Heritage Perspectives (St. Kitts) - Oliver Spencer Interview CULTURE BEAT SKN TV 0034

HERITAGE PERSPECTIVES (ST. KITTS) looks at the early European visitors and settlers on St. Kitts, their impact on the first inhabitants of St. Kitts, the Kalinago (Carib)/Amerindians, and the legacy of the predominant African/Caribbean population that remains.

In addition to this documentary a series of interviews were conducted on St. Kitts with heritage stakeholders including; historians, researchers, and people from the community to hear their perspective on their rich heritage.

St. Kitts Department of Culture - Research & Documentation Unit collaborated with Leiden University on a project titled “Heritage Perspectives”, to document on video opinions from a variety of St. Kitts Heritage Stakeholders about the following heritage sites; Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, Charles Fort, and Bloody Point.

"The project tries to document, archive and present the different perspectives on the multi-varied and complex heritage of the Caribbean, focused specifically on Amerindian Heritage in relation to other forms of heritage, and within the framework of the research undertaken in the EU Nexus 1492 Project. The videos will be available in a searchable and publicly accessible database of the Nexus Project, called. http://nexus1492.eu/?cat=59

For More Information contact: St. Kitts Department of Culture RDU Email: [email protected]


TITLE: Heritage Perspectives (St. Kitts) - Oliver Spencer Interview
TYPE: Documentary - Interview (2014)
PRODUCER: St. Kitts Department of Culture - RDU, Leiden University
FILM MAKER: Provida Video Productions [email protected]