Storyville: Searching for the Songs of Wanaragua by Eli LaBan

Searching for the Songs of Wanaragua by Eli LaBan 

(2025, USA, 45 min)

This short documentary follows Cesar Vargas, a Garifuna language teacher and researcher from Honduras, and Eli LaBan, a documentary filmmaker from Philadelphia, as they record and translate traditional songs to use as teaching tools to support the revitalization of the endangered afro-indigenous Garifuna language in Honduras. 

Eli LaBan is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who has worked on projects pertaining to social development, cultural preservation, and education across the world.