| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
African Studies |
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Anthropology |
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Documentaries |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
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"Made in collaboration with the Garinagu of Belize and the United States and is a 'special project' of Cultural Survival, an indigenous rights organization"--Container of physical manifestation |
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Featured musical pieces: "Yurumein" (lead vocalist Georgette Lambey) ; "T.V. Ramos" (written and performed by Chico Ramos) |
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Featured poetry: "Our children must know" / Rhodel Castillo ; "Drums of My Father" / Roy Cayetano |
| Credits |
Camera, Fernando Palacia, Andrea E. Leland ; editor, Jude Leak |
| Performer |
Narrator: Barbara Flores |
| Event |
Originally produced by New Day Films in 1998 |
| Notes |
In English with some accompanying English subtitles and optional English transcript |
| Subject |
Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- Belize -- Social life and customs
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Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- Belize -- Music
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Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- Belize -- Religion
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Garifuna language.
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Indians of Central America -- Belize.
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Dance -- Belize
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Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- Social life and customs.
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Garifuna (Caribbean people) -- Religion.
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Garifuna (Caribbean people)
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Garifuna language.
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Dance.
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Indians of Central America.
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Manners and customs.
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| SUBJECT |
Belize -- Social life and customs
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Belize.
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| Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Ethnographic films.
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Music.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Documentary films.
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Internet videos.
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Internet videos.
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Documentary films.
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Ethnographic films.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Documentaires.
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Films ethnographiques.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Leland, Andrea, producer, director, cinematographer
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Berger, Kathy L., producer, director
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Flores, Barbara, narrator
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Palacio, Fernando, cinematographer
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Leak, Jude, editor or moving image work
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Lambey, Georgette, singer
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Ramos, Chico, composer, performer
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Castillo, Rhodel.
Our children must know.
performer
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Cayetano, Roy.
Drums of my father.
performer
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Leland/Berger Productions, production company.
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Cultural Survival Inc.
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New Day Films, production company.
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Kanopy (Firm), distributor.
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