Bazile Jean Berthold Talk about The Haitian Movie Crisis

wsrf.com/I was trying to keep up with what was being said on Ed Lozama Live today while he was interviewing Executive Producer Bazile Jean Berthold.

Ed Lozama on the Radio, WSRF 1580AM, Planet 17

Updated December 2, 2012 3:48 PM

Here are some Clips / Transcript of Ed Lozama Live June 19 2007:

Baz: "When consumers walk into my store they ask 'What's new this week?'... 4 movies come out last month..."

Baz: "African movies are not advertised in the Haitian community... its word of mouth... one person watches it and recommends to others..."

Lionel Beeper: "We make more money selling Haitian movies than african movies but we make more in volume selling African movies..."

Baz: "Some Haitian movies suck... there are lots of African movies that suck too..."

Lionel Beeper: "says is is a reseller... I am a business man... I sell what the public wants..."

Baz: "Gen ampil ipocrizi nan industri ayisyen an... When a small production company released a Haitian movie on DVD the big producers say the movie suck..."

Lionel Beeper: "I Grew up here [In the USA], business is business, to me, all Haitian movies are good... I sell them all..."

Ed Lozama: "Eske endistri siname ayisyen an menace aoz de fim africain?"

Baz: "Well... the haitian producer need to improve quality... and they are too slow to release their movies... I have 3 stores... When consumers walk to my stores I have to have somthing to sell them..."

Baz: "Ou di ti fi paste a 2 soti, li di 'm-genyen-l deja... ou di 'cafe au lait soti, li di 'm-genyen-l deja... If a day goes by like that and I hav enothing to sell them... what am I to do?... m-genyen 3 magazin..."

Lionel Beeper: "Some people buy any Haitian movie that comes out... the bad one last 4 weeks [they both agreed]... The good ones are still selling... "I Love you Anne" is still selling..."

Lionel Beeper: "Haitian movies are selling for up to $80,000..."

Ed Lozama: "What? $80,000?"

Lionel Beeper: "There used to be ONE person who was offering $60,000 an up for haitian movies but that person is no longer buying at that price... So everyone is is holding on to their masters... That person realised that he/she cannot sell enouth DVDs to cover the expenses and make a profit..."

Baz: "so now... the Haitian movie market is at a stand still..."

Baz: "The consumers don't care how much you pay for movies... yo achte a 3 pou $25..."

There still another 45 minutes left on the show...

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