Even in hard times, Haitians go to the movies. Now they’re also making them in record numbers – about 10 feature films a year – rivaling Cuba as the Caribbean’s biggest movie producer and often outselling better-financed imports.
Here is much more. Here is part of the story:
The arrival of inexpensive digital video cameras and editing equipment opened the door to budding Haitian filmmakers, lowering production cost from hundreds of thousands of dollars or more to about $40,000 – money that typically comes from private sponsors or local investors who receive a percentage of the film’s earnings.
Haitian immigrants to the U.S. support the market as well. Here is the Haiti Internet Movie Database.
A most interesting blog. Cinematic creativity and fecundity of titles is an important part of a culture. Who needs huge filmic budgets which end up producing derangedly unrealistic plots accompanied by a boatload of belligerence, after all?
A human story told via the ‘reel’ does not need too big a budget. After all, aren’t the best stories told simply and quietly?
So, I raise my morning coffee today to Haitian cinema. Thanks.
According to Michael Moore, Haiti and Cuba make much better movies than the United States, at significantly lower cost. Their administrative overhead is much lower, or something.
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