This aired last night. I haven’t gotten the chance to watch it in it’s entirety as yet, but check the video below….
As Haiti continues to struggle through the disastrous earthquake, Byron Pitts reports on the efforts of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to help rescue, feed and protect citizens.
…via Ian.
DONATE: Text ‘Yele’ to 501501, ‘Haiti’ to 90999 or directly through yele.org and redcross.org.
PBS did a special documentary on the iconic Puerto Rican baseball player, Roberto Clemente. Check out the documentary after the jump.
Through the music blog Ears Of Green, I stumbled on this video documenting the history of reggae music. Check out part one of this 5+ hour documentary, “Revival,” below…
‘Revival’ is the first episode of the six part series ‘Deep Roots Music’ - 1982. All of the episodes are narrated by Mikey Dread and are focused on the history and culture of reggae music. ‘Revival’ contains extremely rare footage of Toots and The Maytals, Count Ossie and The Skatalites. There also are some interviews with cultural historians which make it more interesting.
Check out the rest of the episode after the jump. For the full documentary, with all six episodes, click here.
“In The Dance” is a new show that will premier on Jamaica’s CVM TV. It will show all the newest dances and the feature the dancers.
I spotted a blog entry on Seen-site about the History of Crime in Jamaica - it listed a series of articles that showed the roots of crime coming from the political parties in Jamaica. The roots of crime and violence are always interesting subjects, so for my Thursday entry I thought I should post an episode of the Jamaican Shower Posse from the BET series American Gangsters.
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The lovely lady above is Águeda Ramírez, who I’ve mentioned before when she was in Homeboy Sandman’s video a little while back, and who you of course remember as the model for our ¡Azúcar! Brown Tee. Needless to say, she’s one of our peoples.
Águeda (or Agi, if you’re cool with her…like me!) is currently in the running to appear on the hit Fox Show Bones through an online contest they’e running. To be in consideration for the show, she has to finish in the top 5, and she’s been headed that way, gaining ground daily.
Want to help her reach the top? Click here to cast your vote. Voting continues everyday through February 16th, so vote daily.
Good luck Agi.
We’ve highlighted Wyclef’s humanitarian efforts in his native Haiti before, and there’s certainly no reason to stop now. Check out video of his tour of Cité Soleil from the most recent episode of 60 Minutes, below…
To get involved, check Wyclef’s Yéle Haiti website.
…image via breezesdiver on Flickr.
I ran into this documentary over at First Magazine. The version they had up was in Spanish, but I found an English version, after some digging. Check their description below…
Before Castro took over, the Americans preferred the Mafia to run the place. They controlled tourism - an industry which Cuba has only returned to in recent years - and made fortunes promoting the island as a place to lose your inhibitions.
The CIA even hired them to help kill Castro…
This is from the History Channel’s Declassified series. You can purchase the DVD of the show here.
Check out the first part below. The other four parts are after the jump.
Always good to see people helping out their homeland. Big ups to Wyclef for doing just that.
For more info and to help the cause check out TogetherForHaiti.org.
