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#11 - Posted 14 August 2008, 10:06 AM
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"I know some ideas would never fly as commercial projects, but here's one I thought of...I'd like to see a mini-series that follows the lives of George Washington, Simon Bolivar, and Touissaint in parallel. meaning they'd show the youth of each, then young adulthood, etc in parallel. The three are pretty different but they played similar roles in American history. Anyway that would prob be as hard to get funding for as Glover's Touissaint project."

That would be interesting but would it be fair to compare Touissant to Bolivar or Washington? After all, Bolivar and Washington fought for outright independence for their respective nations (in Bolivar's case several nations) but Touissant did not.




He could not act otherwise, cib, specially when you take into account that he had to achieve (and maintain) the liberty of his entire race first.
Edited on 8/14/2008 10:08 AM by Lautaro.
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#12 - Posted 14 August 2008, 10:10 AM
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Edited on 6/17/2009 1:39 PM by cibaeño75.
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#13 - Posted 14 August 2008, 10:11 AM
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Yes I think it's fair because although he did not necessarily fight for outright independence he was bound by a different set of circumstances. I don't now a ton about Bolivar and his motivations, but I think with Washington and Touissant there are good parallels. Neither were rabid patriots, both seem like pragmatic men who did what was necessary and possible at particular moments inhistory. Anyway a movie of all three would give many angles on American revolutionary leaders: the angle from slavery, from a planter/soldier, and from criollo aristocracy.
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#14 - Posted 14 August 2008, 10:14 AM
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#15 - Posted 14 August 2008, 10:27 AM
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"He could not be, cib, specially when you take into account that he had to achieve (and maintain) the liberty of his entire race first."

Exactly. He was fighting for rights, not independence. The two may coincide but there is still a difference. Touissant envisioned all races on hispaniola on equal footing as french citizens, not as some new nationality.


That is the reason I love the guy, I am sure if he was able to achieve what he wanted. We will certainly have one Island and the race distribution would have been pretty much what it is today in DR, on the all island of Hispaniola. Toussaint is inspirational, he had the foresight not to pursue total independence.
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#16 - Posted 14 August 2008, 10:36 AM
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"Anyway a movie of all three would give many angles on American revolutionary leaders: the angle from slavery, from a planter/soldier, and from criollo aristocracy."

Washington was definitely an aristocrat, too.


No doubt, but I think it is more pronounced in Bolivar. From the absurdly long name, to easy traceability back to Europe, and he had even been to Europe. Like I said I haven't studied him in detail yet but I get more of a sense from Bolivar that he came from a fam that was sitting on some wealth & minor titles, whereas from what I know of Washington's bio you get a bit more of a sense of a guy out there surveying, running his plantation etc. Thin difference I know but they could build on it for the sake of a film.
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#17 - Posted 14 August 2008, 11:01 AM
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I find it odd that the burgeoning Dominican movie industry hasn't produced a film based on our founding father Juan Pablo, although I did see a very well made short based on his life on youtube, I believe it came from the biblioteca JPD.
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#18 - Posted 14 August 2008, 11:03 AM
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I would actually like to see a movie about Espanola/Hispaniola, La Primera Colonia De Espana/Spains' 1st. colony.
They can show how what happened in Europe affected Hispaniola,
they can even use a catchy title I've read before 'Hispaniola, a history of madness'
How's that?
And for once they can also get a look at the heroic actions of our Dominican forefathers.
Dominican Republic probably had one of the most complex independence movement.
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#19 - Posted 14 August 2008, 11:08 AM
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#20 - Posted 14 August 2008, 11:19 AM
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If one wants to make a movie that will appeel to international audiences with a Dominican theme look no further than Trujillo. A well made movie based on Trujillo's lofe would have everything: power, sex, money, lies, espionage, genocide etc..


Yes, I agree it has alot of all the ingredients for a Hollwood movie, they wouldn't have to make up anything. I would put a well made Trujillo movie against any other LatinAmerican dictator anytime, Trujillo was a character.

On a different note, a very unknown character by the name of Rubirosa would put to shame the supposed Romeos of today. Now there another story about Dominican Republic that not too many know about, not even Dominicans.
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