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Haiti : land of tragedy, land of hope
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The numbers alone are stunning: 8 million inhabitants, 70 percent of whom live below the poverty line; a life expectancy of 50 years; a 65 percent illiteracy rate; and a 70 percent unemployment rat...
The numbers alone are stunning: 8 million inhabitants, 70 percent of whom live below the poverty line; a life expectancy of 50 years; a 65 percent illiteracy rate; and a 70 percent unemployment rate. Such is the recent population in Haiti, which ironically had its origins cast in optimism: the Haitians were the first people to abolish slavery in 1797 and establish a black republic. Yet the following years have brought the island a succession of violence, chaotic politics, and the railroading of national sovereignty for the benefit of few. This thought-provoking documentary traces what Jean-Bertrand Aristide calls Haiti's "linear history" back to its discovery by Columbus in the late 15th century and the violent process of colonization to the present.
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- Creator
- Europe Images International
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2006], c2004
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (55 min.) : sd., col., digital
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780736598125
- OCLC
- ocn709669658
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Jan. 11, 2006.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Haiti: A Past to Be Reconstructed (2:43) -- A Two-Tiered Regime (3:41) -- Haiti's Historical Origins and Cultural Significance of Voodoo (5:10) -- The Haitian Experiment: Early Haitian Government (4:58) -- The Caco Movement and U.S. Invasion (4:01) -- The Struggle of the People and the Government (4:29) -- Abject Poverty and Loss of Dignity (2:44) -- Papa Doc, Francois Duvalier and the Tonton Makout (5:19) -- Duvalier's Dictatorship and Use of Voodoo (3:08) -- The Influence of the Catholic Church (4:15) -- Baby Doc, Jean-Claude Duvalier (3:04) -- A Series of Military Coups and the Return of President Aristide (5:40) -- Downfall of President Aristide's Regime (3:27)