Cinema
Voodoo Dance: A Tribute to the People of Haiti
La Ronde des vodù
Elsie Haas · 1987
Synopsis
A documentary in homage to the Haitian people, which poses a question: is Vodou a diabolical practice, or a religion in its own right, indispensable to the survival of a people in search of its identity? To answer it, the film gives the floor to Vodou priests, state officials, historians and politicians, and shows the place this religion holds in Haitian culture.
Context
The film was honoured in New York, and Third World Newsreel distributes it in the United States under the title Voodoo Dance: A Tribute to the People of Haiti. AlloCiné dates it to 1987 and gives it a running time of fifty-six minutes, Third World Newsreel to 1989 and fifty-two minutes. Africultures notes its director's interest in the image projected onto other worlds.
Who it is for
A documentary of a little under an hour, in French, on Haitian voodoo and the way it is viewed.
Prizes and reception
Prize for best foreign documentary at the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in New York, in 1991 according to its American distributor.