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Fatal Assistance

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Drew Kerr

Fatal Assistance (Director: Raoul Peck): Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck spends two years documenting the ineffectual international relief efforts that followed the January 2010 earthquake that devastated the country with an estimated 250,000 deaths and approximately 1.2 million people left homeless. … Continue reading →

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The Agronomist

Posted on September 11, 2003 by James McNally

The Agronomist (USA, director Jonathan Demme): This is going to be hard to rate. The subject of the film, Haitian radio journalist and activist Jean Dominique, was a firebrand and a voice for democracy until his assassination in 2000. The … Continue reading →

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