Each year during the pre-Lent period of Mardi gras, Haitian history is replayed through a parade of masks, costumes and narratives in Jacmel, a coastal town in southern Haiti. Leah Gordon has been recording Jacmel's Carnival every year for the past 16 years on an entirely manual and half-century old Roleiicord camera. In a more tranquil atmosphere, away from the festivities, she met with the carnival performers and collected the stories behind the masks. These are stories of ancestral and revolutionary memories, medieval European carnivals and Voodoo rituals, political satire and personal revelations. The lives of the indigenous Taino Indians, the slaves’ revolt and, more recently, state corruption, are all played out using drama and costume on the streets of Jacmel.