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Allen report : retracing transnational African Methodism / written and directed by Alanna Lockward ; a co-production of Art Labour Archives, Amistad Films, Aurora Films, Master Media.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Methodism--History.
- Methodism.
- Black people--Religion--History.
- Black people.
- African Americans--Religion--History.
- African Americans.
- African American Methodists--History.
- African American Methodists.
- Slavery--History.
- Slavery.
- African Methodist Episcopal Church--History.
- African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- Allen, Richard, 1760-1831.
- Allen, Richard.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (77 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Allen report
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, ON : Caribbean Tales Worldwide Distribution, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English, Spanish, and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- The role of African Methodism in the Caribbean and the African continent is approached from the perspective of decolonial theory, presenting South-South narratives of liberation in the voices of its own protagonist. As the first Dominican-Haitian documentary co-production, this film retraces the liberation legacy of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Namibia and the United States, its place of origin. These common narratives on struggles against enslavement and apartheid are told in three different languages (English, French, Spanish) in the voices of 19 interviewees. The AME Mother Bethel Church was founded by Bishop Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1794, as the first protestant church ministered exclusively by former enslaved people. It became a legally incorporated denomination in 1816. Upon the request of the Haitian government, The AME sent 6,000 individuals to the island of Saint-Domingue between 1824-1826, two decades after this first Black Republic in the world came into being. The Haitian Revolution is an integral part of the history of the AME in the island and it is also crucial to note that Richard Allen was deeply involved in the logistics of this immigration, the most important one of the XIX Century in Dominican history.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed November 29, 2021).
- Filmed in Dominican Republic.
- OCLC:
- 1288159051
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5144184/marc
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