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Celebration!
- Title
- Celebration! [videorecording] / produced by Karen Kramer.
- Publication
- New York : Filmakers Library, 1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | Y VTH 2053 C | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Kramer, Karen.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Each Labor Day, three million people converge on Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway to celebrate West Indian history and culture in a magnificent Pan-Caribbean Carnival. Extravagant floats, costumes, calypso music, steel drum bands and stands of tropical food grace the boulevard in a grand spectacle modeled after Trinidad's yearly festival. The film captures the thoughts and feelings of expatriate West Indians as they are interviewed during preparations leading up to the Carnival. The camera goes behind the scenes to observe the construction of the elaborate sculpture-like costumes which combine artistry with a keen sense of engineering. For Carnival participants, the festival is an integral way of maintaining a sense of identity and preserving continuity of cultural traditions.
- Subjects
- Title
- Celebration! [videorecording] / produced by Karen Kramer.
- Imprint
- New York : Filmakers Library, 1988.
- Performer
- Producer, director, Karen Kramer; camera, David Waterston, Karen Kramer; editor, Bruce Spiegel.
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- Added Author
- Kramer, Karen.
- Branch Call Number
- VTH 2053 C