Danish director Jørgen Leth captures with great integrity the spirituality and other-worldliness of elderly Haitian painters. Among the artists represented are André Pierre, Philome Obin, Prospere Pierre Louis, Louisiane Saint-Fleurant, and Salnave Philippe-Auguste. As these masters share their wisdom and practice the category of the "naïf" artist is itself rendered irrelevant and simple-minded.

Jørgen Leth, 2002. 55 min.
In English, Creole, and French.

FESTIVALS

2009 | World Nomads Haiti | NEW YORK, USA | May 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2009 | French Institute Alliance Française, 22 East 60th Street, NYC | www.fiaf.org/events/spring2009/2009-05-world-nomads.shtml
* Selection "Maysles Institute Haitian Documentary Series"