Ghosts of Cite Soleil Critic Reviews
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It's an unforgettable, visceral journey into the heart of darkness.Read the full review
Rough as can be in both content and style, Ghosts will be welcome everywhere tough, provocative docus are shown.Read the full review
A spectacularly turbulent portrait of the chaos and bloodshed that have come to define Haiti.Read the full review
A forceful documentary set against the 2004 Haitian coup d'état that toppled the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.Read the full review
If nothing else, Leth shows how wrung-out and careless everyone gets amid constant bloodshed. "We don't need peace," one says. "We need school for our kids. Food. Sleep."Read the full review
In spite of occasional gestures in the direction of political or sociological context -- interviews with anti-Aristide activists, news images of battles beyond Cité Soleil -- Mr. Leth is not, in the end, much concerned with offering an analysis of the Haitian situation. Like Lele, he'd rather have a party with the thugs.Read the full review