Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; stereo., anamorphic widescreen. |
Note |
Title of series and individual programs taken from menu screen. |
Performer |
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
Credits |
Camera, Graham Smith ; editors, Joe Carey, Nick Follows, Lisa M. Jones ; composer, Miguel d'Oliveira. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Event |
Originally produced as a television program in 2011. |
Summary |
Henry Louis Gates Jr. travels to Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico and Peru to discover the African influence on Latin America. He examines the shared legacy of colonialism and slavery in a region that imported ten times as many slaves as the United States, and kept them in bondage far longer. Gates finds that the influence of people of African descent has had a massive influence on the history and culture of Latin America and the Caribbean, despite sometimes being forgotten or ignored. |
Contents |
Disc 1: Haiti & Dominican Republic: an island divided / produced and directed by Ricardo Pollack ; Cuba: the next revolution / produced and directed by Diene Petterle -- Disc 2. Brazil: a racial paradise? / produced and directed by Ricardo Pollack ; Mexico & Peru: the black grandma in the closet / produced and directed by Ilana Trachtman. |
Language |
English and Spanish language tracks with optional English SDH subtitles; described for the visually impaired. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Black people -- Race identity -- Latin America.
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Black people -- Latin America.
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Latin America -- Civilization -- African influences.
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Latin America -- Social life and customs.
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Latin America -- Race relations.
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African Americans -- Latin America.
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Added Author |
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
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Pollack, Ricardo.
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Petterle, Diene.
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Trachtman, Ilana.
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PBS Distribution (Firm)
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Inkwell Films (Firm)
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Wall to Wall (Firm)
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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ISBN |
9781608834464 |
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1608834468 |
Standard No. |
841887014496 |
Music No. |
BILA600 PBS Distribution |
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