Examines the book Violated by Guitele Jeudy Rahill and the film Dancehall Queen directed by Don Letts. It sites that both works explore the politics of black female sexuality related to upward mobility and economic survival in Caribbean settings. It also examines female sexuality as marketplace and analyzes the use of the black female body for mobility purposes.
The story of Carmen (Mérimée 1845, Bizet 1875), the (in)famous Gypsy from Spain, is the second most adapted narrative in the history of world cinema with more than eighty global versions officially recognized to date; however, one significant and critical version has been overlooked, the controversial 1991 film María Antonia (Cuba), by Afro-Cuban filmmaker Sergio Giral.
New York NY (625 Broadway 9th Floor New York NY 10012): FIVF
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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93 p, An indexed guide listing individuals and organizations that provide film and video production-related services in each country of Latin America and the Caribbean. The directory also provides information about governmental requirements for foreigners who want to tape or film in Latin America; A publication of the Foundation for Independent Video and Film, Inc."--Cover./ Includes index.
Leslie profiles Euzhan Palcy, an African-American filmmaker from the island of Martinique in the West Indies. In her films Palcy has profiled the poet Aime Cesaire and taken on the atrocities of apartheid
