
25 Aug 1993

The Man by the Shore
Early 1960s Haiti during 'Papa Doc' Duvalier's dictatorship seen through the eyes of a young girl whose family has suffered heavily.
"Shut up and take it !"
One family, three men, three generations, all living together with their contrasting aspirations, within the contradictions of daily life in southern Haïti. Tensions mount between them, their ever-present machetes on-hand, defining them.
Benjamin
Dorvil
Saint-Juste
Woman with machete
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