Garifuna in Peril | |
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Spanish | Garífuna en Peligro |
Directed by | Alí Allié Rubén Reyes |
Written by | Alí Allié Rubén Reyes William Flores |
Produced by | Alí Allié Rubén Reyes |
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Cinematography | Alí Allié |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Countries | United States Honduras |
Languages | Garifuna English Spanish |
Garifuna in Peril is a low-budget independent fiction docufiction feature film directed, written, and produced by Alí Allié and Rubén Reyes.[1] The film depicts historical and contemporary issues within the Garinagu (plural of Garifuna) Afro-Honduran indigenous community and features a cast of actors from Honduras and Belize.[2]
The film was shot in Garifuna, English and Spanish, and is notable for being one of the first, if only, contemporary feature films shot in the Garifuna language.[3] The Garifuna language and culture depicted in the film is also noteworthy as it was proclaimed by UNESCO in 2001 as a Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, under threat of extinction[4] as at that time there was almost no surviving record of the language and it was not formally taught outside of the countries of Honduras and Belize.[5] The language and this film features music that is an oral tradition of storytelling of song and dance that is a unique blend of African and Amerindian cultures[6] that are often quite satirical in nature.[7]
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