L’histoire de Deacon Paul Bogle, parfois appelé le Malcom X du 19ème siècle.

Réalisateur : Menelik Shabaz
Langue: anglais


DVD disponible chez ArtMattan Productions (www.africanfilm.com)

Catch a Fire tells the story of Deacon Paul Bogle, often described as a 19th century Malcom X. 30 years after the end of slavery in Jamaica, the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 provoked outrage in Victorian Britain shaping race and land attitudes. The story is constructed using extensive interviews with Paul Bogle’s grand son as well as archive material.

Jamaica/UK, 1995, 30 min., docu-drama

Director: Menelik Shabaz
Language: English


To be ordered from ArtMattan Productions (www.africanfilm.com)


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2008 | 5th Annual Curacao African Diaspora Film Festival | Curacao | Tue, June 24 to Tue, July 1, 2008 | http://www.nyadff.org/ADFFCuracao2008.html
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