Directed by Arnold Antonin • 1973 • Haiti

Often identified as the first Haitian feature film, this landmark documentary chronicles the centuries-long quest of the Haitian people for self-determination. Rooted in a fierce national pride, the film journeys through the defining events of Haiti’s history—from Spanish colonization and the transatlantic slave trade to the Haitian Revolution of 1791 and the founding of the first Black republic to the American occupation and the rise of Jean-Claude Duvalier’s dictatorship—to portray a nation’s struggles and courageous fight for sovereignty.