African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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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;
Buenos Aires, Argentina : New York, NY :: MG Producciones Distributed in the United States by Latin American Video Archives,
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African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Filmed in Uruguay, this production highlights Candombe, the African inluenced music and dance of the Rio de la Planta region of Argentina and Uruguay; Also available in VHS format.