Pierre Michel Jean, Haiti, 2023
SYNOPSIS
In 1937, Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo ordered the massacre of over 20,000 Haitian immigrants living in his territory. Haitian director Daphné Ménard brings together actors from Haiti and the Dominican Republic to confront this historical event. This unique creation challenges both peoples to revisit some of the darker chapters of their shared history.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Pierre Michel Jean is a Haitian-born photographer and documentary filmmaker. Since 2015, he has directed several documentaries, including Les guérisseurs de l’ombre (23 min) and Toro La Cou (65 min). Forgetting Kills Twice is his second feature-length documentary, addressing the still-painful memory of the “Parsley Massacre.”
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