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Black & white in exile
Title
Black & white in exile [videorecording] / a presentation of WLRN Miami and NLCC ; produced and directed by Ray Blanco.
Published
[Plainfield NJ] : Cutting Edge Entertainment, Inc. ; Fanwood, NJ : Edge Video [distributor], [1999?]
Physical Description
2 videocassettes (162 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Originally produced for PBS in 1997.
Writers, Ray Blanco, Lawrence R. Harris ; editor, Joe Silvestri ; director of photography, John Hession.
In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Summary
An in-depth documentary chronicling 30 years of Caribbean exile in the United States, focusing on Cuban and Haitian immigration and its impact on the host communities. The four main groups probed are Cuban exiles, Haitian exiles, resident whites and African Americans. Issues of equity are explored in terms of the government treatment of each group, the economic opportunities available, the political empowerment achieved and the inter-racial/cross-cultural hostilities, cooperation and ultimately, coalitions that developed. Includes personal accounts of witnesses and participants tempered by objective insights of historians.
Variant and related titles
Black and white in exile
Subtitle on cassette label: the dramatic story of Cubans and Haitians in the United States and the struggle to survive in the new America.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Spanish
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Credits
Writers, Ray Blanco, Lawrence R. Harris ; editor, Joe Silvestri ; director of photography, John Hession.
Performers
Narrator: Jaime Cutler.
Commentary: Alex Stepick, Marvin Dunn, Georges Fouron, Leslie G. Desmangles, Willie E Smism, Jr. Enos Schera, Osvaldo N. Soto, Howard Kleinberg, Farah Juste, Claude Charles, H. T. Smith, Xavier L. Suarez, Barbara Gutierrez, Raymond G. Joseph, Gerard Jean-Juste, James Mann, Enrique A. Baylora, Enrique Encinosa, Mario Baeza, Marcia Morgado, Lleaa Fuentes, Juan M. Clark, Ghislain Gouraige, Jr.
System details note
VHS.
Contents
Episode [1] Lost dreams/new hopes
[2] The years of pain
[3] The evolving exile
[4] The more things change
[5] Empowerment for all
[6] Struggle and optimism.
Subjects
Also listed under
WLRN-TV (Television station : Miami, Fla.)
National Latino Communications Center.
Cutting Edge Entertainment (Firm)
Edge Video (Firm)
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