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Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Where:

🇭🇹 Haiti

When:

The 1950s The 1940s

This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the footage, so this “finished” version was made by Teiji Ito and Cherel Ito after Deren’s death.

Released in 1985 — 52 minutes

Genre:

Documentary

Languages:

English Haitian; Haitian Creole