RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

Cabo Verde TV Production, Inc. videocassettes (MSS-0071)

Special Collections

Rhode Island College
Providence, RI, 02910
Tel: 401-456-9653
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu

Scope & content

Kontakt focused on the Cape Verdean community in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. It used the talk show format with interviews and performances by politicians, artists, musicians, academics, activists, poets, and storytellers. The dominant languages are Portuguese and Kriolu, however some episodes are in English.

Videocassettes in this collection contain complete episodes of Kontakt, including commercials and public-service announcements. Some videocassettes contain unedited footage related to the Cape Verdean community in New England. Additionally, there is some incidental material from previous off-air recordings, which are not related to CVTP.