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Celebration / produced and directed by Karen Kramer.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Kramer, Karen (Karen Susan), author.
- Series:
- Black studies in video
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caribbean Americans--New York (State)--New York--Social life and customs.
- Caribbean Americans.
- Festivals--New York (State)--New York.
- Festivals.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (30 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1992.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- Summary:
- This joyous, upbeat film explodes with the color, music, and pride of Carnival in America's largest Caribbean community. Modeled after the one held "back home" in the islands, this has become an annual event in New York, bringing together Caribbean immigrants from virtually every island in the West Indies. It is filled with striking visual displays of costumed performers, infectious calypso music, steel bands, a mosaic of tropical food, and rocking and jumping crowds. But the film shows more than simply the Caribbean capacity for celebration. It captures the thoughts and feelings of expatriate West Indians, as they are interviewed during preparations leading up to the Carnival. As we go behind the scenes to watch the step-by-step making of the elaborate (and enormous) sculpture-like costumes, we learn how the Carnival is a way of maintaining a sense of identity and continuity of cultural tradition.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- OCLC:
- 780750538
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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