FATAL ASSISTANCE
by Raoul Peck
synopsis
12 January, 2010. A devastating earthquake shakes Haiti’s capital. In an instant 250,000 people are killed and 1.2 million left homeless. NGOs from all over the world send experts for critical relief efforts. At first, everyone has high hopes: at an international donors’ conference billions of dollars are pledged and the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC), co-chaired by Bill Clinton, is created to oversee worldwide solidarity efforts. But, two-and-a-half years later, you only have to set foot in Port-au-Prince to see the international community has failed. Hundreds of thousands are still living in tents; the IHRC is as good as dead and only a fraction of the funds pledged have arrived in Haiti.
international title: | Fatal Assistance |
original title: | Assistance Mortelle |
country: | France, Haiti, United States, Belgium |
sales agent: | The Party Film Sales |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Raoul Peck |
film run: | 99' |
screenplay: | Raoul Peck |
cinematography by: | Alexandra Strauss |
music: | Alexei Aigui |
producer: | Rémi Grellety, Raoul Peck, Hébert Peck |
co-producer: | Martine Saada, Diana Elbaum, Alex Szalat, Wilbur Leguebe |
production: | Velvet Film, ARTE France, RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, Entre Chien et Loup, Figuier Production/Port-au-Prince, Velvet Film/New York |