
Redemption Song
1991-06-30 · 50 min / episode · ★ 7.0
Jamaican-born Stuart Hall looks at the history of the Caribbean islands through interviews with modern inhabitants.
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- Creators
- Jenny Barraclough, Stuart Hall, George Carey
- Production companies
- Barraclough Carey Productions Ltd
- Countries
- Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadaloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Status
- Ended
Top Cast
Aimé Césaire
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