Trinidad Carnival 1984 : Introspection Toward The Future

Program Title:
Trinidad Carnival 1984 : Introspection Toward The Future
PRA Archive #: 
SZ0418
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Trinidad Carnival 1984 : Introspection Toward The Future / produced by John Blake, Margaret Summers, and Daniel Del Solar. - Documentary from interviews and actuality which examines the 150 year-old practice of Carnival, an annual festival which begins the Monday before Ash Wednesday and ends with the onset on Lent. The program examines whether the commercialization of caranival threatens to undermine its original purpose of social protest against the economic elite of Trinidad and Tobego. Examines the impact of economic problems, issues of management and tourism, and explores the many avenues of expression in the festival. - RECORDED: Trinidad, 1988.

Station: 
Non Pacifica Programming
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Item duration: 
58:20
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