Massacre River
(2020)

Nonfiction

eVideo

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
New Day Films, 2020
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
11871376
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

MASSACRE RIVER is a character-driven documentary that takes place in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, two ethnically and culturally distinct countries that have been forced to share an island since colonial times. The film follows Pikilina, a Dominican-born woman of Haitian descent, and her family. Racial and political violence erupt when the country of her birth, the Dominican Republic, reverses its birthright citizenship law and she is left stateless, along with over 200,000 others. This sets Pikilina off on an epic journey as she struggles to regain her Dominican citizenship. Pikilina now faces the choice of fighting for her rightful citizenship and exposing herself to danger, or fleeing with her family to Haiti, a country she barely knows

Film

In Process Record

Edward Paulino, Julia Alvarez, Junot Díaz, Pikilina

Originally produced by New Day Films in 2020

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English,Haitian Creole,Spanish

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