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Bitter Cane (1984 Video)

Director

Jacques Arcelin

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Clandestinely shot film concerning the history and present-day realities of Haiti.

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From the Arctic to the Caribbean: Film Indexes and Databases on the Moving Image Gateway

Date

21 Jul 2016, 15:25

Author

Andrew Ormsby

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This Gateway includes over 1,900 websites relating to moving image and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email...

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Haiti’s Cinderellas (1994 Video)

Director

Fröde Pederson

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

Focuses on the children of Haiti, three-quaters of them girls, who work as domestic slaves in middle-class homes.

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Agronomist, The (2004)

Director

Jonathan Demme

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £19.99

A presentation of the story of Jean Dominique, who ran Haiti’s first independent radio station during multiple repressive regimes. A radio journalist, human rights activist and freedom fighter, he was...

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Haiti Earthquake, The: Impacts, Responses and Vulnerability (2013)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 45 minutes), £45.00

This resource looks at the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The film first sets out Haiti’s historical context to explain why the earthquake’s impact was so devastating. Then, using footage filmed...

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Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1947 Video)

aka: Maya Deren: Divine Horsemen

Subject

Anthropology; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 47 minutes), £24.00

The material was recorded by Maya Deren when she went to Haiti on four trips to make a film of Haitian dance. Having become increasingly involved with the voodoo experience she abandoned her original...

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Human Laboratory, The (1995 Video)

Producer

Deborah Cadbury

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Investigates research carried out on women in Third World coutries using the implanted contraceptive Norplant. Presents testimony from women in the slums and villages of Bangladesh and Haiti, examines the...

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Girl Rising (2014)

Director

Richard Robbins

Subject

Development studies; Education; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 103 minutes), £13.99

This film follows nine girls from Haiti, Nepal, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Peru, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, and Afghanistan on their journey to education. the girls face arranged marriages, child slavery and other...

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Redemption Song (7 Parts) (1991 Video)

Producer

Jenny Barraclough; George Carey

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 7 x 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £280.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Jamaican-born Stuart Hall looks at the history of the Caribbean islands through interviews with modern inhabitants. 1: The diary of slaver Thomas Thistlewood provides a view of the British in the Caribbean...

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Revolutions (4 Parts) (2011)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 52 minutes each part), £122.00 (each)£432.00 (set)

A series of four videos dealing with revolutions that have taken place in four countries: Argentina - Argentinians revolting against their bankrupt state; Haiti - Jean-Bertrand Aristide and Haiti’s...

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