[Imc] [Fwd: ncb: exciting film series: diasporas]

[Cope Cumpston]

>D o c u m e n t i n g D i a s p o r a s
>-an international documentary film series-
>
>Room 101 of the International Studies Building
>910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
>
>12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.
>
>SEPTEMBER 6 (Thursday) "Ancestors in the Americas: Coolies,Sailors and
>Settlers" 1999, 66 min.
>Traces the global forces that brought the first Asians-Filipinos, Chinese,
>and Asian Indians-to the Americas and the Caribbean in the 18th and 19th
>centuries,and looks at their lives as sailors,then coolies,and finally
>settlers.
>
>SEPTEMBER 12 (Wednesday) "The Language You Cry In" 1998, 53 min. (Sierra
>Leone, Georgia USA)
>An amazing scholarly detective story reaching across hundreds of years and
>thousands of miles from 18th century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of
>present-day Georgia. Recounts the remarkable saga of how African-Americans
>have retained links with their African past through the horrors of the
>middle passage,slavery, and segregation.
>
>OCTOBER 4  (Thursday) "The Garifuna Journey " 1998, 46 min. (Belize)
>Genocide, exile, diaspora, and persecution did not break the spirit of the
>Garifuna People. Descendants of African and Carib-Indians,the Garifuna,
>also known as the Black Caribs, fought to maintain their homeland on St.
>Vincent in the Caribbean. For this love of freedom, they were exiled by
>the British to Central America at the end of the 18th century. The untold
>story of their ancestors' resistance to slavery is described by the
>descendants. With vivid and engaging footage, and shot entirely in Belize,
>this documentary celebrates the continuity of Garifuna culture.
>
>OCTOBER 23 (Tuesday) "The Yidishe Gauchos" 1989, 30 min. (Argentina)
>This intriguing documentary tells the nearly forgotten tale of how Jewish
>immigrants to Argentina became a part of that country's ranching culture.
>These immigrants built schools, libraries, theaters and agricultural
>co-ops in the wilderness. Narrated by Eli Wallach. With English subtitles.
>Produced by Mark Freeman and Alison Brysk. Discussant: Michael Shapiro,
>Director, Drobny Program for Jewish Culture and Society, and Professor of
>Comparative Literature, Religious Studies, and English.
>
>OCTOBER 31 (Wednesday) "Chutney in Yuh Soca" 1996, 20 min. (Trinidad and
>Tobago)
>Shows the interaction of the East Indian and African populations of
>Trinidad and Tobago through the latest form of popular music -"Chutney
>"-Indian folk tunes with the tempo and spice of the Caribbean.
>
>NOVEMBER 13 (Tuesday) "The Ingathering" 1998, 52 min. (Israel)
>This program examines the history of Jewish immigration and the conflux of
>cultures that exist within the broader cultural/religious identity of the
>Israeli population. In addition to identifying as Jewish, Israelis also
>identify themselves as Polish, Russian, Hungarian, Romanian, Libyan,
>Algerian, Yemenite, and Ethiopian. Yet as the Jewish state prospers and
>grows, the latest wave of immigrants, the Ethiopians, feels unwelcome. The
>program explores the question of cultural identity and heritage in a
>multicultural society founded on a principle of inclusion for all Jewish
>people.
>
>NOVEMBER 28 (Wednesday) "Bahia: Africa in the Americas" 1988, 58 min. (Brazil)
>Brock Peters narrates this documentary that examines the African cultural
>traditions preserved by the people of Bahia in their music, dance, art,
>food, and especially their Candomble religion. By Geovanni and Michael Brewer.
>
>Organized by: Center for African Studies, Center for East Asian and
>Pacific Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean, and Studies,
>Russian and East European Center


Lynda Y. Park
Assistant Director
Russian and East European Center
104 International Studies Building, MC-487
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-6022; fax (217) 333-1582
lypark at uiuc.edu
http://www.reec.uiuc.edu