Filmmaker · Haiti
Elsie Haas
Elsie Haas was born in Port-au-Prince and grew up in Africa and Europe; she was sent to Paris at the age of twelve. A painter, visual artist and director, she acted in 1979 in a film by Med Hondo, and the filmmaker Safi Faye devoted a documentary to her in 1985. She founded a production association committed to showing peoples and their cultures without prejudice, and made about ten documentaries in Europe, Africa and Haiti. In 2012 she was editor-in-chief of Haïti-Tribune.
In the catalogue 1
- CinemaVoodoo Dance: A Tribute to the People of HaitiLa Ronde des vodùElsie Haas · 1987Cinema