Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1974
Original Language:Spanish
Simparelé (1974)
SIMPARELE is history interpreted through peoples art The film synthesizes the primary forms through which the Haitian people have expressed themselves in the centuries since the islands colonization by the French and the massive importation of African slaves to fuel its plantation economy It is a composite of dance theatrical tableaux poetry song folk painting legend and religious ritual SIMPARELE acknowledges the powerful role which AfroHaitian culture has played in these peoples political struggle as both repository for peoples history and the raw material from which that history can be reconstructed and transformed
DirectorHumberto Solás
