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This Saturday, August 3, the Yurumein director Andrea Leland and…

Yurumein director/producer Andrea Leland will be discussing YURUMEIN tonight, June 20, on WHPK Chicago at 5pm Central Time. DJ Marta Nicolas will play some of the music from the YURUMEIN soundtrack and interview director/producer Andrea Leland. Music highlights include songs from Andy Palacio’s album WATINA, and Rhodel “Rhodee” Castillo’s album IN EXILE. You…

Award-winning filmmaker Andrea Leland (director of THE GARIFUNA JOURNEY) has just launched a crowdfunding campaign for her upcoming film YURUMEIN -- a documentary about the revival of Garifuna culture on the island of St. Vincent. Forced into hiding and exile by British colonial forces, Garifuna culture had been all but lost on the island of St. Vincent for the last two hundred years. While…