#763: Request for film info

[Robert Corbett <bcorbett@netcom.com>]

From: Jean Jonassaint <jonj1996@duke.edu>

"Jens Hentschke"  <J.R.Hentschke@newcastle.ac.uk> 

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> I would be interested in knowing whether there is a film (preferably
> a documentary but also a feature film) on the slave revolution in
> French Saint-Domingue and the latter's independence as Republic
> of Haiti, or a more biographical film on the leaders of this slave
> revolution Touissant L'Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
> 
> This was a major event not only in Latin American but in world
> history and directly linked to the French Revolution and its
> aftermath. The Jacobin commissioners to Saint-Domingue abolished
> slavery there even before the mother country declared the
> institution illegal. So there should be something on the market.
> 
> I am especially interested in an English translation because
> otherwise my students of Spanish and Portuguese would have some
> problems. But if there is no English version, a French film would
> also do it and we could target the film or a part of it for the
> subtitling class.
> 
> Thanks for your offer to help. So far this is just for an
> information.
> 
> Jens
> Keith Reader
> Professor of French
> Old Library Building
> Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
> UNITED KINGDOM
> 
> Keith Reader
> Professor of French
> Old Library Building
> Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
> UNITED KINGDOM
> 
> Keith Reader
> Professor of French
> Old Library Building
> Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
> UNITED KINGDOM
>