Black in Latin America, Ep. 02 - Cuba: The Next Revolution
Diene Petterle | Documentary, Series
2011 | 60 minutes | United States
In Cuba, Gates finds out how the culture, religion, politics and music are linked to slave labor, and how race and racism have fared since Fidel Castro’s Communist revolution in 1959.
Synopsis
In Cuba, Professor Gates finds out how the culture, religion, politics, and music of this island are inextricably linked to the huge amount of slave labor imported to produce its enormously profitable 19th century sugar industry, and how race and racism have fared since Fidel Castro’s Communist revolution in 1959.
Series Description
Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. travels to places in Latin America where Africa has touched the continent with lasting cultural results to explore what happens when African and Hispanic worlds meet.
Citation
Main credits
Petterle, Diene (film director)
Petterle, Diene (film producer)
Gates, Henry Louis (host)
Gates, Henry Louis (screenwriter)
Other credits
Camera, Graham Smith; editor, Nick Follows; music, Miguel d'Oliveira.
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Pragda subjects
Afro-Latin Studies
Anthropology
Caribbean Studies
History
Latin American Studies
Migration Studies
Race + Ethnicity
Religion + Spirituality
Keywords
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DIRECTOR: Diene Petterle
NATIONALITY: United States
YEAR: 2011
GENRE: Documentary, Series
LANGUAGE: English
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Upper Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College, Adults
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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