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Haiti

1957 30 min
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This short film from the Perspective series highlights social and economic development in Haiti circa 1957. It depicts customs and traditions used to pass along the history of a people, and offers a look into their daily lives — lives that looks very different from their experiences today.

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Haiti
  • Perspective
    Perspective
    1955 46 films
    This TV series from the mid-1950s blended documentary and fiction to tell Canadian stories from a Canadian perspective.

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This short film from the Perspective series highlights social and economic development in Haiti circa 1957. It depicts customs and traditions used to pass along the history of a people, and offers a look into their daily lives — lives that looks very different from their experiences today.

  • director
    Léonard Forest
  • script
    Léonard Forest
  • producer
    Julian Biggs
  • photography
    John Gunn
  • sound
    Joseph Champagne
  • editing
    Donald Ginsberg
  • sound editing
    Marguerite Payette

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