Haiti Movies

Haitian history is presented through an explosion of colour, dance and music, as the country prepares for its legendary carnival.

Fiel et Miel tells the story of Daril, an unemployed man who loves Mabele. Mabele's father, Paulchico, wants her to marry an educated and rich man. A...

Mondesir’s thesis film for York’s MFA program

This award-winning film chronicles the political events and human tragedy surrounding the 1991 military coup d état in Haiti and the bloody...

After a mother throws out her husband, she loses control of her daughter

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

Chercher la Vie ("Looking tor Life") introduces the viewer to two women, Anne-Rose and Rosemène, who each have their own particular way of...

A boy in rural Haiti develops an interest in cinema and helps his father acquire a TV set.

Documentary about the Centre of Art in Port au Prince

A young guitarist is kicked out of his friend's home when he believes the guitarist to be courting the woman he loved.

The film Zatrap, shot in Black & White, in 16 MM, and in Creole/French, pinpoints the problems of a departmentalized Martinique, which no longer...

A visual ode to Jean-Jacques Dessalines by Felix Morriseau-Leroy.

In 1980, the first feature film in Creole language "A la mise pou Rodrig" was distributed throughout the country featuring the singer Rodrigue...

An action film with multiple twists and turn; an almost unusual genre in Haitian cinema.

Chilean director Nicolás Pérez’s documentary draws its narrative from a house, two inhabitants. One nation, two perspectives....

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...

The result of a close collaboration between dancer-choreographer Linda I. François and filmmaker Wendy Desert. Song, poem, trance, and ritual...