1804 The Hidden History of Haiti
From
The Ramparts
Junious
Ricardo Stanton
1804
The Hidden History of Haiti
On November
1st the excellent documentary 1804 The
Hidden History of Haiti Africa
and Africans in antiquity. The film series also examines the functions of
melanin, explains racism, global European domination and offers insights and
solutions to overcome the oppression and menticide African people are subjected
to on a daily basis.
1804 The Hidden History of Haiti Haiti
the first free sovereign Black republic in the world to liberate itself from
European colonial domination! The filmmakers present the whole history and
struggle of Haiti
from an African liberation point of view. It tells the cruel conditions,
tortures and abuses the Europeans imposed on the indigenous peoples and the imported
Africans who were brought to the island to provide the back breaking manual
labor that made Hispaniola (the name Christopher Columbus gave the island) the
richest "possession" of not only France but all the European colonies
in the Western Hemisphere.
African
centered researchers, scholars and activists share the true history and
mindsets of Makandal, Boukman Dutty, Toussaint Louverture and Jean Jacques
Dessalines the major male leaders of the liberation struggle who took on not
only the French but also the Spanish and English in their quest for freedom.
Director Tariq Nasheed uses enactors, flattering camera shots of the scholars,
island scenery, ecology and explains the power of African spirituality (Vodun) as
the catalyses of the African victories that sent shock waves throughout the
slave holding Western world when the Africans defeated the European
imperialists' armies.
The film is
shot in high definition which enhances the storytelling and imagery. The visuals
and optics provide an attractive look for the speakers, actors and the beautiful
landscape that depict Haiti
and its history in an entirely new light, one that counters centuries of
Western bias and lies. Scholars and activists: Mildred D. Mitchell, Akala
Bayyinah Bello, Ezili Danto, Dr Kaba Kamene, Professor James Smalls, Dr Leonard
Jeffries, Professor Gerald Horne, Wyclef and Tariq Nasheed provide insights and
historical information about Haiti and the revolution that bring home and
glorify the enormous significance of the Haitian victory; not just for the
people of Haiti but for Africans world wide. Their information coupled with the
eye-catching visuals gives the film depth and an emotional energy we don't get
in European productions because they are telling Ourstory.
The
strategies and tactics of the Haitians are explained throughout the documentary
and the film provides insights into the thinking of the leaders that offsets
the distortions about Haiti ,
the revolution and Haitian people we get from European historiography and the
Eurocentric narrative about the revolution.
The DVD, is
available direct to consumer from the 1804Movie.com Website and Amazon. 1804 The Hidden History of Haiti Haiti
in a whole new light and destroys the myth of white superiority and
invincibility. More importantly the film shares the means the Haitians employed
to gain their sovereignty and independence and why the West maintains a
vendetta against Haiti
to this day! By the way these same tactics were used by the Maroons and the
Quilombos of Palmares in Brazil
to secure their freedom.
You can
order the film at http://www.1804movie.com or through Amazon.
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