Haiti Movies

A short film about the director’s relationship with sewing, a craft he knew from a very young age thanks to his seamstress mother.

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

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

Francois leaves Haiti by sailboat to the USA, leaving behind his wife, Mirlande, who is six months pregnant. She has to wait ten days to hear from...

This film is realized with the traditional technique of drawings on paper, is made by about one thousands original drawings.

Haitian artist and activist Sanba Yonel creates a queer tribute to the Lwa, Vodou gods and goddesses who once inspired a revolution. In Haiti, men...

Winner of the Djibril Diop Mambety award at the Cannes Festival in 2002, this film tells the story of 2 women stone crushers and their daily struggle...

"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...

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

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...

Zombie escapes from prison and says in TV that he's in love with a woman, becoming very popular in Haiti. Politicians decide to support his...

Trials and tribulations of a poor peasant woman who moved to Port-au-Prince. Shot on 35mm.

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...

A wretched man wanders the streets of Cap-Haitien, dreaming of his imaginary kingdom. He thinks he's the King Christophe, the first ruler of the New...

In a fortress on a hill in Haiti a democratically elected president prepares himself for a state ceremony. On the day of the festivities the...

The voices of prominent historians join the memories of Haitians and their descendants in Cuba to understand a chapter of the complex economic and...

Documentary about the life of Haitian musician and song writer, Emmanuel Charlemagne. That artist was an important element of the popular Haitian...

Documentary about L'Orchestre Tropicana d'Haïti, a multi-instrumentalist musical band founded in 1963 in the city of Cap-Haïtien, Haiti.

A cinéma vérité documentary portrait of a wise old Haitian midwife and healer who runs a rural health clinic from her modest...