Haiti Movies

In 1791, in Haiti, Dutty Boukman presided over a Vodou ritual in Bois-Caïman that led to the creation of the first Black republic. Since then,...

The documentary evokes the devastating effects of the earthquake that struck the Haitian capital on January 12, 2010, through the words of Haiti's...

Documentary about the Centre of Art in Port au Prince

Living in one of the more dangerous suburbs of Port-au-Prince, Zora is a young orphan who fights for her life and that of her little brother,...

Young Anita's life consists of working as a servant to a wealthy family, leaving her little time for anything else. Her servitude (which some would...

Documentary from Isabelle DePelteau and Dan Shannon

Winodia is kicked out from her mother's house. She goes to stay at her friend's house. While there, she unexpectedly sees her boyfriend from Haiti.

The film tells the story of one citizen from Jalouzi, one of the largest slums in Haiti, who is determined to bring color to the impoverished area by...

Writer and cineast Jørgen Leth is the fascinated observer of a country where reality often seems surreal and resembles fiction....

Told through compelling lives of five courageous Haitian women workers, Poto Mitan gives the global economy a human face. Each woman’s personal...

Set in Haiti, more precisely in the places affected by the 2010 tsunami, Ornithes shows us the attempt of theatre director Gabriel Abrantes to stage...

Nocturne was shot over 10 days (mostly at night), while thinking about material and poetic transformation—in dreams, in darkness, through...

In 1937, Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered the massacre of over 20,000 Haitian immigrants living in the Dominican Republic. Daphné...

This experimental film is constructed from still photos of the violent protests in response to then-US President Ronald Reagan’s visit to...

"I am the Creole pig. I am who I am. I am the pig of your ancestors. There is no other pig but me, the Creole pig, black, apocalyptic, a pig from the...

In French Guiana, in the middle of the carnival period, Emmanuel and Léon, two young, mixed-race brothers, attend their grandmother's funeral....

A portrait of Haitian singer Toto Bissainthe, whose musical journey is marked by her desire to disseminate creole singing.

Every New Year, and in celebration of their Independence, Haitian families gather together to feast in honor of a line of ancestors that fought for...

The Haitian government decides to develop a tourist project in the forgotten island of Île-à-Vache, an unexploited paradise in the...

Following a nuclear explosion that transforms the voice of all the inhabitants of an island, a Finnish journalist goes there in order to find a...