Edouard Duval-Carrié: The Spirits of the Caribbean
National Gallery of Art
documentary, digital series, 14 min, 2026 |
"The vanquished do not write their history."
Born in Port-au-Prince and shaped by exile in Puerto Rico, Paris, and Miami, Edouard Duval-Carrié has spent decades telling the stories that official histories left out: the Haitian Revolution, the Middle Passage, and the African knowledge, foods, and beliefs that crossed the Atlantic with the enslaved. His work blends Vodou spirits, colonial botanical engravings, and the luminous landscapes once painted to sell the Caribbean as paradise. The result is a visual language at once seductive and unsettling. From Miami, a city he calls the crossroads
CREDITS
Series Created & Produced by
Rafael Salazar Moreno
Ava Wiland
Director
César Martínez
Producer
Danielle Davis
Ava Wiland
Executive Producer
Scott Keiner
Senior Producer
Karla Carnewal
David Friedman
Editor
César Martínez
Russell Yaffe
Written by
Rafael Salazar Moreno
Russell Yaffe
Field Producer
Robert Colom-Vargas
Cinematography
Kevin Berriz
Assistant Camera
Kiki Martinez
Sound
Ariel Novo Curiel
Narrator
Michael Sugarman
Sound Mix / Color Correction
Russell Yaffe
Curator
Kanitra Fletcher
Development Coordinator
Sarah M. Turner
Production Coordinator
Goto McCagg
Assistant Production Coordinator
Amelia Mylvaganam