Films with: Peck, Raoul

Assistance mortelle Fatal assistance /

Haitian-born director and former Minister of Culture Raoul Peck's newest film is an indictment of Western aid to Haiti. After the massive earthquake that struck in January 2010, killing an estimated 250,000 and leaving 1.2 million homeless, a flood of aid and agencies arrived at Haiti's door. Some had an agenda to help, others had an agenda to protect their own assets and interests. Three years later, what state has this aid left the Haitian people in? Peck's powerful and thoroughly investigative film shows all the levels at which aid, NGOs and political ploys have left Haiti in turmoil. He unveils the true face of international aid as a failure full of organizational ineptitude, broken promises and hidden agendas. This must-see film paints a vivid picture that the "aid" of foreign powers is more realistically an occupation.

DVD 10959

Desounen dialogue with death /

Interviews with Haitians concerning the years of economic and political chaos in Haiti which have led to a mass exodus of Haitians trying to reach the mecca of the United States. Includes interviews with those who remained in Haiti and those who successfully immigrated who are now reluctant to return although they are the ones who have the necessary skills to rebuild their homeland's shattered economy.

DVD 7097

Haitian corner

Haitian exiles in New York City try to cope with their experiences under the Jean-Claude Duvalier regime.

DVD 10961

Homme sur les quais The man by the shore /

"Haiti, early 1960s. Sarah is eight. In a ghost town, she lives threatened by Janvier, head of the 'Tontons Macoutes', lurking to strike at random. Hunkered down in the family attic, she invents games and rituals of her age. But she witnesses an incredibly violet scene, which would force her parents to flee the country leaving her and her sisters to her loving grandmother, Camille Desroullière. Now an adult, Sarah is troubled by her memories. 'It's just a bad dream, my darling, just a bad dream', her grandmother use to tell"--Container.

DVD 10960

I am not your negro

"I Am Not Your Negro is an examination of racism in America through the lens of James Baldwin's unfinished book, Remember This House. Intended as an account of the lives of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr., each of whom James Baldwin personally knew, only a 30-page manuscript of the book was ever completed. Combining Baldwin's manuscript with footage of depictions of African-Americans throughout American history, I Am Not Your Negro uses Baldwin's words to illuminate the pervasiveness of American racism and the efforts to curtail it, from the civil rights movement to #BlackLivesMatter"--Container.

DVD 12214

Jeune Karl Marx The young Karl Marx /

Twenty six year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist's son, who investigated the sordid birth of the British working-class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx's new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police's repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.

DVD 12806

Lumumba

Dramatizes the life of Congolese revolutionary, Patrice Lumumba, who lead his country to independence from Belgium in 1960. He served for less than a year as the first elected prime minister, until he was brutally assassinated.

DVD 1905

Lumumba, la mort du prophète Lumumba, the death of the prophet /

Reexamines the independence struggle in the Belgian Congo and its leader, Patrice Lumumba. This multi-award-winning film recounts Lumumba's tragic 200 day rule culminating with his assassination. Combines archival documentary footage of Lumumba with the memories of journalists who reported from the Congo.

DVD 6774