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An Interview with Haitian Filmmaker Jean-Claude Bourjolly

An Interview with Haitian Filmmaker Jean-Claude Bourjolly

Sonson, Jean-Claude Bourjolly’s most well-known film thus far, was released in 2003. In an era when practically all the other filmmakers were engrossing movie audiences with romantic comedies and dramas, Bourjolly’s Sonson stood out with its country setting, simple plot,…

A Conversation with Filmmaker Krista Saint-Dic

A Conversation with Filmmaker Krista Saint-Dic

By now, you have probably heard of filmmaker Krista Saint-Dic, and Paper Dreams, a docu-drama that she wrote and directed about the disillusionment of a success-hungry young woman (herself) who leaves Haiti for life in the United States. Young, impressionable,…