'70: Remembering a Revolution - Clips from the Film

1. The trailer for the film, '70: Remembering a Revolution, begins with Clive Nunez, a revolutionary activist, cleaning the gravestone of Basil Davis, killed by police during a Black Power demonstration.

2. Michael Als, who in 1970 was leader of the Young Power Movement, talks about the need to engage in a conversation about what 1970 means.

3. In 1970, Khafra Kambon was known as Dave Darbeau. A leader in the university student guild, he talks about the role of Prime Minister Eric Williams during 1970.

4. Clive Nunez discusses the Carnival Queen competition as a focus of the resentment of young black revolutionaries. Up to 1970, the Carnival Queen was always a young woman of light or white skin colour.

5. Ferdie Fereira in 1970 was a close confidante of the Prime Minister, who he kept informed about what was happening on the street.

6. The Trinidad & Tobago Coast Guard was instrumental in preventing the mutinous soldiers of the regiment from reaching Port of Spain. Richard Kelshall, Rear-Admiral of the Coast Guard, talks about how this happened.

7. Raffique Shah, former lieutenant of the Trinidad & Tobago Regiment, was a leader of the army mutiny.

8. Erica Williams Connell, daughter of the Prime Minister Dr. Eric Williams, talks about her father's state of mind during the 1970 crisis.

Producer: Stephen Cadiz
Directors: Alex de Verteuil and Elizabeth Topp
Editor: Luke Paddington

For more info, visit http://www.70themovie.com

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[comrad1986]

How can i get a copy of this dvd i want to learn all i can about 1970

[mrdouglar1]

Let's not forget the past, for History repeats itself !