Haiti: Harvest of Hope
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Haiti: Harvest of Hope was originally planned as a documentary about democracy coming to Haiti with the election of Jean-Bertrand Aristide
in December 1990. During the final editing of the original (late September 1991) Haiti was struck by yet another military coup. Editing of the first version came to a halt as Kevin Pina
(the filmmaker) returned to Haiti and spent the next three weeks chronicling the brutality and machinations of Haiti's new military leaders and their supporters.
Kevin Pina
returned to Haiti in late July 1993 just after the negotiation of the Governor's Island Accord between the Haitian Government in exile and General Raoul Cédras
. Pina returned again in 1994 to film Aristide's return to Haiti.
The world television premiere of Harvest of Hope was in Haiti on Mother's Day, May 28, 1995. The Kreyol version was produced in association with Jean-Claude Martineau who also introduced the film on Télévision Nationale d'Haïti
. The English version is narrated by Roscoe Lee Brown and premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival
in the summer of 1994.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Haitian former Catholic priest and politician who served as Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in 1982 after completing his studies...
in December 1990. During the final editing of the original (late September 1991) Haiti was struck by yet another military coup. Editing of the first version came to a halt as Kevin Pina
Kevin Pina
Kevin Pina is an American journalist and filmmaker. He is known for his reporting that focused on human rights abuses in Haiti following the ouster of Jean-Bertrand Aristide on February 29, 2004 and the installation of the interim government of Gerard Latortue and Boniface Alexandre in March 2004...
(the filmmaker) returned to Haiti and spent the next three weeks chronicling the brutality and machinations of Haiti's new military leaders and their supporters.
Kevin Pina
Kevin Pina
Kevin Pina is an American journalist and filmmaker. He is known for his reporting that focused on human rights abuses in Haiti following the ouster of Jean-Bertrand Aristide on February 29, 2004 and the installation of the interim government of Gerard Latortue and Boniface Alexandre in March 2004...
returned to Haiti in late July 1993 just after the negotiation of the Governor's Island Accord between the Haitian Government in exile and General Raoul Cédras
Raoul Cédras
Raoul Cédras is a former military officer, and was de facto ruler of Haiti from 1991 to 1994.-Background:Cédras was educated in the United States and was a member of the US-trained Leopard Corps...
. Pina returned again in 1994 to film Aristide's return to Haiti.
The world television premiere of Harvest of Hope was in Haiti on Mother's Day, May 28, 1995. The Kreyol version was produced in association with Jean-Claude Martineau who also introduced the film on Télévision Nationale d'Haïti
Télévision Nationale d'Haiti
Télévision Nationale d'Haïti is the state television broadcaster of Haiti. Founded December 23, 1979 under the Ministry of Information and Coordination, it was Haiti's second television station after Télé Haïti .In 1987, it was merged with the state-run Radio Nationale into a network called RTNH ...
. The English version is narrated by Roscoe Lee Brown and premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival
The Mill Valley Film Festival is an annual, non-competitive film festival presented by the California Film Institute. Known as a filmmakers’ festival, the annual Mill Valley Film Festival offers a non-competitive environment for exhibiting independent and world cinema.Founded in 1978 by MVFF...
in the summer of 1994.
External links
- Haiti: Harvest of Hope on YouTube