Ouvertures


Ouvertures by The Living and the Dead Ensemble
GBR, FRA 2020, Forum
© courtesy of The Living and the Dead Ensemble/Spectre Productions

Ouvertures by The Living and the Dead Ensemble
GBR, FRA 2020, Forum
© courtesy of The Living and the Dead Ensemble/Spectre Productions

Ouvertures by The Living and the Dead Ensemble
GBR, FRA 2020, Forum
© courtesy of The Living and the Dead Ensemble/Spectre Productions

Film poster
Ouvertures by The Living and the Dead Ensemble
GBR, FRA 2020, Forum
With
- Jude Joseph (Voice Over)
- Jephté Carmil (Researcher)
- James Fleurissaint (Toussaint Louverture)
- Rossi Jacques Casimir (Jean-Jacques Dessalines)
- Dieuvela Cherestal (Madame Toussaint)
- Cynthia Maignan (Maman Dio)
- James Desiris (Rigaud)
- Léonard Jean Baptiste (Granville)
- Mackenson Bijou (Macaïa)
- Mimétik Nèg (Mackandal)
Crew
Written and Directed by | The Living and the Dead Ensemble |
Cinematography | Louis Henderson, Diana Vidrascu |
Editing | Louis Henderson |
Music | João Polido |
Sound Design | Gabor Ripli |
Sound | André Fevre, Jean Marcaisse Bellegarde, Roudie Rigaud Marcelin |
Producer | Olivier Marboeuf |
Executive Producer | Sarah Perks |
Co-Producers | Louis Henderson, Cédric Walter |
Co-Production | HOME Manchester |
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Produced by
Spectre Productions
http://www.spectre-productions.com http://www.spectre-productions.com

The Living and the Dead Ensemble
The film team: Mimétik Nèg, Dieuvela Cherestal, Cynthia Maignan, Jephté Carmil, Sophonie Maignan, Mackenson Bijou, Olivier Marboeuf, Rossi Jacques Casimir, James Desiris, Léonard Jean Baptiste, Louis Henderson
Ouvertures · Forum · Feb 23, 2020

Cynthia Maignan, Rossi Jacques Casimir, Léonard Jean Baptiste, James Desiris, Olivier Marboeuf
Members of The Living and the Dead Ensemble which realised the film.
Ouvertures · Forum · Feb 23, 2020

Cynthia Maignan, Rossi Jacques Casimir
At the Q&A.
Ouvertures · Forum · Feb 23, 2020

James Desiris, Olivier Marboeuf
The protagonist and the producer during the Q&A.
Ouvertures · Forum · Feb 23, 2020

Louis Henderson
The co-director was also responsible for cinematography and editing.
Ouvertures · Forum · Feb 23, 2020

Mackenson Bijou, Sophonie Maignan
Ouvertures · Forum · Feb 23, 2020

Dieuvela Cherestal, Trovania Delille, Mimétik Nèg
At the premiere.
Ouvertures · Forum · Feb 23, 2020
The Living and the Dead Ensemble

The Living and the Dead Ensemble are a group of artists, performers, and poets from Haiti, France, and the United Kingdom. They initially came together in Haiti in 2017 to produce the Haitian Creole translation and performance of the play "Monsieur Toussaint" by Édouard Glissant. Initiated from an original idea by Louis Henderson and Olivier Marboeuf, who have been collaborating as a director/producer partnership since 2014, the Ensemble’s first film Ouvertures was premiered at the Berlinale Forum 2020. Their work explores the influence of Haiti, the first independent Black republic of the Americas, in the history and present of the Caribbean as well as in western modernity.
The Ensemble are: Mackenson Bijou, Rossi Jacques Casimir, Dieuvela Cherestal, James Desiris, Louis Henderson, Léonard Jean Baptiste, Cynthia Maignan, Sophonie Maignan, Olivier Marboeuf, Mimétik Nèg.
Filmography
2020 Ouvertures; 132 Min., Forum 2020 2021 The Wake
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2022