Haiti Movies

Nocturne was shot over 10 days (mostly at night),while thinking about material and poetic transformation—in dreams, in darkness, through objects or ideas—in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. During this time I was hosted by the Quatre Chemins Festival, whose collaborato...

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 call slavery) provides an insight into a frighteningly common experience for children in Haiti.

A sweet Haitian teenage girl becomes a foul-mouthed, alcohol-drinking, drug-taking, promiscuous teen when she finds her single dad with a new girlfriend. Just how far will she take her personal rebellion?

Life is hard , especially when you are trying to do the right thing. Life is harder when you are trying to do the right thing with the wrong people. A little bit of luck shines on Sergio.

The emblematic film of Haitian youth and the most exemplary, giving a new color to the stories of college students adapted to Haitian life.

Madame Pipi follows the personal journeys of female Haitian bathroom attendants in Miami’s hottest nightclubs and their support to Haiti through their tips.

The voices of prominent historians join the memories of Haitians and their descendants in Cuba to understand a chapter of the complex economic and social history of the Caribbean : the presence in the Island of Cuba of thousands of West Indian laborers, especi...

A cinéma vérité documentary portrait of a wise old Haitian midwife and healer who runs a rural health clinic from her modest thatched roof hut near the Jacmel River along Haiti's southern coast. Madanm Ti Zo offers a rare glimpse into traditional life of rural...

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 perceived as feminine are known as masisi. The word is often used as a slur on gay men, transvestites and non-bin...

Follows the defiance of two art institutions in the Caribbean: one closed but squatted by artists, the other fighting to stay open. Against the backdrop of political strife, Haitian and Guadeloupean artists grapple with the concept of freedom in their battle t...

Two young workers at a busy Port-au-Prince open air market have a conversation about the mystical properties of common objects and whether the divine can inhabit any kind of object—mass produced bottles, toxic rivers, beheaded goats.

Stemming from her personal experience, her close ones’ testimonies and surprising encounters, Gessica Généus, Haitian filmmaker questions the “disease of the soul” devouring her native island.

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

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

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

The result of a close collaboration between dancer-choreographer Linda I. François and filmmaker Wendy Desert. Song, poem, trance, and ritual blend into a folkloric world where every gesture tells the story of a people in search of their identity and roots.

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

In 1980, the first feature film in Creole language "A la mise pou Rodrig" was distributed throughout the country featuring the singer Rodrigue Milien: filmed in 16mm and enlarged to 35 millimeters.