Also watch Kevin Pina's latest documentary "Haiti: We Must Kill the Bandits": http://bit.ly/eWFDLd
RARAM video "Piwo Degré"
Co-produced by Jean Fabius and Kevin Pina (West Indies Productions)
Directed by Jean Fabius
Edited by Kevin Pina
THE VIDEO
This is digitized from the last remaining master. There was a problem with color shift from the original Beta-SP master and I adjusted the chroma and levels in Final Cut Pro Studio version 7.0.
The original was edited in analog using a Grass Valley switcher and effects unit. Good old traditional A/B rolling and effects between two Beta-SP decks. I remember having to key out backgrounds for chroma effects on several passes to tape. Those were the days.
THE BAND
RARAM is one of Haiti's most political and in your face ensembles blending traditional 'bann a pye' with rap and hip hop influences.
These folks were and continue to be terrific. They suffered tremendously from the repression of the US-installed Latortue regime. The list of human rights abuses committed against the group RARAM includes the killing of several of its members following the coup of 2004 and the false arrest and punitive incarceration of the group's drummer.
for starters see:
The UN's cleansing of Bel Air ahead of elections
http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/Week-of-Mon-20051212/028585.html
"This is a great day. Here I am the President of a large Haitian bank, standing, at sunset, in the middle of Bel Air," he crowed. Just then, the popular and radical Bel Air band Raram, which recently had two of its members killed and three more jailed in MINUSTAH/HNP "stabilization operations," came marching down with great fanfare from Rue Macajou, playing their horns and drums.
The Damage Done: Canada and the Coup in Haiti
http://citizen.nfb.ca/node/6760
Yvon Antoine "Zap-Zap" is a famous Haitian musician and grassroots activist in Haiti. Several days after the 2004 coup d'état, he became a political prisoner: he was arrested without a warrant and held for two and a half years. When he finally got his day in court, there was not a single witness or a single piece of evidence against him, and he was acquitted of all charges. The original charges were based on an allegation that he had participated in an incident at the State University in 2003. The university rector had accused Mr. Antoine, but admitted under questioning that his accusation was based on information he had seen on the Internet.
Kiyes ki toujou tande kanaval Raram en 2018 la
Bnm plezi
bel knaval
Map byen pase Raram no limit pi fo we here???
real bad man?
Depim piti mwen toujou nan bon bò a mwen rèv king passe tivice barikad Men kounya mwen se wendy mwen santim gen gou
Banm yon like
gadon bonm mezanmi ,,,kiyes ki avem 2020 an,,map retire stress corona
Hmmmmm raram bann chale mkew gen poblem fow souke tet ou kanmenm???????
Anh e konsa raram t dous
2019 raram
Edo pep la ap tann ou wi oke
mezanmiiiii ohhhhh gadon kanavalll woyyyyy???????????????????????????
30 septembre 2020
Par bliye bam love la
Kiyes kika banm kntak ti yòri
kaka voye raram no limit rèd
2020 map byen sou kanaval sa?
One lovr
2019?✌✌✌✌
pas renmen raram men mizik sa move ,mal elever , frekan ampil oh. se fanarik shabba mwen ye..men.sa .wouuuchhhh sa. santi.durrrrr
2018 2019?
Yn jazz knsa pou nan peyiw oupaka jwen lipou danse
Piwo degre raram nolimit
mezanmiii depim pa tande jazz sa mw malad baz cameroum map viniiiii mfrenk sonje peyanm
Banm plezi mesye
kaka voye raram no limit rèd
Kesy
Vwa gwo bout madame sa mpap janm suspann tandel e mpa janm fatige tandel???..
2019 liye tonton banm raram mwn sak bel la depi map tandel Mwn changer dodo si wap tande menm lè avem banm yon lake
Bèlè toutan piro degre
nice
bagay maleurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Mw sonje ghetto a anpil
M pap janm bliye raram nolimit. Epi m pap janm bliye masak minusta te fer bèlè kite mete dlo nn je anpil fanatik. Menm mwen. Te kriye. Justus pou yo
Move move2019
ma fout rele wi gade yon ramram bon ramram ou met poze bay lot fe yon ti kou si ou pa poze pep la pap tande yo no
bele masif tout tan ok
1 janvier 2020......?????
Vierge mirak manman map vini Mwn change sodo pou map monte nan soo ak raram humm jour à la map vini
jou pagen raram anko..mw mouri fret...raram tout tan..bon bagay..