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1950’S “ Bold Journey " Tv Show Voodoo in Haiti Episode with Stanley Dashew Xd14394 (1950)

1950 · Short film · 25 min

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This film is a part of the TV travelogue series called “Bold Journey”, which aired on ABC and was hosted by Jack Douglas. The episodes ran from 1956-1959 and were composed of films taken by explorers and adventurers during their travels around the globe. This particular episode features Stanley Dashew as he takes his family on a trip to Haiti to explore the intriguing practice of Voodoo. (Interestingly, Dashew eventually went on to become one of the founders of the plastic credit card companies in the 1950’s.) Haitian Voodoo is a religion derived from slaves which came about between the syncretism between traditional religions of West Africa and Roman Catholicism. The film opens with Jack Douglas (:29) and footage of Haitian natives dancing and conducting voodoo rituals (:46). Stanley Dashew first appears at (1:31) and he discusses how he had first visited Haiti in 1947. The footage he will show is from his return trip in 1949 (1:48). The large schooner he and his family purchased for the film is called the Constellation (2:22). Dashew and his wife are pictured as they debated Dashew selling his business and buying the Constellation in order to take their long voyage (2:45). Their son Steve was to also join the trip (2:49) as well as their three-month-old daughter Leslie (3:33). Scenes from their shove off from port (3:38) lead into footage of the Welland Canal (4:17) which drops ships from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. From here they traveled through the Lawrence River (4:55).…

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Running time
25 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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