KANAVAL: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF HAITI IN SIX CHAPTERS

BBC Four, 9pm

Move over Notting Hill and Rio de Janeiro – Haiti’s enormous Kanaval is the subject of this fascinating documentary. Leah Gordon and Eddie Hutton-Mills’s film follows six carnival troupes – many of whom who have spent several months preparing for the annual event – for the huge Pre-Lenten celebration. They explain the historical context of what they do, including remembering the 1791 revolution when Haiti abandoned French colonial rule. VL