THE SOUL OF THE BOSSALES

The “Bossales” were the African slaves who won the Haitian war of independence. This term now qualifies as a rebellious person, like the protagonists of the film: Charlotte, a human rights defender, Foukifoura, a satirical columnist, Edris, a filmmaker of the insurrection, Michou, a worker struggling to survive, Ramoncite, an enigmatic voodoo priest. In the nowadays explosive social situation, they all embody the soul of their rebellious country; an incandescent home of political and spiritual resistance.

THE FILMMAKER

A graduate of the Master of Documentary Direction CREADOC in 2006, François Perlier pursued a career as a documentary writer. He has directed several independent and television documentary films, including Voukoum, with France Télévision, which has won several awards and has been programmed in numerous festivals in France and abroad.

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

Merit in Film Award – Latin American Studies Association Film Festival, US
Grand Prize - International Competition at the Lima Contemporary Cinema Festival, Peru
Human Rights Prize – Africlap, France
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, Greece
Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival, Germany
International Film Festival of the Island of Groix, France
Montreal International Black Film Festival, Canada
FIFAC – International Film Festival of Amazonia and the Caribbean, Guyana
Vienna Central America Film Festival, Austria

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