Richard Sénécal
Haitian filmmaker
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Richard Sénécal (born 1 April 1967)[1] is a Haitian filmmaker.[2][3] He is known for directing and producing numerous Haitian films.[4]
Born1 April 1967
Port-au-Prince, Haiti[1]
OccupationFilmmaker
Richard Sénécal | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 April 1967 Port-au-Prince, Haiti[1] |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
The Haitian Times described his film Barikad as a classic that examines Haiti's class structure.[5] The European Union funded an outdoor screening of his film Cousines in Haiti in 2011 for a European Festival.[6] It received two awards at the Brooklyn International Film Festival.[7]
In 2011, Malpasse was a film planned about Haitian students in the Dominican Republic to be directed by Sénécal.[8] In his 2016 book on Haiti, Paul Clammer called the film I Love You Anne one of the country's most popular "in recent years".[9]
Filmography
- Chère Cathereine (1997), co-cinematographer[10]
- The New Adventures[11]
- Barikad (2002)[12]
- I Love You Anne (2002),[13] starring comedian Tonton Bicha[9]
- Cousins (2006)[14]
- We Love You Anne (2013)
- Gossip Phone (Telefòn Jouda) (2017), television series
- Birth of a Diaspora (Naissance d'une diaspora) (2019), a documentary about Haitian refugees in Chile
