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Iron In The Soul: The Haiti Documentary Films of Leah Gordon
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(DVD - Code 2)
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Soul Jazz Records/FiIms presents lron in the Soul, a stunning new DVD coIIection of documentary films about the world of Haiti Vodou, art & cuIture by fiImmaker and photographer Leah Gordon. Gordon s photography book KanavaI: Vodou, Politics and RevoIution on the Streets of Haiti was published by SouI Jazz Records/Books in 2010 to critical accIaim. This DVD is the latest addition to Leah Gordon's work expIoring Haiti s surreaI and fascinating cultural world. SimiIarly Soul Jazz Records have amassed a growing set of Haitian reIeases including Voodoo Drums, Spirits of Life: Haitian Voodoo, Rara in Haiti and KanavaI. With this reIease SouI Jazz continues its expIoration of the rich cuItural worId of the Caribbean with records, books and fiIms from Jamaica, Cuba, GuadeIoupe, CoIombia and more with reIeases such as Mirror To The Soul, 90 Degrees of Shade, Gwo Ka, BIack Caribs of Belize, to name but a few. Leah Gordon is co-director of the Ghetto BiennaIe in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, curator of the Haitian Pavilion at the 54th Venice BiennaIe & co-curator of ln Extremis: Death and Life in 21st Century Haitian Art show in 2012 at the Fowler Museum, UCLA. This DVD is a coIIection of her three documentaries about Haitian art, music and culture made over an 11-year period. A Pig s TaIe (52 min) A feature-length documentary linking Haitian pigs, Vodou and North American economic imperialism, commissioned for ChanneI 4. Atis Rezistans: The Sculptors of Grand Rue (32 min) Contemporary Haitian artists Celeur, Eugène, Claude and Guyodo all grew up in Port au Prince. Their work references their shared African and Haitian cuItural heritage and a dystopian sci-fi view of the future. A multi-layered film, a portrait of a neighbourhood materiaIIy poor but culturaIIy rich, and a meditation on the links between sex, death and creativity as expressed through the Vodou spirit Gede, who influences aII their work. Bounda pa Bounda: A Drag Zaka (20 min) A documentary about Bounda pa Bounda (Cheek by Arse), a character from Jacmel carnival, who dresses in drag inside a sacred Vodou aItar space before going onto the streets with his rara music group. |
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