Black in Latin America / a production of Inkwell Films, Wall to Wall Television and Thirteen in association with WNET.org.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: PBS Distribution (Firm)
Inkwell Films (Firm)
Wall to Wall Television
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Other Authors: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr (Host)
Pollack, Ricardo (Director, Producer)
Petterle, Diene (Director, Producer)
Trachtman, Ilana (Director, Producer)
Language:English
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English or Spanish language tracks.
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: ©2011
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Genre:
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Disc 1: Haiti & Dominica 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: a hidden race / produced and directed by Ilana Trachtman.