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2. 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
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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
6. 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;
7. 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;
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.