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Haiti History & Politics Seen Through Amazing Film of One Big Band

Jim Luce · April 29, 2011

When the Drum is Beating is a film depicting Haiti’s rich musical culture and its legendary and beloved band, Orchestre Septentrional . Through its sweeping historical na…

Franketienne: Haiti's First Nobel Laureate - Hopefully

Jim Luce · January 12, 2010

New York, N.Y. As a cultural area studies graduate, seldom do I feel over my head culturally. Standing in the home of possibly the next Nobel Prize recipient for Literatu…

Which Publisher in the U.S. will Discover Brilliant Haitian Writer Franketienne?

The Editors · September 11, 2010

Brooklyn, NY. Having only recently discovered Franketienne – in the way that Columbus "discovered" America - I feel like a Johnny Come Lately to the cultural feast. This…