Hairouna Film Festival 2022

Garifuna Heritage: Vincentian Focus

Expired May 10, 2022 11:00 PM
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2 films + livestream in package
Hairouna, Land of the Blessed
A young man who spent his life speaking English and learning the British version of his story, sets off on a journey to learn his ancestral language.
YURUMEIN, (Homeland)
YURUMEIN (Homeland) recounts the painful past of the Caribs, a little known indigenous group from the Caribbean island of St. Vincent: their near extermination at the hands of the British, the decimation of their culture on the island, and the exile of survivors to Central America.
Post-Screening Q&A with Akley Olton and Andrea Leland
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Garifuna Heritage: HFF celebrates Garifuna heritage with a pair of films set in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

A young man who spent his life speaking English and learning the British version of his story, sets off on a journey to learn his ancestral language.

  • Year
    2018
  • Runtime
    9 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Director
    Akley Olton
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