This year’s selection of 21 films, five of which are exclusive New York premieres, will feature provocative and innovative stories of artists in exile, the Haitian revolution, and coming of age. The ...

Submissions for the 11th Annual Haiti International Film Festival are now open in honor of today's Haitian national holiday, Battle of Vertières Day, which memorializes the final battle of the Haitian ...

I had the pleasure of watching Samuel Dameus’ latest film, “The Heroes of the Massacre River,” which tells a vital story of Haitian people coming together to build the Ouanaminthe canal off a river ...

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, May 15, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- In a landmark cultural moment for Haitian cinema, July 7: Who Killed the President of Haiti will premiere in theaters globally on May ...

In the Haitian port city of Jacmel, watching a film is something of a labor of love. At one recent seaside showing, the shadow of a palm tree fluttered in the corner of the screen and the crashing ...

In 1791, the enslaved people of the French colony of Saint-Domingue took up arms and liberated themselves. Today, Saint-Domingue is known as Haiti. Yet despite sounding the death knell for the African ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A film screening in Tampa on Saturday shined a light on mental health in the Haitian community. Healing a Nation is an award-winning mental health documentary. It’s set in Haiti and ...

The 10th Annual Haiti International Film Festival is a one-day film festival celebrating Haitian art and culture. Founded in 2015 by Haitian American filmmaker Jacquil Constant, Haiti International ...

HIFF Executive Director Jacquil Constant presents the 2022 HIFF Diaspora Award to Marguerite Erasme Lathan. She serves on the Board of Directors for Fonkoze, an organization that provides financial ...

One sits at the foot of the Flatirons, the other at the base of a coastal mountain range in rural Haiti, but Boulder and Petit-Trou-de-Nippes have more in common than we might think. Both are full of ...