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  1. '70: Remembering a Revolution (2011)

    Director
    Alex De Verteuil
    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 47 minutes), $225.00

    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...

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  2. Managing for Biodiversity: Forests in Trinidad (1996 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the problem of finding the right management system to harvest timber from a tropical rainforest while at the same time maintaining the biodiversity of the natural forest. In Trinidad selective block...

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  3. Redemption Song (7 Parts) (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Jenny Barraclough; George Carey
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 7 x 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £280.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Jamaican-born Stuart Hall looks at the history of the Caribbean islands through interviews with modern inhabitants. 1: The diary of slaver Thomas Thistlewood provides a view of the British in the Caribbean...

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  4. Aladdin’s Garden (Hummingbirds) (1975 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the garden of Peter Rapse, in the Aripo Valley, Trinidad. Looks at the flowers and the hummingbirds which use them as a source of food. Using high-speed photography, reveals the flexibility of the...

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  5. Bats of Tamana, The (1975 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willcock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines the complex network of life in the caverns of Tamana Cave under the tropical forests of Trinidad, which depends on one group of animals - the bats, which feed in the forest outside, but return to...

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  6. Cain and Abel (Ants) (1975 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willcock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In the high forests of northern Trinidad, a rich and varied habitat, two kinds of ant have adopted contrasting ways of making a living. The driver ants are wandering hunters which scour the forest floor for...

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  7. Old Plantation, The (Jamaica) (1975 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In an overgrown tonka bean plantation in the hill forests of Trinidad, looks at the giant locust, the hairy bird-eating spider, a six-inch snake which hunts termites, a termite colony, hercules ants and the...

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  8. River and the Trees, The (Bromeliads) (1975 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at the frogs in Trinidad: a frog that builds a swimming pool for its offspring; one whose tadpoles move about in organised groups; the golden tree frog, which lives among the bromeliads - plants that...

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  9. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (Radio)

    Director
    Hilary Norrish
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Unknown

    Two-part production of Shakespeare’s play, with a Caribbean cast, set in Trinidad during carnival time. Aiming to enliven Shakespeare’s play by a different cultural context, director Hilary Norrish...

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  10. Shakespeare Celebrations (Film)

    aka: Trinidad Shakespeare Carnival

    Subject
    Drama

    Cinemagazine. Shakespeare quatercentenary celebrations in Stratford-upon-Avon and Trinidad. In Trinidad, dancers in the street portray Shakespeare’s characters as part of a carnival procession. Commentator...

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