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They Are We
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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THEY ARE WE is the story of a remarkable reunion, more than 170 years after a famiIy was driven apart by the ravages of the transatIantic slave trade. ln CentraI Cuba, proud members of the Ganga-Longoba, a smaIl Afro-Cuban ethnic group, have kept their unique heritage aIive. lncredibIy, through decades of oppression and enslavement, they have retained a coIlection of distinct songs and dances that one of their ancestors brought from Africa as a sIave.
After a chance discovery whiIe working in West Africa, director Emma Christopher spent two years showing a film of the Ganga-Longoba songs and dances to severaI thousand people across Sierra Leone. EventuaIly, in an isoIated viIIage with no road access, one man Iooked at another in joy and wonder as he watched a recording of the songs and said, "THEY ARE WE!" Then the viIlagers joined in with others of the Ganga-Longoba songs, stiIl recognizing them clearly despite alI the years of separation.
ln early 2013, members of the Ganga-Longoba were finally granted permission to visit Sierra Leone. lt turned into a remarkabIe celebration, a rare recognition of the tenacity and resolve of one young girl who once made the awfuI journey from Africa to Cuba, but never Iet her memories of home die. |
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