Gaga for Rara

I've yet to post anything about a type of Haitian music called "Rara" music. It's mentioned in the full account on the missionary's blog that I cited below in the mapou tree post.

I came across this article today in the New York Times about a recent annual Haitian celebration in Brooklyn, and they mentioned a new documentary about a Rara band in New York.

"The Other Side of the Water" web Trailer from Jeremy Robins.

So cool, right?! If you go on the documentary's website you can find a lot of other clips from the movie, including this one which I think offers a lot of insight.

While we're setting the play in Haiti, the Haitian experience in the United States is of critical import to understand if we're going to attract members of the local Haitian community to the production. I hope we can use this documentary as a way to delve deeper into the Caribbean-American experience.