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British artist Leah Gordon engages in "performed ethnography," documenting the culture of Jacamel commune's annual carnival in Haiti.
As Leah Gordon’s extraordinary Kanaval series goes on show in Miami, the British photographer talks about colonialism, racism, and carnival as a space for creativity, catharsis and community
This impassioned, exultant documentary looks at Haiti’s annual carnival and its social role in commemorating the country’s Black and Indigenous peoples’ historic uprisings against colonialism and slavery.
Kanaval: A People’s History of Haiti in Six Chapters is part of the Documentary Competition at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, a competition with a brief to recognise ‘feature-length documentaries with integrity, originality and social or cultural significance.’ Kanaval, directed by Leah Gordon and Eddie Hutton Mills, certainly fulfils that brief. In a little... <a class="view-article" href="https://soundsandcolours.com/articles/haiti/kanaval-three-centuries-of-haitian-history-told-through-a-carnival-lens-68914/">Read Article</a>
02/09/2022 - The primo UK film gathering has unveiled a starry array of gala screenings, with its full programme comprising 164 features and 23 world premieres