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Collection Overview

Title: Leland/Berger Productions audio-visual materials, 1998

ID: 4000/LELA_4003

Primary Creator: Andrea Leland

Other Creators: Berger, Kathy L.

Extent: 4.0 Boxes. More info below.

Date Acquired: 00/00/1999

Subjects: Garifuna (Caribbean people)--Belize

Abstract

In 1995, filmmaker Andrea E. Leland partnered with Kathy Berger on a collaboration with the Garifuna people of Belize and the United States resulting in the documentary The Garifuna Journey. This collection includes production materials for the documentary including original Beta videocassettes of activities in the village of Barranco, Belize, and footage of a Dügü ceremony in Barranco recorded in the summer of 1996. Included also are sound cassettes of interviews, logs and production notes for the documentary, and videotapes of related Garifuna activities in Chicago.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of production materials for a video documentary The Garifun Journey (1998), including original Beta videocassettes of activities in the village of Barranco, Belize, and footage of a Dügü ceremony in Barranco recorded in the summer of 1996. Included also are sound cassettes of interviews, logs and production notes for the documentary, and videotapes of related Garifuna activities in Chicago.

Collection Historical Note

In 1995, filmmaker Andrea E. Leland partnered with Kathy Berger on a collaboration with the Garifuna people of Belize and the United States resulting in the documentary The Garifuna Journey. Descendants of African and Amerindian ancestors who successfully resisted slavery, the Garifuna emerged with a separate and distinct culture still in existence today.

Subject/Index Terms

Garifuna (Caribbean people)--Belize

Administrative Information

Repository: Center for Black Music Research

Alternate Extent Statement: 4 boxes

Access Restrictions: None

Use Restrictions: None

Physical Access Note: Includes Beta videocassettes, audio cassettes, video recordings, zip disk

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid edited by Adam Melville, March 6, 2018.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: The Garifuna Journey Project],
[Series 2: Valentina Project],
[Series 3: "Healer and Midwife"],
[Series 4: The Musician's Building (1988)],
[Series 5: Voodoo and the Church in Haiti (1988)],
[Series 6: Jump Up / Mix Up (unfinished)],
[All]

Series 4: The Musician's Building (1988)

Box 1-2

Folder 1: notes, including shot list, correspondence, reviews, financial records

Box 3

Folder 2: VHS cassettes with time codes

Box 4

Folder 3: Beta (?) cassettes of original footage