Haitian Hollywood Blog

Multimedia personality Carel Pedre recently shared the screenshot of an email of an unnamed entity inquiring about the sale of his website Plezi Kanaval, which prompted the question: would he sell? Plezi Kanaval bills itself as the Number One web destination for Haiti’s carnival. According to the web metrics site Alexa, 84.35% of the site’s visitor

Folks know her as simply Mimi, but fashion entrepreneur Merline Themora has created a mini fashion empire for herself that’s more grandiose than the simple nickname she carries. She owns and manages her own clothing boutique, but the heart of her empire is the aforementioned fashion show extravaganza that she holds in Miami annually. It has grown f

Think of clothes. Now, think of the word PRIIINCESSS! Yes, spelled that very way. It’s an online clothing company owned by Atlanta-based fashion entrepreneur Cindy Lafalaise. Being the founder of an online company should be easy right? You sit back, and watch as the sales rake in? Well, it so happens that there’s a little bit more to it than that.

L’a Belle Couture! First things first. The entrepreneur behind the line is Dorinne Jean-Gilles, born and partly-raised in Haiti. The entrepreneur says she was exposed to the business world at an early age through her mother who was the owner and CEO of La Colombre, a fashion and Culinary school. “On a yearly basis,” she recalls, “I witnessed a new

At 24 years old, Yendy Cave is the CEO of Kids In Haiti, a helping-hands organization she launched. Kids in Haiti is just what its name indicates. It’s dedicated to helping Haiti’s children. Multi-generational studies may characterize Millennials as self-absorbed narcissists, but Yendy is can be counted out of that stereotype bubble. Based in New Y

Exhibit Treal is coming fast at us…faster than a bright color leaking from an artist’s paint brush. It’s an initiative co-created by the Palm Beach-based visual artist, and art curator known as Jason “JaFleu” Fleurant, and it’s a movement that has urban creatives in the West Palm Beach/South Florida area connecting with one another, while sharing i

If you’re part of Team Haiti, but have never heard of Haitian Husbands, then you’re probably a newbie to the Instagram game. Made up of two South Florida-based friends named James and Jonas, the comedic duo has been provoking laugh attacks, and funny bone inflammation everywhere with their daring jokes and pranks all captured for Instagram and Yout

Filmmaker Raoul Peck Coming To Atlanta’s Francophonie Festival Ever fantasized about meeting film director Raoul Peck? If you live in the Atlanta, Georgia area, or can drive there, Mr. Peck awaits you! By special invitation of the Atlanta Francophonie Festival, the award-winning, Haiti-born, Germany and France-educated filmmaker will be discussing

Wyclef in concert! Were you there? If not, here’s a rundown of how things went. Brooklyn Bowl served as the perfect stage for the hip-hop legend. Take a look at that guitar. Creative huh? Wyclef has made no secret of Bob Marley’s influence on Haitian music. Did you know that at one point in his career, he performed a remake of “No Woman, No Cry”, o

Miss Haiti Universe Lisa Drouillard has a lot of mileage on her feet. The New York-born-and-raised beauty queen traveled to Vegas late last year to compete at the Miss Universe pageant. She didn’t win the crown, but to most, her smile and persistence were everything. Since then, she’s been continuing her community service work. She teamed up with t