![]() ![]() However, the documentary’s abundant inconsistencies and errors weaken something with honorable intentions. This is to be praised as well for promoting the study of Haiti and links between African Americans and Haiti, regardless of how one feels about the political aims or message of Tariq Nasheed and the Hidden Colors franchise. And despite the occasional absurd or nonsensical claim, the film does possess a general structure which is an affirmation of Haiti and Black people. Although less accurate and including fewer reputable “experts” and scholars of the Haitian Revolution than the PBS Égalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution, it successfully connects Haiti to pan-Africanism, Afrocentrism, and Black struggles of today. ![]() 1804: The Hidden History of Haiti is, despite being a problematic documentary, surprisingly better than one would think.
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