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Bullfrog Films
P.O. Box 149
Oley, PA 19547
Tel: 610/779-8226
Fax: 610/370-1978
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Developing Stories, Series 1: Environment and Development
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
Television in the Caribbean dominated by US and French programs.
49 minutes
DVD-R version available
Color
Grade Level: 10-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 1994
Copyright Date: 1992
ISBN (VHS): 1-56029-540-6
ISBN (DVD): 1-59458-657-8
Directed by Christopher Laird and Anthony Hall
Produced by Banyan Limited/BBC
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A fascinating documentary from Trinidad and Tobago about the domination of Caribbean television by programs from the North, primarily the US. This film ambitiously weaves together interviews, indigenous poetry and music with clips from imported French and US television programs to show how Caribbean viewers receive a distorted view of the world that alienates them from their own cultural heritage. Also included is a glimpse of how Cuba has tackled the problem and the US response in the form of Radio Marti.
Other titles in the series are:
Lucia - The cost of an oil spill to a fishing village.
Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow - The darker side of the Green Revolution.
Rabi - Modern day fable on family values from Africa.
Life and Debt - The murder of street children in Rio de Janeiro.
Suspended Dreams - The lasting effects of the civil war in Lebanon.
The DVD version of this program is recorded on DVD-R which is not compatible with some older DVD players. See the new DVD page for more details.
Awards:
Best of Category, Caribbean Film and TV Festival
Reviews:
"An astonishingly searing look at TV."
Starweek Magazine
Related Subjects:
Central America and The Caribbean
Communication
Consumerism
Culture
Developing World
Globalization
Macrohistorical Dynamics
Media Literacy
Related Links:
www.tve.org (The producer's web site)
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