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One Hand Don’t Clap

One Hand Don’t Clap

# A hot and spicy musical celebration.
Documentary   Music
📜 Overview: Kavery Kaul’s engaging documentary traces the history of calypso and soca music from their birth in the African-East Indian traditions of Trinidad and Tobago through its worldwide diaspora, including its popularization in the 1950s by Harry Belafonte and the new independent distribution networks that arose to serve the expatriate community in the 1980s. North American restoration premiere at To Save and Project: The 19th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation on January 27 and 31, 2023. Digital restoration by the Academy Film Archive and the Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film & Television; courtesy of Riverfilms.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1991-08-28
⌚ Running Time: 92 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 0.0

Beloved Cast

Lord Kitchener original image
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Lord Kitchener
Calypso Rose original image
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Calypso Rose
Mighty Duke original image
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Mighty Duke
Lord Pretender original image
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Lord Pretender
David Rudder original image
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David Rudder
Black Stalin original image
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Black Stalin
Growling Tiger original image
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Growling Tiger

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