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Sounds,15 May 2024,47 mins,

Papa Doc Part 1: The Voodoo Tyrant

Real Dictators
Contains some violent scenes.

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Just a few hundred miles south of Florida, across the Caribbean Sea, lies Haiti. From 1957 to 1971, this tropical island nation was ruled by a would-be demigod. François Duvalier - better known as “Papa Doc” - wielded the twin powers of state violence and voodoo. Real Dictators takes you behind the scenes of Papa Doc’s maniacal regime. His victims and adversaries tell the story of the medical doctor who became the butcher of his people. A Noiser production. This is Part 1 of 3.

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