A feature-length documentary film
The stories and news about Haiti are often about natural disasters, suffering and political crises, and historically, the collective view of Haiti as a predominantly black nation, fails to recognize the incredibly diverse realities that existed, from the country’s inception.
We seek to challenge and dispel this victimization narrative of the Haitian experience.
The way in which a shared history, even unbeknownst to us, can transcend time and space.
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The collective view of Haiti as a predominantly black nation fails to recognize the incredibly diverse realities that existed from the country’s inception. Actually, many Haitians in Haiti and around the world are made up of any mixture of Africans, Americans, Spanish, British, Canadians, French, Arabs, Germans, Indians, Chinese, Jewish, Polish and Italians.
The aim is to fundamentally canvass, what it means to be, (Haitian Americans, Arab Haitians, Asian Haitians, Haitian Canadians, Haitian Germans, etc...) Haitian?
artistic VISUAL OF aYITI
Castles in Haiti will tell the many stories of how dreams and hope can come true and how culturally and ethnicity interconnected we all are and illustrate how remarkably successful the Haitian diaspora have been collectively all around the world. The projects goals are to challenge and dispel this victimization narrative of the Haitian experience, revitalize the ethnic beauty and diversity of the Haitian people.
This project is in its infancy, and as such, we are still raising funds to develop and produce the project. We are all super excited to film this project next year, but we cannot do it without you! Please follow us on social media.
The documentary will be filmed by edward r. Murrow award and Emmy award winning producers.
A feature-length documentary film that explores the multicultural history, art, heritage and identity of people of Haitian ancestry.
the Haitian Tuskegee Airmen
More than 75 years ago, several Haitian-Tuskegee Airmen earned their pilot wings at Tuskegee Army Air Field (Alabama). They were recruited to fight in World War II for the United States.
The U.S. government needed the Haitians to organize a patrol of the Caribbean Sea during World War II and gave the Haitian government six airplanes.
Haitian and American jazz
Music plays a vital role in bring people together and can be seen as a universal language. Music and art has always been an integral component in expressing the Haitian experience all over the world.
That experience can manifest in so many variations that history is unable or unwilling to show proper credit. As the debate of the origins and major influences on American Jazz continues.....
Haitian art collection
Haitian art features a combination of African, European and American cultural and religious influences.
The Waterloo Center for the Arts Museum maintains one of the largest public collection of Haitian art in the world featuring a vast array of colorful paintings, powerful metal sculpture and glittering beaded and sequined banners.
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