Gypsies: The Other Americans — Preview #1

The first cinéma vérité study of ethnic Gypsies (Roma) in the United States, this award-winning 1975 documentary depicts the culture and traditions of a Kalderas tribe of Gypsies living and working in Los Angeles. The film contrasts traditional customs with contemporary modes of survival in this often-stereotyped and misunderstood minority. It features first-person interviews with Roma, narration by Roma, and a wide range of activities: a Saint's Day celebration (Slava), Easter, Christmas, wedding, fortune-telling, car repairing, music making, and dancing. The wedding of two children, both thirteen years old, seems to belie any discussion of change; but life has changed for Gypsy-Americans. There is less wandering, children are receiving better educations, and men's and women's roles are adapting more and more to American lifestyles. Nevertheless, the old attitudes of prejudice, antagonism and fear that have plagued ethnic Gypsies for centuries remain, while the newer demands of modern American society must also be confronted.

Gypsies: The Other Americans DVD available at:
http://tritonfilms.com/gypsiestheotheramericans.htm

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Gypsies
• Roma
• Gypsy-American
• Los
• Angeles
• slava
• wedding
• stereotypes
• cinéma
• vérité
• documentary

[TraceyLouise2260]

Gypsies are friendly when you treat them like normal people. Becuase they are. and travellers too.

[jmf459]

god, people like to think gypsies are dirty animals or something like that, but if you plucked one of those girls out of there and put them in front of some random guy, he'd be drooling. they're all so beautiful!!!! I love romas.

[TraceyLouise2260]

@dannymixboy that's what I said. I said people should treat them normal because they are normal :)))

[dannymixboy]

@tulipchic34 ni e stuka ( thank you )

[dannymixboy]

@jackclapper292 buddy there are more rom in California then you can count , veday  (cuzzin)

[dannymixboy]

@TraceyLouise2260 WE ARE NORMAL PEOPLE !!!!

[irenadamienmariah]

we as roma were killed by the millions but the germans stopped counting us after 500,000 they said we were dogs not worth counting..

[Imanuelization]

Sastipe Phralen!

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[P1B1U1H1]

Hard to believe the Nazis wanted to exterminate these people. Yet they put them in the gas chambers just like the Jews.

[shukarsharo]

wow i know almost every one in that video....it's at stevie and liza's house in l.a

[xxemoprincezzxx]

Crack up these are the chacho gypsys! Cant find them like this anymore.. The new generation is all messed up and always looking for war =/