Historical Documentary
Maroons - The Great Palmares
Set in 17th Century Brazil at the beginning of the slave trade, Maroons chronicles the rise and fall of the Quilombos of Palmares when a group of escaped slave settlements develop into a functioning sovereignty and fend off attacks by the Portuguese and Dutch for 93 years led by their greatest leader and war chief Zumbi dos Palmares. This is part one of a two-part docuseries focusing on maroon settlements.
Jazz and the Avant Garde - Part One
Jazz and the Avant Garde - A two-part docuseries on the birth and evolution of the free jazz movement in American jazz. The series begins with Part One - the New Wave Innovators (John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Pharaoh Sanders - 72 minutes), while Part Two features - the Free Jazz Innovators (Cecil Taylor, Sunny Murray, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp).
The Middle Passage and
Black Latin America
The Middle Passage and Black Latin America is a documentary on the history of the Transatlantic Slave trade, how it was started, developed, and the importance of the Spanish Empire to the trade. In this video, we cover the Asiento Charter, the Encomienda System of forced slavery upon Indigenous peoples, the role of Charles V as King of Spain, and the opening of the Atlantic Slave trade on a massive scale.