Digital Archives and Media

Documentaries

Goombay Festival 2022 – Coconut Grove & the Legacy of Resilience
Celebrate the Grove’s Bahamian heritage and resiliency with two days of festivities at the Return of Goombay.

Allapattah: En Nuestras Palabras (Part 1)
A documentary film that highlights the neighborhood of Allapattah, its patrons, and their stories.

Allapattah: En Nuestras Palabras (Part 2)
A documentary film that portrays the neighborhood of Allapattah, highlighting its history, resiliency, and entrepreneurial spirit through the stories of its people.

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“Spine of Distress & Resilience” a Dudley Alexis Production

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A Documentary Series by Virginia Key Beach Park Trust

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Miami Workers Center Documentary

Other Media

FIU ‘CfJ’ Digital Archive
Take a look at the Oral History and Image Archive. This includes the unique stories from some of our community elders and images of our communities.

FIU’s Digital Visualization of Grand Avenue
Take a look at a digital rendering of what Grand Avenue looked like in the 1960s starts at the corner of Grand Avenue and Douglas Road, walk past Gil’s Spot, the Tikki Club and a line of shops to reach the Ace Theater. Quotes in the sidebar from Coconut Grove residents were drawn from oral histories and documentaries.

Storytelling against the Climate Crisis: Dr. Ricia Chansky
Following Hurricane Maria’s devastation in Puerto Rican, Ricia worked with students to record stories of survival in their communities as a way to heal, raise awareness, inform policymakers, and create datasets for disaster responders.

Doucet & Lugo: A Creative Conversation on Race, Risk & Resilience
Artists discuss their artistic process, how the Black experience influences their work, and the ways climate gentrification is emphasized in their pieces.

A Call to the Ancestors, curated by Carl-Philippe Juste
Photographs and mixed-media pieces, sculptures, essays, and poetry that together tell a story of loss and rebirth, death and new life, deep sorry and unbridled joy.

A Call to the Ancestors: Digital Catalogue

Coconut Grove and the Legacy of Resilience

A Call to The Ancestors: Caretakers of Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery

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Video Vignettes for “I am Little Haiti” Exhibition

Podcasts

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History Exchange Podcast

The History Exchange podcast, dives into the stories of local Coconut Grove Elders.

Commons for Justice Podcast

The ‘Commons for Justice’ Student Podcast aims to engage the community-campus in complex and sometimes controversial, discussions about the ever-evolving stories of ‘The Past, Present, and Future of ‘Race, Risk, and Resilience’ in the Greater Miami area.

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Indigenous Podcast

News

Little Haiti Cultural Complex

“A Call to the Ancestors” Comes to Miami

September 19, 2023

Welcome to Little Haiti mural

“A Call to the Ancestors” Exhibition at Little Haiti Cultural Complex Honors Heritage and Fosters Community Connections

August 31,2023

The Conversations Captured via Photography

September 26, 2023