Bitter Cane

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A documentary film with the title Bitter Cane (Canne amère). It consists of two reels of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The film opens with a discussion of Haiti's colonial history and the impact of the Haitian Revolution on the country's contemporary economic and political climate. It then goes on to describe the semi-feudalism between Haitian farmers and landowners, the nineteen-year US Marine occupation that resulted in guerilla warfare led by Charlemagne Péralte and the Cacos warriors, as well as subsequent US economic and political interventions. Several farm and factory workers in Haiti are interviewed for the documentary.

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