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Jamaican-born Stuart Hall looks at the history of the Caribbean islands through interviews with modern inhabitants.

Redemption Song (1991)

June. 30,1991

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Redemption Song

1991

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 1991

7 Episode

Episode 7 - Shades of freedom

August. 11,1991

Looks to the future: drugs and corruption threaten the islands' stability and tourism and television sap their identity.

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Episode 6 - Following Fidel

August. 04,1991

Looks at Cuba's relationship with the rest of the Caribbean. Links with the USA continue although Fidel Castro has been in power for 30 years.

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Episode 5 - Worlds apart

July. 28,1991

Examines tensions between black and Asian populations in Trinidad and Guyana, which arose after slavery was abolished and Indians were brought in as indentured workers.

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Episode 4 - La Grande illusion

July. 21,1991

Martinique was obliterated by a volcanic explosion on 8 May 1902. Now rebuilt, the dilemma for its people and the people of Guadalupe is how to enjoy the benefits of being French without losing a sense of their own Caribbean identity.

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Episode 3 - Paradise lost

July. 14,1991

The Spanish legacy in today's Caribbean, in particular Santo Domingo. Being the ruins of imperial Spain is a country in dire straits, where baseball and drugs are usually the only ways to escape poverty.

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Episode 2 - Out of Africa

July. 07,1991

The African heritage of Haiti, exemplified by Andre Pierre, an artist and voodoo priest. Looks at Haiti's history to see why it was once the world's only black republic. Haiti is compared with Jamaica, home of Bob Marley, reggae and Rastafarianism.

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Episode 1 - Iron in the Soul

June. 30,1991

The diary of slaver Thomas Thistlewood provides a view of the British in the Caribbean 200 years ago, a history leaving an impression on cricketer Wes Hall.

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Jamaican-born Stuart Hall looks at the history of the Caribbean islands through interviews with modern inhabitants.

Cast

Aimé Césaire, Stuart Hall

Producted By

Barraclough Carey Productions Ltd

Genres

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