Richard Sénécal (born 1 April 1967)[1] is a Haitian filmmaker.[2][3] He is known for directing and producing numerous Haitian films.[4]
Richard Sénécal | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 April 1967 Port-au-Prince, Haiti[1] |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
The Haitian Times described his film Barikad as a classic that examines Haiti's class structure.[5] The European Union funded an outdoor screening of his film Cousines in Haiti in 2011 for a European Festival.[6] It received two awards at the Brooklyn International Film Festival.[7]
In 2011, Malpasse was a film planned about Haitian students in the Dominican Republic to be directed by Sénécal.[8] In his 2016 book on Haiti, Paul Clammer called the film I Love You Anne one of the country's most popular "in recent years".[9]
Filmography
edit- Chère Cathereine (1997), co-cinematographer[10]
- The New Adventures[11]
- Barikad (2002)[12]
- I Love You Anne (2002),[13] starring comedian Tonton Bicha[9]
- Cousins (2006)[14]
- We Love You Anne (2013)
- Gossip Phone (Telefòn Jouda) (2017), television series
- Birth of a Diaspora (Naissance d'une diaspora) (2019), a documentary about Haitian refugees in Chile
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 "Richard Senecal, une leçon de réussite professionnelle". Quotidien d'Haiti (in French). 7 August 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ "Hollywood, Haitiwood". Guelph Mercury. Guelph, Ontario, Canada. 12 July 2007. p. 33. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Le cinéaste haïtien, Richard Senecal, dénonce l'illusion des élections post-Duvalier « libres, honnêtes, démocratiques… » avec des gouvernements fantoches". Rezo Nòdwes (in French). 11 November 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ↑ Media Development, Volumes 51-53. World Association for Christian Communication. 30 October 2004. p. 45 – via Google Books.
- ↑ The Haitian Times (21 May 2020). "What to Binge-Watch During the Pandemic: Part 1". The Haitian Times. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ↑ "Haiti - Culture : «Europe Day» in Haiti - May 9 to 15". Haiti Libre. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ↑ CIDEF-AFI (30 June 2007). L'année francophone 2007 (in French). L'Année Francophone Internationale. p. 158. ISBN 9782922876147 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Haiti - Culture : Documentary on the migratory flow of the young Haitians..." Haiti Libre. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- 1 2 Clammer, Paul (1 November 2016). Haiti. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 41–42. ISBN 9781841629230 – via Google Books.
- ↑ McCluskey, Audrey T.; McCluskey, Audrey Thomas (30 October 2007). Frame by Frame III: A Filmography of the African Diasporan Image, 1994-2004. Indiana University Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0253348296 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Fleury, Jean Sénat (11 July 2018). Jean-Jacques Dessalines: Words from Beyond the Grave. Xlibris Corporation. p. 58. ISBN 9781984538918 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Petty, Sheila J. (8 January 2008). Contact Zones: Memory, Origin, and Discourses in Black Diasporic Cinema. Wayne State University Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-0814339909 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Bam Rose Cinemas". The New Yorker. Vol. 80, no. 11–19. F-R Publishing Corporation. 30 October 2004. p. 22 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Despite hardship, the cameras keep rolling in Haiti". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. 9 July 2007. p. 42. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.