Introduction to Haiti (1942)

★★★★★ · Introduction to Haiti: a positive approach for a courageous country. · FB Regino E. · 2007-12-23

As a document, this video shows a brief history of Haiti in less than 10 minutes. It presents several positive aspects related with the valuable contribution of the black people to the freedom of the human specie. Today, in the XXI century, Haiti is the poorest country in the New World; in the XIX century (1804), the people of this suffered and mistreated land declared the first black Republic all over the world. The figure of Henry Christophe who ruled the north of the country after the death of Dessalines (1806) has been well remarked. Perhaps the figure of Toussaint Louverture deserved a…

★★★ · Land of the Free and Home of Voodoo · Christine Hennig · 2003-12-01

Standard-issue color travelogue of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with a focus their history of democracy. There is some subtle racism here, as the narrator seems to be amazed that the negroes can govern themselves, and seems thoroughly baffled by their culture. But mostly, this is ordinary, with some nice color footage of the island and its people in the 40s. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: **. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.

★★★ · Sun and ruins · www.martsander.com · 2003-07-14

This short film might interest those with fascination for history. Visually it's not very interesting, somehow too neutral. There is no musical score, only plain text, telling us of the ancient history of the island. It's more of a slide show with narration then a real living document of the period when Haiti still was a free and obviously happy land.

★★ · Pronounce it correctly folks! · Spuzz · 2003-09-02

Sorta nice looking doc about the people, culture and history of Haiti (pronounced hi-ee-tee here). It all seems so rosy, guess this was before Duvalier appeared.