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The Director:
Laurence Magloire, Haiti

Laurence Magloire was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, but has lived most of her life in Montreal, Canada. She has been working as a producer for children programs. Two years ago she started going back to her country of origin, working on a documentary for Société Radio- Canada. 

Co-Director, Anne Lescot (not attending) was born in Paris in 1969 to a Haitian father and French mother. She has worked on Haitian Voodoo for the past 10 years as an anthropologist, using video equipment as ethnographic tool.

In 1977 she settled in Haiti and worked on different projects for UNESCO Slave Route. In 2001 she created DigitalLM with Laurence Magloire,a production company that has released many programs for Canadian television.

Of men and Gods is their first full-length documentary.

Of Men and Gods
'Des Hommes et Des Dieux'

Anne Lescot and Laurence Magloire. Haiti, 2002, Documentary, Creole with English subtitles, 52 mins. 

 

This film sheds light on gay life and culture in Haiti, where homosexuality, though not uncommon, is still considered taboo. The lifestyles of gay men are accepted within Haiti's voodoo religion, which provides an outlet for expression in performances in which the men embody the gods. The film also looks at the looming threat of the AIDS epidemic on Haiti's gay population.

 

 

 

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