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- DirectorEdward SlomanStarsAileen PringleGrant WithersJudith WoodCaptain Clive Branch, United States Marine Corps, is stationed at a Marine base in Haiti, and is having affairs with two women, Brenda Ritchie and Helen Arnold, each of whom is married to a Marine Captain. One of the husbands is murdered, and Branch, Helen and Brenda each find themselves high on the list of suspects.
- DirectorBill HaneyStarsPaul NewmanChristopher HartleyOn the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, most of which ends up in US kitchens. Cutting cane by machete, they work 14 hour days, 7 days a week, frequently without access to decent housing, electricity, clean water, education, healthcare or adequate nutrition. The Price of Sugar follows a charismatic Spanish priest, Father Christopher Hartley, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people, challenging the powerful interests profiting from their work. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate, at what human cost they are produced and ultimately, where our responsibility lies.
- DirectorJohn L'EcuyerStarsLansana KouroumaUly DarlyMireille MetellusAgainst the backdrop of poverty, fear and the brutal dictatorship of Haiti in 1971, ON THE VERGE OF A FEVER is about Fanfan, a 15-year-old boy who just wants to experience life for himself with his streetwise friend Gégé. Having lived a somewhat sheltered life with his protective mother, Fanfan experiences a bizarrely terrifying incident involving a Tonton-Macoute. As a result, he decides to hide out at his beautiful neighbor's house for the weekend. There, he is trapped between his fear of being caught and the fulfilling of his deepest fantasy. Based on the book "Le goût des jeunes filles" by famous Haitian novelist Dany Laferriere.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsDale RobertsonAnne FrancisCharles KorvinIn 1802, during Haiti's struggle for independence from Napoleonic France, an American lawyer seeks a client's daughter living on the revolution-torn island.
- DirectorLaurent CantetStarsCharlotte RamplingKaren YoungLouise PortalThree female tourists have their eyes opened while visiting the poverty-stricken and dangerous world of 1980s Haiti.
- DirectorYao RamesarStarsAzure Kamau Alexander NoelParizot DomondLentz DurandThree years after the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake, Marie Thérèse returns to her homeland to meet her husband Paul. Unbeknownst to her, Paul lost his memory after the earthquake and is now in a relationship with another woman.
- DirectorAbner BibermanStarsJohn AgarRosemarie StackAbner BibermanIn Haiti, two expatriates use a stolen voodoo idol to find a legendary golden treasure.
- DirectorVincent ToiStarsZidor MontalEbby Angel LouisLovena DieudonnéA man is drawn into the footsteps of the historic Haitian slave leader; Mackandal. Following a man trapped in a curse which started centuries ago, this modern fable folds accounts of the past with the resilience of the present.
- DirectorErich WaschneckStarsGustav KnuthGisela UhlenAlbert FlorathA German plantation owner in Latin America falls in love with a woman who has had an illegitimate child with an unscrupulous villain.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJean DominiqueAboudjaRonald ReaganThe true story of Jean Dominique, a Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist.
- StarsJimmy Jean-LouisAïssa MaïgaYann EbongéThe historical drama "Toussaint Louverture" is dedicated to the fate of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, as a result of which Haiti became the first independent state in Latin America.
- DirectorRobert D. WebbStarsKen ScottLetícia RománDave KingAn English captain and his crew are dispatched to the Spanish-controlled island of Tortuga, where famed privateer Henry Morgan has defected from his support of the English Empire and is running a strictly piratical venture, stopping any and all vessels including English.
- DirectorMatt DavidsStarsMauril BastienRoodly JulesYella Pierre-LewisA man who lost everything in the Haitian earthquake defends his new friends against gangsters.
- DirectorThornton FreelandStarsDolores Del RíoGene RaymondRaul RoulienA bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.
- DirectorBilly RayStarsHayden ChristensenChloë SevignySteve ZahnThe story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.
- DirectorAndré De TothPrimo ZeglioStarsSteve ReevesValérie LagrangeIvo GarraniA Welsh pirate raids up and down the Caribbean, battling the Spanish, the English and other pirates.
- DirectorLeticia TonosStarsJames SaintilAkari EndoYasser MichelénSet in the Dominican Republic, Leticia Tonos Paniagua's uniquely Caribbean retelling of Romeo and Julie chronicles the love between a kind-hearted teenager, ostracized for his mixed Haitian-Dominican descent, and the beautiful sister of a local drug kingpin he's hired to protect.
- DirectorGeorge David JihaStarsPasha BrandtMilca VolnyNikkiMixWhen fair-skinned Alain falls for Minoushka, a beautiful and gorgeous black Creole woman, centuries of ancestral and familial decorum manage to creep through. As the romance blossoms, everyone turns against it.
- DirectorYoshinari NishikôriStarsBaudouin Euloge AdogonyKen OgataSayuri OyamadaSachiko Mishima a young Japanese woman get sent to Haiti as a dispatch member for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She thinks she is going to the holiday resort of Tahiti by mistaking Tahiti for Haiti). While in Haiti with the help of a Japanese craftsman she learns paper can be made from bananas. She embarks on a mission to create paper for the Haiti residents to help them.
- DirectorApolline TraoréStarsJimmy Jean-LouisEvelyne Ily JuhenDelphine OuattaraAfter the brutal massacre of his family in Haiti, Francis Desrances resettles in the Ivory Coast. Years later Francis, his wife Aissey and 12-year-old daughter Haila await the birth of a son, who to Francis' excitement and Haila's irritation is immediately regarded as the worthy heir to the Desrances name. As the birth looms, civil war erupts in Abidjan and amidst the melee Aissey goes missing. Haila courageously steps forward in ways that challenge her father's notion of what constitutes a rightful heir. Cementing her status as a bold voice in contemporary filmmaking, Apolline Traoré's domestic drama escalates into an intense thriller that mounts a passionate challenge to commonly-held gender roles, whilst also highlighting the human cost of civil strife.
- DirectorEmmanuel Buriez
- DirectorPeter GlenvilleStarsRichard BurtonElizabeth TaylorAlec GuinnessA cynical Welsh hotel owner secretly romances a diplomat's wife in Haiti, under the violent reign of the despot "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsGérard DepardieuArmand AssanteSigourney WeaverChristopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.
- StarsMotown MauriceEdwin RandolphRoland CherasardA documentary series that charts the Haitian-American experience of Motown Maurice, a future cultural icon, featuring interviews from his past and present.
- DirectorKevin PinaStarsJean-Bertrand AristideRoscoe Lee BrowneHaiti: Harvest of Hope (1994) was originally planned as a documentary about democracy coming to Haiti with the election of Jean-Bertrand Aristide in December 1990. During the final editing of the original (late September 1991) Haiti was struck by yet another military coup. Editing of the first version came to a halt as Kevin Pina (the filmmaker) returned to Haiti and spent the next three weeks chronicling the brutality and machinations of Haiti's new military leaders and their supporters.
- DirectorRachèle MagloireStarsMichèle LemoineRachèle MagloirePaula Clermont PéanA documentary film which deals with the Coup d'État in Haiti, focusing on the years between 1991 and 1994 and after, until 1999, and on the stories of survivors of rape/violence. Survivors express themselves through the creation of a play.
- DirectorThibaut MonnierStarsLaurence BibotSylvestre BillLina CisseBoris Vanhoestenberghe is a passionate young photographer. When he landed the post of communications officer for the United Nations in Haiti, he could not imagine being so quickly confronted with his own involvement in the country: staging poverty to attract funding, is that therefore participating? to the development of a nation? During a photo report for the UN in northern Haiti, Boris accidentally witnesses a gang rape committed by blue helmets on a young Haitian. Armed with his camera, Boris films the scene but one of the soldiers spotted it. What will he do with these images?
- DirectorArnold AntoninStarsPierre BrissonMathieu PainvierDuring the 29 years of the Duvaliers' rule, mass crimes were committed at different times, in different parts of the country against people of all classes and social groups, political or religious affiliations, and of all skin shades. At a time when Jean-Claude Duvalier is called to court, will justice decide in favor of the victims? More than 50 witnesses, for and against examining this issue in a powerful face to face.
- DirectorFrancois PerlierThe "Bossales" were the African slaves who won the Haitian war of independence. This term now qualifies as a rebellious person, like the protagonists of the film. Charlotte, a human rights defender, Foukifoura, a satirical columnist, Edris, a filmmaker of the insurrection, Michou, a worker struggling to survive, Ramoncite, an enigmatic voodoo priest. In the nowadays explosive social situation, they all embody the soul of their rebellious country: an incandescent home of political and spiritual resistance.
- DirectorJean-Claude BourjollyIt is the faithful mirror of the system of rural revenge, where institutional injustice reigns, which automatically incites personal justice through the use of mystical means. Taking justice into our own hands, in our own way, is the tale.
- DirectorArnold AntoninThis documentary film retraces the events that led to the fall of Jean Bertrand Aristide's Lavalas regime on February 29th. This film, addressed to Haitian society, pays tribute to the students, particularly those from the Faculty of Human Sciences who spearheaded the mobilization against Aristide's dictatorial power. The images captured during the demonstrations as part of the GNB operation are projected and accompanied by testimonies of students from the Faculty of Human Sciences, bastion of resistance in Lavalas.
- DirectorValery NumaThe movie deciphers the lives of thousands of Haitian nationals who have been living with "Temporary Protected Status" (TPS) for years in the USA. Around 610,000 foreign nationals, from 16 countries, work and reside there legally with TPS.
- DirectorGuetty FelinStarsJoakim CohenAnisia UzeymanJaures AndrisA magical fable weaves together the lives of three different people in Haiti five years after a devastating earthquake.
- DirectorFrantz VoltaireRevisits the history of Haiti, from the beginning of the twentieth century until the advent of the Duvalier dictatorship when Dr. François "Papa Doc" Duvalier came to power in 1957. Shows testimonies, archival footage, with timeless music.
- DirectorPatrick JeromeStarsShisler LaneaudDina JeromeJossia JeanDuvalier fled Haiti on February 7, 1986. Soon after, a new wave of violence started with a group of gangsters that the Haitians called ZENGLENDO. This story is inspired by true events that occurred from 1987 to 1991. It's a story of a militia man's family that was burned alive during the uprising against Duvalier's regime. The militia man's son Badof Dorelas (Shisler Laneaud) was traumatized by the events and ended up seeking revenge on the populations with Ruthless Gang's activities. The gang left behind broken families who lost their relatives through their violence acts for history to judge the murders and murderers. In French and Haitian Creole subtitled in English. Filmed in Port-au-Prince Haiti 1990 - 1991.
- DirectorBen PattersonStarsBen StillerSean PennSarodj BertinMusic and politics collide when international music star, Pras Michel of the Fugees, returns to his homeland of Haiti following the devastating earthquake of 2010 to mobilize a presidential campaign for Haiti's most controversial musician: Michel Martelly aka Sweet Micky. The politically inexperienced pair set out against a corrupted government, civil unrest, and a fixed election. When Pras's former bandmate, superstar Wyclef Jean, also enters the presidential race, their chances seem further doomed. But with the help of a few friends, including Ben Stiller and former president Bill Clinton, they never give up on their honest dream of changing the course of Haiti's future forever
- DirectorGessica GeneusStarsNehemie BastienGaëlle Bien-AiméDjanaina FrancoisFreda lives with her family in a popular neighborhood in Haiti. They survive with their little street food shop. The precariousness and violence of their daily life push them to do everything they can to escape their situation.
- DirectorArnold AntoninStarsJacques Stephen AlexisReginald LubinJacques Stephen Alexis is certainly one of the most prominent writers of Haiti and the Caribbean. Coming back to Haiti in 1961 after a long journey abroad, the author of "General Sun, My Brother" and "In the Blink of an Eyelid" is kidnapped on François Duvalier's orders and has been missing since then as well as 4 of his companions. This film shows the efforts to find records and decipher the mystery of his disappearance. At the same time, it makes us discover the revolutionary, the thinker, the man of science, the loving father, and the great writer.
- DirectorTutu DemostheneStarsYves Phendy BelanceMarc Anthony DelermeWinnie Jean-PierreAfter rescuing Rachel from the Haitian mafia, Phillipe has been tested by the power of the Haitian mob boss, an initiation which will spawn an assassin.
- DirectorJean-Claude BourjollyA story of impossible love, disappearance and conspiracy. A social drama that takes place entirely in Haiti.
- DirectorWill AgeeThe Land of High Mountains is the inspiring true story of the only pediatric hospital in Haiti and the incredible people, both Haitian and foreign, who despite encountering every conceivable obstacle are working together to heal the children of the island and realize the dreams of a nation.
- DirectorAlain MartinStarsYveline AlexisPatrick Bellegarde-SmithMax Chauvet100 years after the Haitian Revolution, the people of Haiti find themselves once again having to defend their liberty, this time against a powerful neighbor: the United States.
- DirectorRichard J. ArensStarsMarlon DureThevener TheveninGarissine PierreA single father and his three daughters are struggling to gain acceptance in their hostile community.
- DirectorRaoul PeckStarsZinedine SoualemSonia RollandMireille MetellusA look at the final moments of a ruler in Haiti as a violent revolution erupts around him.
- DirectorArnold AntoninStarsArnold AntoninMyrtho CasséusDaniel MarcelinThis documentary retraces the turbulent period after the Duvalier dictatorship and reminds us of the struggles for change waged by the democratic forces and the Haitian people. It does so primarily through an intimate portrait of Gerard Gourgue, Human Rights leader, candidate and potential winner of the 1987 presidential election, but also with testimonials from the main players of the time such as Leslie Manigat, François Benoit, Himmler Rébu. This film brings back memories both so close and so distant, buried in the memory of a people with amnesia.
- DirectorRaoul PeckStarsAlex DescasAyoThibault VinçonAfter the terrible January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, a privileged couple struggles to reinvent a life amid the rubbles of their villa in Port-au-Prince's upscale neighborhood of Pacot. Destitute and in desperate need for money to repair their home, the couple decides to rent the remaining habitable part of the villa to Alex, a high-level foreign relief worker, who brings Jennifer, aka Andrémise, his Haitian girlfriend, a sassy and ambitious young woman.
- DirectorKatharine KeanCovers the political events and human tragedy surrounding the 1991 military coup d'état in Haiti and the bloody dictatorship that followed. It presents a searing indictment not only of the U.S. CIA's role, but also that of the bourgeoisie.
- DirectorArnold AntoninDuring the 29 years of the Duvaliers' reign, mass crimes were committed against people of all social categories, political or religious affiliations, and of all skin shades. This document of about 4 hours takes in their entirety most of the testimonies used in the film "The reign of impunity" and presents new ones on the crimes of Duvalier and those committed in the post-Duvalier period after 1986. famous Moroccan writer, Tahar Ben Jelloun, gives us his judgment on impunity.