DOCUMENTARY ON AFROCARIBBEAN MUSIC ON THE ISLAND OF OLD PROVIDENCE - WE DA DIS / CHAPTER 2: CARIBBEA

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:56:25 +0200

The islands of San Andres, Providence/Providencia, and Santa Catalina, were originally colonized by the british and therefore are more culturally similar to the other Black populated english-speaking Caribbean islands, although they are a departamento (akin to state in the u.s.) in the South "american" nation state of colombia today. This documentary shows how music brought by men who worked on the sea, connected them to other Black people and Black people music of the wider Caribbean.

From Original Source:
Wi Da Dis is a series of short documentaries that highlight the cultural aspect of the community of Old Providence and Santa Catalina Island, with a native point of view around our music, dance and gastronomy, pleased in four audiovisual archive to transmit this knowledge for generations to come. CARIBBEAN SOUND: The second chapter addresses the different musical genres that came to the island brought by sailors that travel in the Caribbean and used the sea to bring different rhythms and sounds to Providence and Santa Catalina.CREDITS: Direction and original idea - ROBERT BRITTONGeneral production - JENNIFER ARCHBOLD (Ad honorem) Field production - KAREN LIVINGSTONDirector´s assistant - NICOLE SCHNOORCamera and editing - JOEL PEÑALOZACamera and editing - GALVIS NEWBALLOriginal music - JOHNY BRANDTSound assistant - NITCHMAN ROBINSONCover art - ARELIS HOWARDCover illustration - LUIS HOWARDVoice and narration - CHARLIE ARCHBOLDInvestigation assistant - MIGUEL PENILLAGeneral consulting - RICARDO VEGAPostproduction - NICOLA MORETTI More info: www.oldprovidencerecords.com