Parsley
Sasha Huber
The tragic Parsley Massacre event took place in the Dominican Republic during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in 1937. The word perejil was used to identify and separate Afro-Dominicans from Afro-Haitians. The pronunciation of the Spanish word parsley (perejil) determined their fate. The genocidal event influences Haiti still today.
Production Year
2017
Duration
00:18:00
Type
Tags
dance (performing arts),
genocide,
history,
music,
oppression,
performances,
political art,
violence (activity)
Original Title
Perejil
English Title
Parsley
Production Countries
Haiti,Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Sasha Huber (Author), Petri Saarikko (Cinematographer), Gasner François (Cinematographer), David Difficile (Cinematographer), Gethcé Pierre (Composer), Sasha Huber (Director), Petri Saarikko (Director), André Miraklin (Dramaturgi), Julius Salo (Editor), Le Centre D’Art (Producer), Gerry Sterling (Script), Destin Derilus Best't (Script), Jonathan Registre (Script), Théophilo Jarbath (Script), Sasha Huber (Script), Vincent Benece (Script), Etienne Jean Stanley (Script), Antoine Godson (Script), Rubens Corneille (Script), Gethcé Pierre (Script), Josué Duel (Script), Richard Etienne (Script), Eddy Bissainthe (Script), Gérald Bellevue (Script), André Miraklin (Script), Petri Saarikko (Sound Design), Julius Salo (Sound Design), Antoine Godson (Actor), Eddy Bissainthe (Actor), Etienne Jean Stanley (Actor), Gerry Sterling (Actor), Destin Derilus Best't (Actor), Richard Etienne (Actor), Jonathan Registre (Actor), Sasha Huber (Actor), André Miraklin (Actor), Vincent Benece (Actor), Gérald Bellevue (Actor), Rubens Corneille (Actor), Josué Duel (Actor), Théophilo Jarbath (Actor), Gethcé Pierre (Actor), Le Centre D’Art (Funder), Artists’ Association MUU (Funder), Fokal (Funder), Finnish Cultural Foundation (Funder), Fondation Daniel & Nina Carasso (Funder), TAIKE (Funder)
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Sasha Huber (CH/FI) is a Helsinki based multidisciplinary visual artist of Swiss-Haitian heritage. She works and presents her work internationally and is primarily concerned with the politics of memory and belonging, particularly in relation to colonial residue left in the environment. Sensitive to the subtle threads connecting history and the present, she uses and responds to archival material within a layered creative practice that encompasses performance-based interventions, video, photography, and collaborations. Huber is also claiming the compressed-air staple gun, aware of its symbolic significance as a weapon while offering the potential to renegotiate unequal power dynamics. Huber works regularly in a creative partnership with her partner artist Petri Saarikko. She holds an MA from the University of Art and Design Helsinki and is presently undertaking practice-based PhD studies.
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