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.

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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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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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