Black in Latin America
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.
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The Black in Latin America collection includes the following titles:
Black in Latin America, Ep. 01 - Haiti & Dominican Republic: An Island Divided
Documentary, Series
United States
In the Dominican Republic, Professor Gates explores how race has been socially constructed, while In Haiti, hear the story of the birth of the first-ever black republic.
Black in Latin America, Ep. 02 - Cuba: The Next Revolution
Documentary, Series
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.
Black in Latin America, Ep. 03 Brazil: A Racial Paradise?
Documentary, Series
United States
In Brazil, Professor Gates goes behind the façade of Carnival to discover how this “rainbow nation” is waking up to its legacy as the world’s largest slave economy.
Black in Latin America, Ep. 04 - Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet
Documentary, Series
United States
In Mexico and Peru, Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history of slavory and the worlds of culture that their descendants have created.