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April Blackman's funeral.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural anthropology.
- Religious rites and ceremonies.
- Local Subjects:
- Cultural anthropology.
- Religious rites and ceremonies.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (76 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Trinidad and Tobago : Banyan Archive, [date of publication note identified]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Prayers over the grave, shots of attendees. Coffin wheeled out and put in hearse. Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) speaks and his family gathers around him. April in her coffin as people file past. Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) sings at the graveside accompanied by family as grave is filled in. Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman) plays guitar and sings with family. Mourners arrive at Williamsville Seventh Day Adventist church, singer sings and preacher preaches. Hearse and procession on the road. A recording of April singing one of her songs is played. Coffin taken out of hearse and carried to graveside. Lowered into grave as gathering sings ABIDE WITH ME.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 22, 2021).
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