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Writer and cineast Jørgen Leth is the fascinated observer of a country where reality often seems surreal and resembles fiction. Haïti’s history is written in blood. Voodoo plays an important role in politics. Death and h
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Writer and cineast Jørgen Leth is the fascinated observer of a country where reality often seems surreal and resembles fiction. Haïti’s history is written in blood. Voodoo plays an important role in politics. Death and h
The film depicts life in Port-au-Prince amid the fall of the government and social uncertainty, creating a feverish, dreamlike portrait of the city. Through intimate portraits of residents grappling with the daily strugg
This short film from the Perspective series highlights social and economic development in Haiti circa 1957. It depicts customs and traditions used to pass along the history of a people, and offers a look into their daily
Haitian couple who work on a sugar cane plantation in the Dominican Republic escape the desperate conditions of the 'bateyes' (cane cutters' communities) and make their way back to Haiti.
Shot in early 2004 during the commemoration of the bicentennial of Haiti, this film offers a unique light on the last days to the presidency of Aristide, former priest of the poor became apprentice dictator. It is a refl
A travelogue of Port-au-Prince, Haiti concentrating on the daily life and rhythm of tropical island life.
Haitians make up the largest black community in Quebec: there are over 40,000 of them, the vast majority of them living on the island of Montreal, where they are often the target of prejudice, hostility, and contempt.
Meeting with a survivor of the earthquake in Haiti. Telling us about disaster and life after the trauma.
A successful German overseas merchant with a plantation in Haiti is looking for a suitable wife in Hamburg and comes across a barmaid from the Reeperbahn with an illegitimate child. He wants to marry her, but she does no
A love letter to a place that will forever be home, a visual ode, and a farewell to a neighborhood that is rapidly changing due to the forces of gentrification and Miami’s housing crisis.
J.A. Bayona portraits in "9 days in Haiti" the daily life of the Caribbean country and how it struggles against poverty, with the help of children of school IDP camp Corail-Cesselesse.
A poignant sand animation inspired by the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Through shifting images drawn in sand, the film depicts the disaster, the suffering of its victims, and the human tragedy left in its wake,
ESPWA (Hope in French Creole) is a feature-length documentary that explores the role of Haitian artists as guardians of the nation's voice at a time when national institutions and governance are absent or failing. The fi
Haiti Speaks uncovers what neither centuries of colonialism, debt, discrimination or natural disaster could destroy: The depth of the Haitian spirit. Call it pride. Call it spirit. Call it hope. Whatever it is, you feel
New York's Haitian community take it to the bridge to protest a year of mortal policing, Easter 2000
Haïti Chérie is a respond to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. A few weeks after the catastrophe Huber carries out a performance over the snowy, seemingly endless, frozen sea in Finland, waters carrying on to reach the coast