Notting Hill Carnival

Title

Notting Hill Carnival

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Aug 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:41

Description

Report from the Notting Hill Carnival in London. This year there is a South Africa Square, and the reporter speaks to a promoter on the plans to celebrate South Africa’s transition from the apartheid system to full democracy. Talks to Derek Brown of Eclipse Steel Orchestra; Mark Dobson(?) of Eurowines on Cape Wine being served - first produced by a black South African company; festival organiser; Chief Superintendent Richard Cullen on drop in crime rate over the years, says emphasis is now on theft rather than violent crimes. Music heard. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Derek Brown; Richard Cullen; Mark Dobson(?)

Keywords

Entertainment; London; Music; Crime; Interethnic relations; South Africa; Notting Hill Carnival; Multiculturalism; Black African peoples; Carnivals; Notting Hill

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