After 50 years, what can we learn about Trinidad’s historic 1970 Black Power revolt from independent documentaries? The work produced by independent Caribbean documentary filmmakers viewed through the theoretical lenses of Third Cinema aim to be revolutionary in their choices of source material, cinematic approach and subject matter. Their usually revisionist perspectives and decolonising discourses, often challenge and/or supplement traditional written histories of Caribbean resistance to produce new histories. By examining three independent documentaries which provide representations of the historic 1970 Black Power uprising in Trinidad, this paper considered the contribution of Caribbean independent documentaries to historical memory. Employing differing cinematographic and narrative styles, these films provide counter-hegemonic perspectives on this watershed event in Caribbean history. Their representations provide rich opportunities for the interrogation of marginality, national identity and the struggle for inclusion, which underpin the identity politics of the nation.

50 年后，我们可以从独立纪录片中了解特立尼达 1970 年历史性的黑人权力起义吗？通过 Third Cinema 的理论镜头观看由独立的加勒比纪录片制作人制作的作品旨在在源材料、电影方法和主题的选择上具有革命性。他们通常的修正主义观点和非殖民化话语经常挑战和/或补充加勒比抵抗的传统书面历史，以产生新的历史。通过研究三部独立纪录片，这些纪录片提供了 1970 年特立尼达历史性黑人权力起义的表现，本文考虑了加勒比独立纪录片对历史记忆的贡献。采用不同的电影摄影和叙事风格，这些电影提供了关于加勒比历史上这一分水岭事件的反霸权观点。他们的代表为审问边缘性、民族认同和争取包容性的斗争提供了丰富的机会，这些都是民族身份政治的基础。