Égalité for all Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution
(2009)
Nonfiction
DVD
Call Numbers:
DVD/972.9494/EGALITE
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : PBS Home Video, [2009]
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
0793670292 EGAL601, 9780793670291, 6312900096, 841887010306
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Principal photography, Michael Chin ; editor, Michael W. Andrews ; music, Eric Amdahl
The Haitian Revolution represents the only successful slave revolution in history; it created the world's first Black republic. At the forefront of the rebellion was General Toussaint Louverture, an ex-slave whose genius was admired by allies and enemies alike
Narrator, Edwidge Danticat
Originally broadcast by PBS on Jan. 25, 2009
DVD; Region 1
Closed-captioned