CISLANDERUS Canary Islander Descendants from Louisiana Aníbal Martel Peña and Thenesoya V Martín

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This documentary video-photo essay is part of the CISLANDERUS cultural project about Canarian immigration to Louisiana. It was launched during the exhibition at Capitol Park Museum, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (October 2019 to March 2020). • CISLANDERUS is a cultural project created by Thenesoya V. Martín De la Nuez in collaboration with photographer Aníbal Martel; five-year research and fieldwork throughout Louisiana to find hundreds of descendants who still recognized themselves as Canarian. The result of our work is a four-year traveling photographic exhibition —Capitol Park Museum, Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge (October 2019-March 2020). The Cabildo, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans (December 2018-June 2019). Spanish Embassy at Washington DC (November-December 2017). Casa de Colón, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (June-August 2016)— that shows an extremely complex view of this vanishing community, halfway between nostalgia, memory, and desire. • To know more about this cultural project and this almost unknown community: CISLANDERUS Cultural Project: https://www.cislanderus.com • Thenesoya V. Martín, researcher: https://www.thenesoyamartin.com • Aníbal Martel, photojournalist (photography and video): https://anibalmartel.com • Tania Mesa, Music: https://www.taniamesa.com • • Canary Islander descendants, in order of appearance: • Christina “Tini” Perez • Rene Richards • Roquey Jobes Jr. • Joan Alleman • Lloyd “Wimpy” Serigne • Paul Newfield • Wade Falcon • Bertha Domain Bernard • Chad LeBlanc • Jim Courville • Dorothy Louise O’Toole Benge • Dennis Patrick Delaney • Joseph William “Bill” Carmena • Felice Lopez Melerine • Lynn Nunez Gagnon • Our gratitude to all the Canarian descendants who have participated in this film, and those who are not included in this final cut but also made this cultural project possible. Thanks to the Casa de Colón Museum in Gran Canaria, The Spanish Embassy in Washington DC, and Louisiana State Museum.

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