'70: Remembering a Revolution

Synopsis: This film tells the story of the Black Power revolution in Trinidad and Tobago. Between February and April 1970, the streets of Port of Spain were filled with young Black men and women chanting ‘Power to the People’, fists raised in a salute learned from the U.S. Black Panthers. The revolution was ended by a State of Emergency, but this in turn was threatened by a surprise mutiny among the soldiers of the Regiment. Had it succeeded, a military coup might well have ushered in a socialist revolutionary government to Trinidad and Tobago.

In making the film, director Alex DeVerteuil interviewed the revolutionaries themselves, and journalists observing from the sidelines; the daughter and a close confidante of the Prime Minister, and senior members of the white business community; Coast Guard officers and Army mutineers.
Language: English
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Year of release: 2011
Subjects: Social Studies; History
Keywords: black communities; revolutionary movements; Trinidad; Black Panther Party

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