Haitian song

Duration: 50

Year Published: 1980

Creator: K. Kramer

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A lyrical portrait of village life in rural Haiti. The film focuses on the rituals which compose the texture of life: getting water from the river, making rope from sisal, cooking rice and beans in an outdoor kitchen, planting and harvesting. A man and a woman are followed through the cycle of their day; the larger community is followed through the cycle of a week: the market on Tuesday, the cockfight on Saturday, the dance on Sunday.