picture. Based on the theatrical work: Maria Antonia by Eugenio Hernandez Espinosa., 1 videodisc (100 min.), A story of love, passion, resentment, and revenge set in pre-revolutionary working-class Cuba. Maria Antonio, in a role based on Oshun, the love goddess in the religion of the African Yoruba people, is driven to a crime of passion.
17. Public vodun ceremonies in Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Daniel,Yvonne (Author) and Daniel,Yvonne Payne (Editor)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 200?
- Published:
- New York, NY: Insight Media
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- 1 videodisc (55 min.)
- Notes:
- Presents clips from three public Vodun ceremonies (Rada rite, Kongo rite, and Petwo rite) videotaped in Haiti in 1991. It identifies the principal elements they share and provides a context for understanding Vodun;
18. Quilombo
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Diegues,Carlos (Author), Pompeo,Antonio (Author), Arraes,Augusto (Author), Motta,Zezé (Author), Tornado,Toni (Author), and Fischer,Vera (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 1984
- Published:
- Brazil: Video Três
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- 9
- Notes:
- In 17th century Brazil groups of runaway black slaves escaped to known as quilombos. This film chronicles the most famous, the Palmares, and their legendary chieftain Ganga Zumba.
19. Quilombo
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- 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
20. Quilombo country
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Adams,Leonard (Director)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Language:
- In English; interviews in Portuguese
- Publication Date:
- 2005
- Published:
- New York: Moving Eye Productions
- Location:
- 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.
21. Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Blank,Les (Author) and Luddy,Tom (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 1995
- Published:
- El Cerrito, CA: Flower Films
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- p. 1 videocassette (35 min.)
- Notes:
- 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)
22. Terra de negro
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Shinkai,Rubens (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 200-?
- Published:
- Belém, Par., [Brazil]: Digital Produções
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 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.
23. Terras de quilombo
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Santos,Murillo (Director)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Language:
- Potuguese
- Publication Date:
- 2003?
- Published:
- Brazil: Associação Brasileira de Antropologia
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 videocassette (45 min.), Documentary on the rural communities in Alcântara, Brazil (in the state of Maranhão), descendants of the quilombos founded by Blacks who had escaped from slavery. The documentary explores the communities' historical narratives, rituals, festivals, use of land and natural resources, and describes the displacement of families for the construction and expansion of the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (a launching base for rockets and satellites).
24. The Garifuna journey
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- 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.
25. The Word Is Love : Jamaica's Michael Manley
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Vaughn,Richard Audley (Director)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 2011-01-01
- Published:
- California?: Richard Audley Vaughan
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 videodisc (205 min.), A documentary on the life and career of Jamaica's fourth Prime Minister Michael Manley. Over 3 hours of historical footage and interviews. Its cast is a "who's who" list of persons who were closest to Manley during his lifetime, from members of his cabinet to members of his family.
26. The serpent and the rainbow
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Craven,Wes (Author), Pullman,Bill (Series Editor), Tyson,Cathy (Series Editor), Mokae,Zakes (Series Editor), and Winfield,Mokae (Series Editor)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 2003
- Published:
- Universal City, CA: Universal
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title Details:
- 1 videodisc (98 min.)
- Notes:
- "A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scienist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses."--Container
27. Voices of the Orishas
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Pérez Betancourt,Alvaro (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Language:
- Spanish; Primarily in Spanish and Yoruba, with English subtitles;
- Publication Date:
- 1993
- Published:
- Berkeley, CA: University of California, Extension Media Center
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 videocassette (37 min.), An ethnographic documentary which demonstrates the survival and strength of the Yoruba cultural and religious heritage in the contemporary life of Caribbean African-Hispanics. Documents a ritual ceremony that features dancing, singing, praying and drum beating, invoking the twenty-two Orishas, or deities of the Yoruba religion.
28. Yurumein: Homeland
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Leland,Andrea E. (Director)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 2014-01-01
- Published:
- Petaluma, CA: Andrea E. Leland Productions
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 videodisc (50 min.), An untold history of the indigenous Caribs on St. Vincent: their near extermination and exile by the British 200 years ago; and return of some in the Diaspora to reconnect with those left behind. A postcolonial story of re-identification. The Black Caribs, on the island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean, is a little known indigenous group of people. Yurumein (Homeland) is a 50-minute documentary that recounts the painful past of these Carib people – their near extermination at the hands of the British, the decimation of their culture on the island, and the exile of survivors to Central America over 200 years ago. The film also captures the powerful moment of homecoming when Caribs from the Diaspora (also known as “Garifuna” in their indigenous language) visit the island for the first time.
29. Zenglen Rev: altis pènt nan Nò Yo: EXPOP
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- 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.
30. É minha cara = That's my face: a film
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Harris,Thomas Allen (Director)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Publication Date:
- 2003
- Published:
- New York, NY: Wellspring Media
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- Originally issued as a motion picture in 2001., 1 videodisc (60 min.), Filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris travels to Africa and Brazil in search of his spiritual ancestors.