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2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Uncovering Blacks In Latin America
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Apr 21-Apr 27, 2011
- Published:
- Sacramento, CA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Sacramento Observer
- Journal Title Details:
- 19 : A7
- Notes:
- Black In Latin America, premiering nationally Tuesdays April 19, 26 and May 3, 10, 2011, at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings), examines how Africa and Europe came together to create the rich cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean. Latin America is often associated with music, monuments and sun, but each of the six countries featured in Black in Latin America including Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico and Peru, has a secret history. On his journey, Professor Gates discovers, behind a shared legacy of colonialism and slavery, vivid stories and people marked by African roots.