The feature-length documentary Les Âmes Bossales emerged from an encounter between the director François Perlier and the Haitian actor and radio presenter Foukifoura, and portrays the culture and popular struggle in Haiti. A whirlwind of sound and imagery, this film is an intense experience that reveals the richness and beauty of the rebellious ‘soul’ of a people struggling to preserve their dignity in the face of daily violence and neo-colonialism. The ‘Bossales’ were the African slaves who emerged victorious from Haiti’s war of independence. This term, which has come to be pejorative – synonymous with ‘savage’ or ‘brutal’ – is now reclaimed by those who rise up against inequality, corruption and neo-colonialism, just like the film’s protagonists. Charlotte, a human rights activist; Foukifoura, a satirical columnist; Édris, a videographer documenting the uprising; Michou, a factory worker struggling to survive; Ramoncite, an enigmatic voodoo priest.
Unique screening in the presence of the director
- Direction
- François Perlier
- Duration
- 80 min
- Year
- 2024
- Country
- HT
- Language
- Haitian Creole
- Subtitles
- French
