TheWhiteDarkness

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  • "AsoneofthefirstplaceswheretheEuropeansbeganthecol… "AsoneofthefirstplaceswheretheEuropeansbeganthecolonizationoftheAmericas,whatwouldlaterbeknownasHaitireceivedavastinfluenceofthemanyculturesthatarrivedafterColumbus.ThemaininfluencecamefromtheAfricanslavesthatwerebroughttotheislandwhenHaitibecameaFrenchcolony,andsincethecolonyhadcontinuousarrivalsofAfrinca-bornpeople,theAfricanrootsremainedstrong.JustlikewhathappenedinBrazilandNewOrleans,theAfricanreligionsgotfusedwithelementsofFrenchcatholicism,andtheresultofthissyncretismwasVodou,Haiti'sveryowntraditionoftheancestralAfricanreligions."TheWhiteDarkness"isadocumentaryaboutthisfascinatingfaiththathassurvivedtothisdayinHaitiasamajorreligionthatplaysanimportantroleinHaitiansociety. DirectedbyRichardStanley,"TheWhiteDarkness"isajourneythroughVodouwiththeirpractitionersasguides.StanleyinterviewsrealfollowersoftheVodoufaithandletsthemdotheexplanationsonwhattheirreligionisandwhatisn't.Unlikeotherdocumentaries,thereisnonarrationhere,andit'sbasicallytheimagesandtheinterviewswhatdothetalking,allowingareal,objectiveandunbiasedpointofviewaboutthereligion.ThedocumentaryfocusesonthemodernVodoureligion,itstiestoitsAfricanpast,anditsimportanceinmodernHaiti.Finally,therelationsofVodoupractitionerswithotherreligionsareexplored,aswellasthenegativeviewsthatChristianmissionarieshaveaboutthenativeHaitianfaith,andthepoliticalimpactthisviewsplayedduringtheislandoccupationbyforeign(mainlyU.S.)peacekeepingforces."

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