Film
Ayiti Mon Amour
Virtual
Dir. Guetty Felin | 2016, 88min, Haiti
With Joakim Cohen, Anisia Uzeyman, Jaures Andris
Set five years after the devastating 2010 earthquake, Guetty Felin's neorealist tale avoids the images of the disaster that saturated screens around the world. In his depiction of young Orphée's grief over the loss of his father beneath the rubble of decimated buildings— represented in ghostly images that float beneath the ocean's surface—Felin refuses to tell a story of victimhood. Instead, she gives the narrative back to the Haitian people, whose lives cannot be reduced headlines. And as her characters begin to heal, Felin suggests that the island will too.
Filmmaker, teacher, and film curator Guetty Felin joins documentary filmmaker and cinematographer Kirsten Johnson in a conversation about Guetty's film Ayiti Mon Amour.
Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i6I8GGCR4o
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