Draft:Ricardo Widmaïer
Ricardo Widmaïer was a radio and film pioneer in Haiti. An immigrant from Germany he set up a radio station.[1] His son Herby Widmaïer established Radio Métropole in 1970 and was a leading figure in the "modern" Haitian music scene.[1]
He established the first commercial radio station in Haiti in 1935.[2] He made newsreels.
The station he established, HH3W, became Radio Haiti.[3]
Filmography[edit]
- Moi, je suis belle (But I am Beautiful) (1962)[4] with Edouard Guilbaud Mais, je suis belle?[5] or Mais, moi je suis belle[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Sohonie, Vik (February 19, 2016). "Finding Haiti on Vinyl". Slate – via slate.com.
- ^ https://academic.oup.com/north-carolina-scholarship-online/book/17598/chapter-abstract/175224340?redirectedFrom=fulltext
- ^ "Programmes et annonces, station HH3W / Radio Haiti Archive / Duke Digital Repository".
- ^ "Low-budget local films are outdrawing Hollywood blockbusters in Haiti". 20 May 2002.
- ^ ""Mais, je suis belle", 1962 - Archives & Manuscripts at Duke University Libraries".
- ^ Ekotto, Frieda; Koh, Adeline (2009). Rethinking Third Cinema: The Role of Anti-colonial Media and Aesthetics in Postmodernity. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 9783825818043.